EDF4430: Measurement for Teachers

According to the textbook, which of the following is the type of formative assessment that is characterized by close monitoring?

Embedded

Arranging items by level of difficulty (e.g., easy items first, then difficult ones) has a positive effect on the results of a test.

False

Best practice is to mix up the item types used in a test. You want to keep students on their toes so they read the items carefully.

False

Match a formative assessment type to a DISADVANTAGE that corresponds best with it: Often created collaboratively by a team of teachers, the technical aspects concerned with the reliability/precision and fairness of this formative assessment type can be weak.

Common assessments

Match a formative assessment type to an ADVANTAGE that corresponds best with it: Since this type of summative-based formative assessment is the same for all students and teachers, there is a great opportunity for teachers to collaboratively come up with suggested instructional adjustments.

Common assessments

According to the textbook, which of the following is the type of formative assessment that is characterized by answers to oral questions?

Embedded

One type of test item is usually all that is needed to accurately record student proficiency.

False

Research indicates that few students cheat or know others who cheat.

False

Teachers should wait until the end of a unit to begin constructing the assessment.

False

According to the textbook, which of the following is the term used to describe the source of error that occurs when students act differently because they know the teacher is watching?

Hawthron effect

Match a formative assessment type to a DISADVANTAGE that corresponds best with it: Uneven and unknown input and assistance from parents, siblings, and friends make it difficult to know how much of it is the student's work.

Homework

Match a formative assessment type to an ADVANTAGE that corresponds best with it: Results can be used to determine whether students, individually and as a group, have reached proficiency.

Homework

Match a formative assessment type to a DISADVANTAGE that corresponds best with it: The large amount of material typically covered by this type of summative-based formative assessment means it rarely provides enough detail to suggest specific instructional correctives.

Interim assessments

Match a formative assessment type to an ADVANTAGE that corresponds best with it: Shows student progress towards meeting standards to be assessed on the end-of-the-year high-stakes tests.

Interim assessments

Match a formative assessment type to a DISADVANTAGE that corresponds best with it: May not discriminate well for the highest achieving students.

Pretests

Match a formative assessment type to an ADVANTAGE that corresponds best with it: Helps teachers avoid redundancy and/or moving students ahead too quickly.

Pretests

Match a formative assessment type to a DISADVANTAGE that corresponds best with it: Given that this type of formative assessment typically only includes a few items, not all parts of general goals for major units of instruction can be covered.

Quizzes

Match a formative assessment type to an ADVANTAGE that corresponds best with it: Typically given with only a few items, they allow teachers to check on student learning of specific skills, standards, or relatively specific learning targets that are part of more general goals for major units of instruction.

Quizzes

A scale shows the same number each time that you step on it. You have not gained or lost weight. Which concept does this demonstrate?

Reliability

Match a formative assessment type to a DISADVANTAGE that corresponds best with it: It is easy for students to be off task and relies on them being motivated to complete it.

Seatwork

Match a formative assessment type to an ADVANTAGE that corresponds best with it: Allows teachers to provide immediate, specific feedback.

Seatwork

Constructed-response items are often the best kind to use for detecting errors.

True

Generally, research shows that teachers use too much praise.

True

If you think your students can gain confidence by answering the easiest items first, it's fine to order the items by increasing difficulty.

True

Normally, sampling will be purposeful so that a good cross section of difficulty is selected.

True

Summative assessments can be used by teachers to plan instruction.

True

Teachers should make sure their students have adequate test-taking skills.

True

Test company items are probably of higher quality than items prepared by textbook publishers.

True

The mainstays of embedded formative assessment are teacher observation and questioning.

True

The primary difference between summative and formative assessment is in the use of the evidence.

True

To improve the quality of student responses, it has been shown that teachers need to wait at 3 to 5 seconds before calling on students to answer questions.

True

A teacher includes a line on the rubric for students to score or lose points based on how well they worked with their group members. Which principle does this violate?

Validity