EDSP 477 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
When externally mandated tests are used to measure current students' progress, the tests are being
used as: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Formative assessment
The term reliability is closest in meaning to: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Consistency
The report "A Nation at Risk" found that - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The quality of American education was
mediocre
A student who scores at the 50th percentile rank on an assessment is interpreted to mean - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔The student performed equal to or better than 50 students out of 99
The Science Department of a high school recently received its students' PSSA scores from the previous
year and the data indicated that, overall, students performed well below the state average on the state
Science test. As a result, the Science Department conducted a review of the relative match of its
curriculum with the state test. Such a review would be considered a critique of: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Content validity
Which of the following statements is true?:
A)Reliability is necessary, but not sufficient, for validity.
B)Reliability and validity are the same.
C)Validity is necessary for reliability.
D)Validity is necessary, but not sufficient, for reliability. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A: Reliability is
necessary, but not sufficient, for validity
The American Testing Service (ATS) is creating a new, national test of scholastic aptitude which is
targeted for high school students who are interested in attending a vocational school for electricians,
plumbers, and heating/cooling technicians. ATS has a group of high school students with whom it can
use to develop this test. ATS would likely use this equivalent form design to establish a test with high
ANSWERS
When externally mandated tests are used to measure current students' progress, the tests are being
used as: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Formative assessment
The term reliability is closest in meaning to: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Consistency
The report "A Nation at Risk" found that - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The quality of American education was
mediocre
A student who scores at the 50th percentile rank on an assessment is interpreted to mean - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔The student performed equal to or better than 50 students out of 99
The Science Department of a high school recently received its students' PSSA scores from the previous
year and the data indicated that, overall, students performed well below the state average on the state
Science test. As a result, the Science Department conducted a review of the relative match of its
curriculum with the state test. Such a review would be considered a critique of: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Content validity
Which of the following statements is true?:
A)Reliability is necessary, but not sufficient, for validity.
B)Reliability and validity are the same.
C)Validity is necessary for reliability.
D)Validity is necessary, but not sufficient, for reliability. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A: Reliability is
necessary, but not sufficient, for validity
The American Testing Service (ATS) is creating a new, national test of scholastic aptitude which is
targeted for high school students who are interested in attending a vocational school for electricians,
plumbers, and heating/cooling technicians. ATS has a group of high school students with whom it can
use to develop this test. ATS would likely use this equivalent form design to establish a test with high
