5023 Final Exam

A norm-referenced test is based on ____, while a criterion-referenced test is based on ____.

average student performance; a set standard

When planning a unit, Mr. Blake follows these steps. First, he unpacks the standard he is planning to teach. Next, he decides what types of tests he will use to assess student learning. Last, he decides what activities he will use to teach the content. Mr. Blake is engaging in the process of ____ design defined by McTighe and Wiggins.

backward

According to Stiggins, classroom assessment, interim benchmarks, and standardized testing work together to achieve ____ in an assessment system.

balance

In Dr. Rick Stiggins' new vision of assessment excellence, students:

become data-based decision makers.

Mr. Robinson, an eighth grade math teacher, and his grade level team meet weekly to collaboratively design exams that measure their student performance. Since beginning this process of ____ assessment, the team has noted that student test scores are increasing.

common

Dr. James enjoys providing feedback to his algebra students on their formative and summative exams and performance tasks. To increase his students' motivation and optimism about assessment, Dr. James uses the research-recommended approach of providing ____ feedback.

descriptive

While planning a mathematics unit for her third graders, Mrs. Roberts unpacked a standard on math operations and problem solving. From the unit, Mrs. Roberts decided she wanted her students to remember that problem solving is a lifelong skill with many real-world applications - even for fourth graders. Mrs. Roberts was expressing a(n) ____ for the standard she was about to teach.

enduring understanding

Ms. Morrison has assigned her 4th grade language arts students to compose their autobiographies. Prior to the start of the project, Ms. Johnson distributed to students a rubric that rates the entire project. Ms. Morrison is using a(n) ____ rubric to evaluate ____.

holistic; product

According to Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences, students who possess a particular intelligence would be expected to use the intelligence to ____ and ____.

solve problems; create products

Under No Child Left Behind (NCLB), one goal of accommodations is to ensure that:

standardized tests measure a student's knowledge and not the student's disability.

Achievement expectations in a productive, balanced assessment system are established by:

standards.

After writing an end-of-unit exam, Ms. Rogers checked each item against the objectives on her table of test specifications. She wanted to make sure every item measured what it was intended to measure. Ms. Rogers was checking the ____ of her teacher-made exam.

validity

Morgan Mallory is a high school science teacher who has recently been reading and reflecting on the assessment work of Lorna Earl. For a long time, Mr. Mallory has wanted to move away from traditional assessment and into a model that better meets the needs of his 21st century learners. If Mr. Mallory were to move to the approach suggested by Dr. Earl, what change would take place?

All assessment for learning will become completely learner-centered.

At the classroom level of data use, what question should educators ask about student learning?

How is each student doing on his or her way up the scaffolding leading to each standard?

Anna Bradley is a veteran teacher who recently attended professional development on the need for educators to become more assessment literate. Her experience has caused her to question her preference for traditional assessment approaches. Ms. Bradley's students always have excellent standardized test scores, but she has decided to broaden her assessment repertoire to include more learner-centered measures. What is a strategy she might implement?

Ms. Bradley could invite students to work with her in designing classroom assessments.

According to the vision of excellence proposed by Stiggins, what is a distinguishing characteristic of a productive, balanced assessment system?

Students are active participants and feel a personal sense of control over their academic outcomes.

What is an argument often used to support the use of alternative assessment?

They approximate real-world tasks.

What is a characteristic of assessment-literate educators?

They are able to design accurate assessments used to gather dependable data.

When designing a table of test specifications for an end-of-unit exam, Dr. Kyle noticed that she had selected a "remembering" item for an objective that stated: "Compose a question for scientific inquiry that is relevant to a scenario." What assessment error did the table of test specifications reveal?

Use of the wrong cognitive level

During a state-mandated standardized test, a teacher read the directions and items on the math portion aloud to Raul. Under No Child Left Behind, this is a(n) ____ that is specified in Raul's ____.

accommodation; Individualized Education Plan