Sefe 370 Exam 1 Study Prep Exam
Questions and Answers Graded A+
Why are standardized tests so attractive and used so often? - Correct answer-
What is NCLB? How did we arrive at NCLB? (consider title 1, minimum
competencies, a nation at risk, and standards based reform in your response) -
Correct answer--NCLB - what is it, what did it do?
mandated testing grades 3-8 (M & LA)
-also mandated a year of 9-12 testing
mandated grade span science testing
-put a huge focus on standards based testing
What is Title 1? - Correct answer--part of the ESEA of 1965
-provides financial assistance to local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools
with high numbers or high percentages of children from low-income families to
help ensure that all children meet challenging state academic standards
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,What are the requirements for testing in ESSA? - Correct answer-ESSA testing
requirements are the same as under NCLB, but the sanctions and consequences are
different. States are required to test students in reading or language arts and math
annually in grades 3-8 and once in grades 10-12, and in science once in each of the
following grade spans: 3-5, 6-9 and 10-12.
What are the required elements of an accountability system? - Correct answer-A:
State-developed accountability systems must include each of these indicators:
1. Proficiency in reading and math;
2. Graduation rates for high schools;
3. English language proficiency;
4. For elementary and middle schools, student growth or another indicator that is
valid, reliable and statewide; and
5. At least one other indicator of school quality or success, such as measures of
safety, student engagement or educator engagement.
What schools are states required to identify? - Correct answer-States will use the
results from the accountability system to identify the lowest-performing 5 percent
of the schools in the state that receive Title I funding, all public high schools that
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, fail to graduate one-third or more of their students, as well as schools where any
subgroup of students consistently underperforms.
What is an example of a Computer-based test? - Correct answer-Praxis
What are computer adaptive testing (CAT)? (Examples) - Correct answer--GRE
uses it
-ALEKS
-many other large scale exams do
-SAT and ACT have forms, but not widely used yet
What is the Action Research Process - Correct answer--Identify a problem to be
studied
-Collect data on the problem
-Organize, analyze, and interpret the data
-Develop a plan to address the problem
-Implement the plan
-Evaluate the results of the actions taken
-Identify a new problem
-Repeat the process
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Questions and Answers Graded A+
Why are standardized tests so attractive and used so often? - Correct answer-
What is NCLB? How did we arrive at NCLB? (consider title 1, minimum
competencies, a nation at risk, and standards based reform in your response) -
Correct answer--NCLB - what is it, what did it do?
mandated testing grades 3-8 (M & LA)
-also mandated a year of 9-12 testing
mandated grade span science testing
-put a huge focus on standards based testing
What is Title 1? - Correct answer--part of the ESEA of 1965
-provides financial assistance to local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools
with high numbers or high percentages of children from low-income families to
help ensure that all children meet challenging state academic standards
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,What are the requirements for testing in ESSA? - Correct answer-ESSA testing
requirements are the same as under NCLB, but the sanctions and consequences are
different. States are required to test students in reading or language arts and math
annually in grades 3-8 and once in grades 10-12, and in science once in each of the
following grade spans: 3-5, 6-9 and 10-12.
What are the required elements of an accountability system? - Correct answer-A:
State-developed accountability systems must include each of these indicators:
1. Proficiency in reading and math;
2. Graduation rates for high schools;
3. English language proficiency;
4. For elementary and middle schools, student growth or another indicator that is
valid, reliable and statewide; and
5. At least one other indicator of school quality or success, such as measures of
safety, student engagement or educator engagement.
What schools are states required to identify? - Correct answer-States will use the
results from the accountability system to identify the lowest-performing 5 percent
of the schools in the state that receive Title I funding, all public high schools that
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, fail to graduate one-third or more of their students, as well as schools where any
subgroup of students consistently underperforms.
What is an example of a Computer-based test? - Correct answer-Praxis
What are computer adaptive testing (CAT)? (Examples) - Correct answer--GRE
uses it
-ALEKS
-many other large scale exams do
-SAT and ACT have forms, but not widely used yet
What is the Action Research Process - Correct answer--Identify a problem to be
studied
-Collect data on the problem
-Organize, analyze, and interpret the data
-Develop a plan to address the problem
-Implement the plan
-Evaluate the results of the actions taken
-Identify a new problem
-Repeat the process
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