Assessment Final Questions & Answers
In selecting a particular technique to use in assessing students ,to what should the
teacher pay attention to first? - ANSWERSUse to which the assessment results will be
put
Mrs. Jonah observed her students during a science lab in order to determine what the
students needed to learn to be effective in carrying out lab experiments. Which of the
following best describes what Mrs. Jonah did? - ANSWERSShe assessed her students'
performance in the lab.
A teacher used the midterm exam to grade the students. then the teacher reviews
students' performance in terms of their difficulties and strengths over the first half of the
semester. this helped the teacher to plan his instructional activities for the second half of
the semester. the midterm served as... - ANSWERSBoth A and B- a formative and
summative evaluation
Which statement best shows the relationship between placement and selection? -
ANSWERSPlacement does not involve rejection but selection does.
For which type of classroom decision do homework results provide the most useful
information? - ANSWERSDeciding if the students are ready to move on to a new activity
Which of the following best illustrates an appropriately stated learning target? -
ANSWERSThe student will explain how airplanes fly
With regard to Bloom's taxonomy of learning objectives, the statement, "The student will
use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve right triangle problems," is an example of... -
ANSWERSApplication
What is missing from the following statement of a specific learning target? "The student
should understand the functions of the parts of a flower." - ANSWERSThe Performance
After administering a test of 100 multiple-choice items to a class of 50 students, the
teacher correlated the students' item scores with their total scores on the test. -
ANSWERSValidity evidence illustrates the internal structure of the task scores.
When crafting her test items for the end of term exam in social studies, Ms. Morrison
checked each item to see if it matched the material that she taught the class. -
ANSWERSValidity evidence illustrates content representativeness
A group of students was assessed on two occasions with the same assessment tasks
with a week's interval between assessments. the assessor wanted to find out whether
, there was a marked change in students' ranking in the group. - ANSWERSThe data is
used for test-retest reliability
A group of students was administered a different but similar set of assessment tasks,
one set in the morning and one later in the day. the assessor wanted to find out whether
the relative ordering of the students was similar on both sets of assessment tasks. -
ANSWERSThe data is used for alternate form (same occasion) reliability
A principal wanted to award prizes to students who demonstrated the best sense of
citizenship. The principal asked the students' teachers and their immediate past
teachers to rate the students. With which type of reliability should the principal be most
concerned? - ANSWERSScorer Reliability
Calvin was nasty to his teacher. When the teacher asked him to behave, he continued
to conduct himself in an unacceptable manner. The teacher then told him that if he
continued to behave that way she would not pass him. Was the statement from the
teacher appropriate? - ANSWERSNo, because a student's achievement should be
assessed independently of his conduct.
A first grade student was reffered to the school psychologist who administered the
WPPI test to the student. Based solely on the result of this test, it was concluded that
the pupil had mild retardation. Assuming the test results are valid, is the decision
appropriate? - ANSWERSNo, because the pupil should have been given a number of
assessments before classification.
In general. which of the following assessment alternatives would yield the most valid
results for purposes of formative evaluation of students? - ANSWERSInterviewing the
students individually
Which of the following assessment alternatives yields results that have the lowest
validity for assigning summative grades to students? - ANSWERSStandardized tests
Which of the following measures is most likely to be used for RTI progess monitoring in
an elementary reading class? - ANSWERSNumber of words read correctly per minute
Which of the following is a prerequisite to a student's learning to add two-digit numbers
with carrying to the tens' or hundreds' place? - ANSWERSAbility to do column addition
with no carrying for three digit numbers
Ms. Bastien wanted to help her fourth grade students understand what good reports
should look like, for her unit on United States geography. Which of the following is the
most effective strategy for her to do that? - ANSWERSAsk students to deduce criteria
from good examples from the previous year.
A sixth grade class was studying a certain kind of math problems, and they were going
to have a test on Tuesday. Which of the following is an example of student self-
In selecting a particular technique to use in assessing students ,to what should the
teacher pay attention to first? - ANSWERSUse to which the assessment results will be
put
Mrs. Jonah observed her students during a science lab in order to determine what the
students needed to learn to be effective in carrying out lab experiments. Which of the
following best describes what Mrs. Jonah did? - ANSWERSShe assessed her students'
performance in the lab.
A teacher used the midterm exam to grade the students. then the teacher reviews
students' performance in terms of their difficulties and strengths over the first half of the
semester. this helped the teacher to plan his instructional activities for the second half of
the semester. the midterm served as... - ANSWERSBoth A and B- a formative and
summative evaluation
Which statement best shows the relationship between placement and selection? -
ANSWERSPlacement does not involve rejection but selection does.
For which type of classroom decision do homework results provide the most useful
information? - ANSWERSDeciding if the students are ready to move on to a new activity
Which of the following best illustrates an appropriately stated learning target? -
ANSWERSThe student will explain how airplanes fly
With regard to Bloom's taxonomy of learning objectives, the statement, "The student will
use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve right triangle problems," is an example of... -
ANSWERSApplication
What is missing from the following statement of a specific learning target? "The student
should understand the functions of the parts of a flower." - ANSWERSThe Performance
After administering a test of 100 multiple-choice items to a class of 50 students, the
teacher correlated the students' item scores with their total scores on the test. -
ANSWERSValidity evidence illustrates the internal structure of the task scores.
When crafting her test items for the end of term exam in social studies, Ms. Morrison
checked each item to see if it matched the material that she taught the class. -
ANSWERSValidity evidence illustrates content representativeness
A group of students was assessed on two occasions with the same assessment tasks
with a week's interval between assessments. the assessor wanted to find out whether
, there was a marked change in students' ranking in the group. - ANSWERSThe data is
used for test-retest reliability
A group of students was administered a different but similar set of assessment tasks,
one set in the morning and one later in the day. the assessor wanted to find out whether
the relative ordering of the students was similar on both sets of assessment tasks. -
ANSWERSThe data is used for alternate form (same occasion) reliability
A principal wanted to award prizes to students who demonstrated the best sense of
citizenship. The principal asked the students' teachers and their immediate past
teachers to rate the students. With which type of reliability should the principal be most
concerned? - ANSWERSScorer Reliability
Calvin was nasty to his teacher. When the teacher asked him to behave, he continued
to conduct himself in an unacceptable manner. The teacher then told him that if he
continued to behave that way she would not pass him. Was the statement from the
teacher appropriate? - ANSWERSNo, because a student's achievement should be
assessed independently of his conduct.
A first grade student was reffered to the school psychologist who administered the
WPPI test to the student. Based solely on the result of this test, it was concluded that
the pupil had mild retardation. Assuming the test results are valid, is the decision
appropriate? - ANSWERSNo, because the pupil should have been given a number of
assessments before classification.
In general. which of the following assessment alternatives would yield the most valid
results for purposes of formative evaluation of students? - ANSWERSInterviewing the
students individually
Which of the following assessment alternatives yields results that have the lowest
validity for assigning summative grades to students? - ANSWERSStandardized tests
Which of the following measures is most likely to be used for RTI progess monitoring in
an elementary reading class? - ANSWERSNumber of words read correctly per minute
Which of the following is a prerequisite to a student's learning to add two-digit numbers
with carrying to the tens' or hundreds' place? - ANSWERSAbility to do column addition
with no carrying for three digit numbers
Ms. Bastien wanted to help her fourth grade students understand what good reports
should look like, for her unit on United States geography. Which of the following is the
most effective strategy for her to do that? - ANSWERSAsk students to deduce criteria
from good examples from the previous year.
A sixth grade class was studying a certain kind of math problems, and they were going
to have a test on Tuesday. Which of the following is an example of student self-
