Unit 4: Educational
Assessment | Study
Guide, Practice Questions
& Exam Review
|Guaranteed success|
, Criterion-referenced assessment compares performance to specified achievement domain
Diagnostic assessment used to probe deep into the causes of learning deficencies.
What is the benefit of implementing a system of An assessment system provides multiple opportunities to measure aspects of
assessment? desired performances.
A fourth-grade social studies teacher wants students to --Write and enact a play focusing on everyday customs.
practice higher-order thinking and problem-solving --Determine the most valuable natural resources of the area.
skills while working on a unit focusing on ancient
Greece and Rome.What are two appropriate
assessment methods to meet this goal?Choose 2
answers.
a.) Summarize the sub-topics in the chapter.
b.)locate the major land and water forms on a map.
c.) Write and enact a play focusing on everyday
customs.
d.)write a list of key words and terms found in the
chapter.
e.) determine the most valuable natural resources of the
area.
A science teacher wants to assess his students' higher- Give students an animal and an environment to study and ask them to describe
order thinking and problem-solving skills relating to possible adaptations the animal may make
animal adaptations.Which assessment option would
achieve this goal?
a.)Ask students to match a list of animals to the
adaptations each made over time
b.)Ask students to write a paragraph listing everything
they know about animal adaptations
c.)Give students an animal and an environment to study
and ask them to describe possible adaptations the
animal may make
d.)Give students a paragraph to read about animal
adaptation and ask them to answer multiple choice
questions about the content
A sixth-grade social studies teacher is concerned about Reteach the objective using another activity
whether or not the students are progressing
satisfactorily through the current lesson on the
locations of ancient river civilizations. When asking
questions during a formative assessment, the teacher
finds that most of the students do not know the
answers.What would be an appropriate instructional
decision based on the assessment results?
a.)Reteach the same lesson
b.)Proceed to the next lesson
c.)Reteach the objective using another activity
d.)Administer the same assessment the following day
Assessment | Study
Guide, Practice Questions
& Exam Review
|Guaranteed success|
, Criterion-referenced assessment compares performance to specified achievement domain
Diagnostic assessment used to probe deep into the causes of learning deficencies.
What is the benefit of implementing a system of An assessment system provides multiple opportunities to measure aspects of
assessment? desired performances.
A fourth-grade social studies teacher wants students to --Write and enact a play focusing on everyday customs.
practice higher-order thinking and problem-solving --Determine the most valuable natural resources of the area.
skills while working on a unit focusing on ancient
Greece and Rome.What are two appropriate
assessment methods to meet this goal?Choose 2
answers.
a.) Summarize the sub-topics in the chapter.
b.)locate the major land and water forms on a map.
c.) Write and enact a play focusing on everyday
customs.
d.)write a list of key words and terms found in the
chapter.
e.) determine the most valuable natural resources of the
area.
A science teacher wants to assess his students' higher- Give students an animal and an environment to study and ask them to describe
order thinking and problem-solving skills relating to possible adaptations the animal may make
animal adaptations.Which assessment option would
achieve this goal?
a.)Ask students to match a list of animals to the
adaptations each made over time
b.)Ask students to write a paragraph listing everything
they know about animal adaptations
c.)Give students an animal and an environment to study
and ask them to describe possible adaptations the
animal may make
d.)Give students a paragraph to read about animal
adaptation and ask them to answer multiple choice
questions about the content
A sixth-grade social studies teacher is concerned about Reteach the objective using another activity
whether or not the students are progressing
satisfactorily through the current lesson on the
locations of ancient river civilizations. When asking
questions during a formative assessment, the teacher
finds that most of the students do not know the
answers.What would be an appropriate instructional
decision based on the assessment results?
a.)Reteach the same lesson
b.)Proceed to the next lesson
c.)Reteach the objective using another activity
d.)Administer the same assessment the following day
