Chapter 8

Diagnostic tests (like the WRAT4) can be considered a type of intelligence tests.

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One problem with the WRAT4 is that it does not eliminate the possible effects of reading comprehension.

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Reliability and validity of diagnostic tests is often quite poor.

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State achievement testing to measure success toward the benchmarks of the No Child Left Behind Act has placed pressure on school systems to show that all of their students can excel on cognitive ability tests.

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Surprisingly, predictions of how a student will do in college decreases if you combine the use of the SATs with GPA as compared to using the SATs alone.

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Which of the following do achievement tests usually NOT offer?

A national report card

Which of the following is NOT a diagnostic test?

All of these are diagnostic tests.

Which of the following is legally NOT allowed to sit on a school's special education team?

All of these can sit on a school's special education team.

This readiness test stresses personal and social skills as well as adaptive behavior much more than some of the others.

Gesell Readiness Test

Based on the text, which of the following survey battery achievement tests does NOT include grades 9 through 12 and does NOT have open-ended items?

Iowa Test of Basic Skills

Which of the following is most accurate about the NAEP?

It samples students nationally to allow state-to-state educational comparisons.

Which standard score is NOT accurate?

MCAT: Mean of 50, SD of 10

Which of the following is NOT a problem with tests of educational ability?

Many tests of educational ability are poorly made. Therefore, decisions based on such tests scores cannot be trusted.

A school counselor decides to examine all students' cognitive ability and achievement test scores in her school by using the CogAT and the Stanford Achievement Test. She then identifies all students who have significantly higher cognitive ability than achievement scores. Which of the following is NOT likely a source of these differences?

Poor reliability and validity of the instruments

Which of the following tests tend to have the weakest reliability and validity?

Readiness tests

Which of the following is NOT a positive aspect to the use of tests of educational ability?

Test accuracy has become so good that often wise decisions can be made using only one assessment instrument.

According to the text, which cognitive ability test attempts to measure ability based on Vernon's hierarchical abilities and Cattell's fluid and crystallized abilities?

The Cognitive Ability Test (CogAT)

Which cognitive ability test measures cognitive skills for children K-12?

The Cognitive Ability Test (CogAT)

Which cognitive ability test measures "analytical abilities through assessing one's capability to find relationships between ideas, general knowledge, and word fluency?"

The MAT

Which cognitive ability test is the most popular college admission exam on the undergraduate level?

The SAT and ACT are both widely used.

Which diagnostic test measures the fundamentals, or the basic codes, related to reading (pronunciation), spelling, and arithmetic?

The Wide Range Achievement Test 4 (WRAT4)

Which of the following is NOT a use of tests of educational ability?

To assist in career and occupational assessment

Although achievement testing has been criticized by some, many positive aspects of them include all of the following EXCEPT:

Used on their own, they are excellent at identifying students with learning disabilities.

Which of the following is NOT true as a result of the No Child Left Behind Act?

Which of the following is NOT true as a result of the No Child Left Behind Act?

A problem with the Gesell Readiness test is that it does not make clear placement recommendations.

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Although open-ended and essay type questions tend to offer a broader assessment of one's ability, the tradeoff is often in lower reliability estimates.

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On the SATs, students can be compared to a recent norm group by examining their percentile score, or an earlier norm group by examining their standard score. The earlier standard score used a mean of 500 and a standard deviation of 100.

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Predictive validity estimates of college and graduate school cognitive ability tests tend to range from the high .3s to the low .6s.

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School counselors can play an important role in the schools by disaggregating data and identifying those students who might need additional assistance with their learning.

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The NAEP is often referred to as the National Report Card.

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The Stanford Achievement Test is one of the oldest survey battery achievement tests.

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