Actual Questions and Answers||New Update
/. Standard based grading system - Answer-Tracks progress toward achievement
towards standards and academic skills using proficiency scales.
/.Traditional grading system - Answer-Grades calculated based off %, partially based on
nonacademic factors.
/.Focus statement - Answer-Full standard statement with detail for guidance and
assessment.
/.Measurement Topic - Answer-Small set of critical topics or themes to focus on
/.Declarative Knowledge - Answer-What students UNDERSTAND
facts, ideas, information
(name and explain)
/.Procedural Knowledge - Answer-BE ABLE TO DO
Skills, strategies, processes
( act or perform tasks)
/.Proficiency Scales - Answer-Measure student progress towards standard mastery.
Usually a 4pt scale
4=advanced ( in depth application)
3=proficient ( understands target)
2=developing ( partial success)
1=beginning ( with help)
/.Parallel Assessments - Answer-Multiple assessments given to the same students over
time. Measures and records leaning over time to identify growth or gaps.
Eliminates error.
/.Reliability - Answer-Assessment accurately and constantly measures the same
content for ALL STUDENTS. ( same outcome )
/.Validity - Answer-Refers to the degree which the assessment is relevant to the content
and measures what it's supposed measure.
/.Unidemensionality - Answer-One aspect ( standard) measured at a time
/.Assessment Blueprint - Answer-Specifies assessment
skills, assessment types, # of assessments