FTCE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION EXAM
EXAM PREP 2026 PRACTICE SOLUTION STUDY
GUIDE
◉ What is an advantage of criterion reference assessment over
norm-refernce? Answer: 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.
◉ Formative assessment Answer: 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.
◉ Summative assessment Answer: 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.
◉ Screening assessments Answer: are administered to all students.
BOY ( baseline), MOY (midyear), EOY (end of the year).
,◉ Diagnostic assessment Answer: are administered (usually
individually) to selected students for the purpose of identifying
learning strengths and weaknesses with critical skills and concepts.
◉ Progress monitoring assessments Answer: 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.
◉ When should progress monitor assessment should be used?
Answer: 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.
◉ Informal classroom assessment Answer: 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.
◉ Outcome assessments Answer: 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.
, ◉ What are two type of summative assessments? Answer: Outcome
assessments and report cards.
◉ Assessment that occurs at the end of an instructional unit is
__________ assessment. Answer: summative
◉ Formative assessments that are designed to identify a student's
strengths and weaknesses are __________ assessments. Answer:
diagnostic
◉ What are the types of formative assessments? Answer: Screening
assessments, diagnostic, progress monitoring, informal classroom
assessment.
◉ What does reliability refferest to? Answer: 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.
◉ Validity Answer: 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.
EXAM PREP 2026 PRACTICE SOLUTION STUDY
GUIDE
◉ What is an advantage of criterion reference assessment over
norm-refernce? Answer: 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.
◉ Formative assessment Answer: 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.
◉ Summative assessment Answer: 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.
◉ Screening assessments Answer: are administered to all students.
BOY ( baseline), MOY (midyear), EOY (end of the year).
,◉ Diagnostic assessment Answer: are administered (usually
individually) to selected students for the purpose of identifying
learning strengths and weaknesses with critical skills and concepts.
◉ Progress monitoring assessments Answer: 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.
◉ When should progress monitor assessment should be used?
Answer: 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.
◉ Informal classroom assessment Answer: 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.
◉ Outcome assessments Answer: 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.
, ◉ What are two type of summative assessments? Answer: Outcome
assessments and report cards.
◉ Assessment that occurs at the end of an instructional unit is
__________ assessment. Answer: summative
◉ Formative assessments that are designed to identify a student's
strengths and weaknesses are __________ assessments. Answer:
diagnostic
◉ What are the types of formative assessments? Answer: Screening
assessments, diagnostic, progress monitoring, informal classroom
assessment.
◉ What does reliability refferest to? Answer: 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.
◉ Validity Answer: 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.
