Classroom Assessment: Principles and Practice
that Enhance Student Learning and Motivation –
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8th Edition
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TEST BANK
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James H. McMillan
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Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors and
Students
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© James H. McMillan
All rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution without permission is prohibited.
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, Table of Contents
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Chapter 1: The Role of Assessment in Teaching and Learning 1
Learning Outcome Quizzes 1
Application Exercises 16
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Test Items 19
Test Answer Key 23
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, Chapter 1: The Role of Assessment in Teaching and Learning
Chapter 1 Learning Outcome Quizzes
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Learning Objective 1.1: Explain how seven important contextual influences in
education impact classroom assessment.
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[Q1]
Mr. Karnes teaches middle school math and wants his students to do well on the state
math tests. To prepare his students for these standardized state tests, he aligns his
curriculum and instruction with which of the following?
1. State standards [correct]
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2. Textbook assessments
3. Textbook learning objectives
4. Innovative practices in math
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[Feedback for Correct Answer 1]
When the curriculum and instruction are aligned with state standards, it’s likely that
students will achieve well on state tests.
PP
[Feedback for Answer Choice 2]
Textbook assessments only help students do well on state math tests if they are aligned
with state test content.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 3]
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Textbook learning objectives only prepare students to do well on state math tests if they
are aligned with state test content.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 4]
Innovative practices in math only prepare students to do well on state math tests if they
are aligned with state test content.
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[Q2]
In the big picture of classroom assessment, contextual factors significantly influence
what teachers do in the classroom. Which of the following is MOST likely to influence
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classroom assessment practices?
1. Technology
2. Classroom size
3. High-stakes testing [correct]
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4. 21st-century knowledge, skills, and dispositions
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, [Feedback for Answer Choice 1]
The prevalence of technology has significant implications for classroom assessment but
it may not be especially important in many settings.
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[Feedback for Answer Choice 2]
The size of a classroom is least likely to influence classroom assessment because it
doesn’t relate directly to curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
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[Feedback for Correct Answer 3]
Externally mandated high-stakes accountability tests have a profound impact on
teaching and classroom assessment. Federal and state accountability testing policy
initiatives have increased the pressure on schools to show positive test results, as well
as to evaluate teachers on the basis of their students’ test scores.
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[Feedback for Answer Choice 4]
It is possible that specific schools and districts may not emphasize these skills, and it
may not be possible for a specific teacher to emphasize them.
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[Q3]
Research on motivation suggests that teachers must constantly assess students and
provide feedback. What kind of feedback is most likely to enhance students’ motivation
to learn?
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1. Consistently positive
2. Consistently negative
3. Nonspecific
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4. Informative [correct]
[Feedback for Answer Choice 1]
Consistently positive feedback only enhances motivation if it is meaningful and specific.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 2]
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Consistently negative feedback only enhances motivation if it is meaningful and specific.
Meaningful feedback is not likely to be consistently negative.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 3]
Nonspecific feedback is not likely to enhance motivation because it doesn’t guide
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students to understand what they are doing well and what they need to improve.
[Feedback for Correct Answer 4]
Teachers must constantly assess students and provide feedback that is informative. By
providing specific and meaningful feedback to students and encouraging them to
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regulate their own learning, teachers encourage students to enhance their sense of self-
efficacy and self-confidence, important determinants of motivation.
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that Enhance Student Learning and Motivation –
ST
8th Edition
UV
TEST BANK
IA
James H. McMillan
_A
PP
Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors and
Students
RO
© James H. McMillan
All rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution without permission is prohibited.
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©STUDYSTREAM
, Table of Contents
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Chapter 1: The Role of Assessment in Teaching and Learning 1
Learning Outcome Quizzes 1
Application Exercises 16
UV
Test Items 19
Test Answer Key 23
IA
_A
PP
RO
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iii
Copyright © 2024, 2018, 2014 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
, Chapter 1: The Role of Assessment in Teaching and Learning
Chapter 1 Learning Outcome Quizzes
ST
Learning Objective 1.1: Explain how seven important contextual influences in
education impact classroom assessment.
UV
[Q1]
Mr. Karnes teaches middle school math and wants his students to do well on the state
math tests. To prepare his students for these standardized state tests, he aligns his
curriculum and instruction with which of the following?
1. State standards [correct]
IA
2. Textbook assessments
3. Textbook learning objectives
4. Innovative practices in math
_A
[Feedback for Correct Answer 1]
When the curriculum and instruction are aligned with state standards, it’s likely that
students will achieve well on state tests.
PP
[Feedback for Answer Choice 2]
Textbook assessments only help students do well on state math tests if they are aligned
with state test content.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 3]
RO
Textbook learning objectives only prepare students to do well on state math tests if they
are aligned with state test content.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 4]
Innovative practices in math only prepare students to do well on state math tests if they
are aligned with state test content.
VE
[Q2]
In the big picture of classroom assessment, contextual factors significantly influence
what teachers do in the classroom. Which of the following is MOST likely to influence
D?
classroom assessment practices?
1. Technology
2. Classroom size
3. High-stakes testing [correct]
??
4. 21st-century knowledge, skills, and dispositions
1
Copyright © 2024, 2018, 2014 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
, [Feedback for Answer Choice 1]
The prevalence of technology has significant implications for classroom assessment but
it may not be especially important in many settings.
ST
[Feedback for Answer Choice 2]
The size of a classroom is least likely to influence classroom assessment because it
doesn’t relate directly to curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
UV
[Feedback for Correct Answer 3]
Externally mandated high-stakes accountability tests have a profound impact on
teaching and classroom assessment. Federal and state accountability testing policy
initiatives have increased the pressure on schools to show positive test results, as well
as to evaluate teachers on the basis of their students’ test scores.
IA
[Feedback for Answer Choice 4]
It is possible that specific schools and districts may not emphasize these skills, and it
may not be possible for a specific teacher to emphasize them.
_A
[Q3]
Research on motivation suggests that teachers must constantly assess students and
provide feedback. What kind of feedback is most likely to enhance students’ motivation
to learn?
PP
1. Consistently positive
2. Consistently negative
3. Nonspecific
RO
4. Informative [correct]
[Feedback for Answer Choice 1]
Consistently positive feedback only enhances motivation if it is meaningful and specific.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 2]
VE
Consistently negative feedback only enhances motivation if it is meaningful and specific.
Meaningful feedback is not likely to be consistently negative.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 3]
Nonspecific feedback is not likely to enhance motivation because it doesn’t guide
D?
students to understand what they are doing well and what they need to improve.
[Feedback for Correct Answer 4]
Teachers must constantly assess students and provide feedback that is informative. By
providing specific and meaningful feedback to students and encouraging them to
??
regulate their own learning, teachers encourage students to enhance their sense of self-
efficacy and self-confidence, important determinants of motivation.
2
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