FTCE: PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION TEST (FLORIDA TEACHER CERTIFICATION
EXAMINATION) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
What is an indication of the IQR (Interquartile range)? - (ANSWER)It gives you an indication of how much
the data values "stretch" from the center of the data.
IQR = Q3 - Q1.
The IQR contains the center 50 percent of the data.
What is an advantage of criterion reference assessment over norm-refernce? - (ANSWER)An advantage
of criterion-referenced tests over norm-referenced tests is their diagnostic, placement, and remediation
use. Teachers in Florida are expected to analyze student performance data to address remediation
needs of individual students.
Formative assessment - (ANSWER)occurs before and during instruction. It is critical to teachers'
instructional decision making. Formative assessments include screening, diagnostic, progress
monitoring, and various informal classroom assessments.
Summative assessment - (ANSWER)occurs after instruction has taken place at the end of an instructional
unit, regular grading period, or school year. Summative assessments include outcome assessments and
report cards.
Screening assessments - (ANSWER)are administered to all students. BOY ( baseline), MOY (midyear),
EOY (end of the year).
Diagnostic assessment - (ANSWER)are administered (usually individually) to selected students for the
purpose of identifying learning strengths and weaknesses with critical skills and concepts.
Progress monitoring assessments - (ANSWER)are regularly administered (that is, dynamic, ongoing)
assessments used to evaluate students' academic progress for the purpose of making data-based
decisions regarding instruction and interventions.
When should progress monitor assessment should be used? - (ANSWER)Progress monitoring should
occur routinely (weekly, biweekly, or monthly) and use valid and reliable assessments that are sensitive
to small changes in student academic performance.
, FTCE: PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION TEST (FLORIDA TEACHER CERTIFICATION
EXAMINATION) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Informal classroom assessment - (ANSWER)Informal classroom assessments include teacher
observations, anecdotal records, classroom questioning, checklists, guided practice, student activities,
portfolios and work samples, projects and products, teacher-made quizzes and tests, and homework.
Progress reports.
Outcome assessments - (ANSWER)Outcome assessments include the end-of-year statewide,
standardized assessments; standardized norm-referenced tests; and end-of-grading period assessments.
Data from these assessments are used to evaluate the effectiveness of the instructional program.
What are two type of summative assessments? - (ANSWER)Outcome assessments and report cards.
Assessment that occurs at the end of an instructional unit is __________ assessment. -
(ANSWER)summative
Formative assessments that are designed to identify a student's strengths and weaknesses are
__________ assessments. - (ANSWER)diagnostic
What are the types of formative assessments? - (ANSWER)Screening assessments, diagnostic, progress
monitoring, informal classroom assessment.
What does reliability refferest to? - (ANSWER)Reliability refers to the consistency of a measurement
over time and repeated measurements. If a teacher gives alternate forms of the same test periodically
over several months and the students' performance scores remain relatively the same, the test has
reliability.
Validity - (ANSWER)has to do with whether the assessment instrument measures what it is supposed to
measure. Validity can be determined by comparing a test score against some separate or independent
observation of whatever is being measured. If a teacher wants to measure math skills, the test must
measure math skills, not reading skills.
Normed-reference test - (ANSWER)norm-referenced test (such as the National Assessment of
Educational Progress) is one that assesses students by comparing their performance to that of a norm
group.
EXAMINATION) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
What is an indication of the IQR (Interquartile range)? - (ANSWER)It gives you an indication of how much
the data values "stretch" from the center of the data.
IQR = Q3 - Q1.
The IQR contains the center 50 percent of the data.
What is an advantage of criterion reference assessment over norm-refernce? - (ANSWER)An advantage
of criterion-referenced tests over norm-referenced tests is their diagnostic, placement, and remediation
use. Teachers in Florida are expected to analyze student performance data to address remediation
needs of individual students.
Formative assessment - (ANSWER)occurs before and during instruction. It is critical to teachers'
instructional decision making. Formative assessments include screening, diagnostic, progress
monitoring, and various informal classroom assessments.
Summative assessment - (ANSWER)occurs after instruction has taken place at the end of an instructional
unit, regular grading period, or school year. Summative assessments include outcome assessments and
report cards.
Screening assessments - (ANSWER)are administered to all students. BOY ( baseline), MOY (midyear),
EOY (end of the year).
Diagnostic assessment - (ANSWER)are administered (usually individually) to selected students for the
purpose of identifying learning strengths and weaknesses with critical skills and concepts.
Progress monitoring assessments - (ANSWER)are regularly administered (that is, dynamic, ongoing)
assessments used to evaluate students' academic progress for the purpose of making data-based
decisions regarding instruction and interventions.
When should progress monitor assessment should be used? - (ANSWER)Progress monitoring should
occur routinely (weekly, biweekly, or monthly) and use valid and reliable assessments that are sensitive
to small changes in student academic performance.
, FTCE: PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION TEST (FLORIDA TEACHER CERTIFICATION
EXAMINATION) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Informal classroom assessment - (ANSWER)Informal classroom assessments include teacher
observations, anecdotal records, classroom questioning, checklists, guided practice, student activities,
portfolios and work samples, projects and products, teacher-made quizzes and tests, and homework.
Progress reports.
Outcome assessments - (ANSWER)Outcome assessments include the end-of-year statewide,
standardized assessments; standardized norm-referenced tests; and end-of-grading period assessments.
Data from these assessments are used to evaluate the effectiveness of the instructional program.
What are two type of summative assessments? - (ANSWER)Outcome assessments and report cards.
Assessment that occurs at the end of an instructional unit is __________ assessment. -
(ANSWER)summative
Formative assessments that are designed to identify a student's strengths and weaknesses are
__________ assessments. - (ANSWER)diagnostic
What are the types of formative assessments? - (ANSWER)Screening assessments, diagnostic, progress
monitoring, informal classroom assessment.
What does reliability refferest to? - (ANSWER)Reliability refers to the consistency of a measurement
over time and repeated measurements. If a teacher gives alternate forms of the same test periodically
over several months and the students' performance scores remain relatively the same, the test has
reliability.
Validity - (ANSWER)has to do with whether the assessment instrument measures what it is supposed to
measure. Validity can be determined by comparing a test score against some separate or independent
observation of whatever is being measured. If a teacher wants to measure math skills, the test must
measure math skills, not reading skills.
Normed-reference test - (ANSWER)norm-referenced test (such as the National Assessment of
Educational Progress) is one that assesses students by comparing their performance to that of a norm
group.
