FTCE Professional Education Test Questions And 100% Verified Answers || verified exam questions ||

FTCE Professional Education Test Questions And 100% Verified Answers || verified exam questions || Q.What is an indication of the IQR (Interquartile range)? - ANSWERS-It gives you an indication of how much the data values "stretch" from the center of the data. IQR = Q3 - Q1. The IQR contains the center 50 percent of the data. Q.What is an advantage of criterion reference assessment over norm-refernce? - ANSWERS-An advantage of criterion-referenced tests over norm-referenced tests is their diagnostic, placement, and remediation use. Teachers in Florida are expected to analyze student performance data to address remediation needs of individual students. Q.Formative assessment - ANSWERS-occurs before and during instruction. It is critical to teachers' instructional decision making. Formative assessments include screening, diagnostic, progress monitoring, and various informal classroom assessments. Q.Summative assessment - ANSWERS-occurs after instruction has taken place at the end of an instructional unit, regular grading period, or school year. Summative assessments include outcome assessments and report cards. Q.Screening assessments - ANSWERS-are administered to all students. BOY ( baseline), MOY (midyear), EOY (end of the year). Q.Diagnostic assessment - ANSWERS-are administered (usually individually) to selected students for the purpose of identifying learning strengths and weaknesses with critical skills and concepts. Q.Progress monitoring assessments - ANSWERS-are regularly administered (that is, dynamic, ongoing) assessments used to evaluate students' academic progress for the purpose of making data-based decisions regarding instruction and interventions. Q.When should progress monitor assessment should be used? - ANSWERS-Progress monitoring should occur routinely (weekly, biweekly, or monthly) and use valid and reliable assessments that are sensitive to small changes in student academic performance. Q.Informal classroom assessment - ANSWERS-Informal classroom assessments include teacher observations, anecdotal records, classroom questioning, checklists, guided practice, student activities, portfolios and work samples, projects and products, teacher-made quizzes and tests, and homework. Progress reports. Q.Outcome assessments - ANSWERS-Outcome assessments include the end-of-year statewide, standardized assessments; standardized norm-referenced tests; and end-of-grading period assessments. Data from these assessments are used to evaluate the effectiveness of the instructional program. Q.What are two type of summative assessments? - ANSWERS-Outcome assessments and report cards. Q.Assessment that occurs at the end of an instructional unit is __________ assessment. - ANSWERS-summative Q.Formative assessments that are designed to identify a student's strengths and weaknesses are __________ assessments. - ANSWERS-diagnostic Q.What are the types of formative assessments? - ANSWERS-Screening assessments, diagnostic, progress monitoring, informal classroom assessment. Q.What does reliability refferest to? - ANSWERS-Reliability refers to the consistency of a measurement over time and repeated measurements. If a teacher gives alternate forms of the same test periodically over several months and the students' performance scores remain relatively the same, the test has reliability. Q.Validity - ANSWERS-has to do with whether the assessment instrument measures what it is supposed to measure. Validity can be determined by comparing a test score against some separate or independent observation of whatever is being measured. If a teacher wants to measure math skills, the test must measure math skills, not reading skills. Q.Normed-reference test - ANSWERS-norm-referenced test (such as the National Assessment of Educational Progress) is one that assesses students by comparing their performance to that of a norm group. Usually, the norm group is representative of students of the same age or grade level as the test-takers. Q.A criterion-referenced test - ANSWERS-assesses students by comparing their performance to a predetermined level of mastery. Florida's statewide, standardized assessments are criterion-referenced tests. Q.when a few scores are either very high or very low compared to the rest of the scores, the ___________ is a better choice to use for the average. - ANSWERS-median Q.If a large number of the scores are the same, the __________ can be used to report which score or scores occurred most often— but only if used in conjunction with the mean and/ or median. - ANSWERS-mode