ESEA (Elementary and Secondary Education Act originally passed 1965) Correct
Answer: Most significant federal statute influencing U.S. educational testing.
Provides funding for primary and secondary education. It also emphasizes equal
access to education and establishes high standards and accountability. It helps to
cover the cost of educating disadvantaged students.
NCLB (No Child Left Behind 2002) Correct Answer: Signed into law in 2002 by
President George W. Bush, this mandated that students in twice as many grade
levels were to be assessed than previously
IASA (Improving America's Schools Act 1994) Correct Answer: With this act, states
were relatively free to carry out whatever sorts of educational assessment they
thought appropriate, with the chief exception being the assessment of students
being educated, at least in part, via federal dollars.
AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) Correct Answer: In 2011, President Obama made
allowances so that schools could apply for a waiver of the requirement of NCLB if
the school was not going to meet which of the following
Testing Correct Answer: typically thought of as a paper and pencil measurement
Assessment Correct Answer: any attempt to determine students' status with
respect to educational variables of interest
Educational Variable Correct Answer: Anything a teacher measures in the
classroom
Aptitude Correct Answer: notion of students' academic potential. Aptitude is
malleable
Intelligence Correct Answer: the notion that students possess an inborn potential
about which schools can do little to influence
, Affect Correct Answer: students' feelings, values, opinions, likes, dislikes, etc.
Achievement Correct Answer: knowledge or skills students have acquired as
measured through affect, intelligence, or aptitude
Importance of educating parents concerning assessment Correct Answer: help
them to understand their children's test scores; teachers need parents on their
side
Decision-driven assessment Correct Answer: Classroom assessments should be
unequivocally focused on the action options teachers have at their disposal
Curriculum Correct Answer: sought-for ends of instruction
Instruction Correct Answer: the means teachers employ in an attempt to promote
achievement
Behavioral objectives Correct Answer: objective written to indicate the behavior
to be measured
Cognitive assessment Correct Answer: objectives that deal with a student's
intellectual operations
Affective assessment Correct Answer: objectives that deal with students'
attitudes, interests, and values
Psychomotor assessment Correct Answer: objectives that deal with large- and
small-muscle skills
Assessment Blueprint Correct Answer: lists the objectives to be covered on an
assessment, and distinguishing between lower- and upper-level cognitive skills
Educational accountability Correct Answer: During the 1970s and 1980s,
legislators in most states enacted a string of laws requiring students to pass basic
skills tests in order to receive high school diplomas or, in some cases, to be
advanced to higher grade levels.
Norm-referenced assessment Correct Answer: interprets a student's performance
in relation to the performance of students who have previously taken the same
assessment; 90th percentile or scoring better than 90% of others who took the
test
Answer: Most significant federal statute influencing U.S. educational testing.
Provides funding for primary and secondary education. It also emphasizes equal
access to education and establishes high standards and accountability. It helps to
cover the cost of educating disadvantaged students.
NCLB (No Child Left Behind 2002) Correct Answer: Signed into law in 2002 by
President George W. Bush, this mandated that students in twice as many grade
levels were to be assessed than previously
IASA (Improving America's Schools Act 1994) Correct Answer: With this act, states
were relatively free to carry out whatever sorts of educational assessment they
thought appropriate, with the chief exception being the assessment of students
being educated, at least in part, via federal dollars.
AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) Correct Answer: In 2011, President Obama made
allowances so that schools could apply for a waiver of the requirement of NCLB if
the school was not going to meet which of the following
Testing Correct Answer: typically thought of as a paper and pencil measurement
Assessment Correct Answer: any attempt to determine students' status with
respect to educational variables of interest
Educational Variable Correct Answer: Anything a teacher measures in the
classroom
Aptitude Correct Answer: notion of students' academic potential. Aptitude is
malleable
Intelligence Correct Answer: the notion that students possess an inborn potential
about which schools can do little to influence
, Affect Correct Answer: students' feelings, values, opinions, likes, dislikes, etc.
Achievement Correct Answer: knowledge or skills students have acquired as
measured through affect, intelligence, or aptitude
Importance of educating parents concerning assessment Correct Answer: help
them to understand their children's test scores; teachers need parents on their
side
Decision-driven assessment Correct Answer: Classroom assessments should be
unequivocally focused on the action options teachers have at their disposal
Curriculum Correct Answer: sought-for ends of instruction
Instruction Correct Answer: the means teachers employ in an attempt to promote
achievement
Behavioral objectives Correct Answer: objective written to indicate the behavior
to be measured
Cognitive assessment Correct Answer: objectives that deal with a student's
intellectual operations
Affective assessment Correct Answer: objectives that deal with students'
attitudes, interests, and values
Psychomotor assessment Correct Answer: objectives that deal with large- and
small-muscle skills
Assessment Blueprint Correct Answer: lists the objectives to be covered on an
assessment, and distinguishing between lower- and upper-level cognitive skills
Educational accountability Correct Answer: During the 1970s and 1980s,
legislators in most states enacted a string of laws requiring students to pass basic
skills tests in order to receive high school diplomas or, in some cases, to be
advanced to higher grade levels.
Norm-referenced assessment Correct Answer: interprets a student's performance
in relation to the performance of students who have previously taken the same
assessment; 90th percentile or scoring better than 90% of others who took the
test
