Educational Psych Chapter 14

The​ chapter-opening vignette addresses indicators that are often assessed in state licensure exams. Reread the chapter opening vignette and then respond to the following questions. Ms. Tranh tells Mr. and Mrs. McKay that​ Anita's grade equivalent score on the CAT is 6.9. What does this​ mean?

Anita has done as well as an​ end-of-year sixth grader.

The primary advantage of standardized tests over​ teacher-made tests is that standardized​ tests:

allow accurate comparisons of individuals or groups of students from different classes based on the same set of criteria.

The primary purpose of the Smarter Balanced and PARCC tests is​ to:

assess student progress toward​ college- and​ career-ready standards.

Ms. Markus wants to know whether the students in her advanced algebra class have met the learning goals she set for them at the start of the year. The best test for her to use to assess their knowledge​ is

a​ criterion-referenced achievement test.

In a school with a high number of students with disabilities and English​ learners, standardized tests should​ be:

given to​ everyone, with appropriate accommodations for students who are legally entitled to them.

The original intent in developing the Common Core State Standards was​ to:

have all students in the United States working toward the same educational outcomes.

The primary use for​ value-added assessments such as the EVAAS is​ to:

measure the degree to which the school helped students move forward from whatever baseline level of learning they start with.

Research suggests that students with higher scores on the SAT tend to have higher grades in the first year of college. This relationship​ provides:

predictive evidence of the​ test's validity.

If Anita scored consistently on the CAT over multiple​ applications, it can be said that the test has

reliability.

When educators talk about the​ "accountability movement," they mean​ that:

school personnel are expected to establish higher standards and are responsible for ensuring that students achieve them.

One important change that occurred when the NCLB Act was replaced by the ESSA legislation is​ that:

states have more autonomy and can set up their own assessment and accountability systems.

The 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act​ (ESSA) mandates​ that:

students must take standardized assessments of reading and math every year from third to eighth​ grade, and one year in high school.

Given the importance of standardized test​ scores, many teachers and researchers feel that it is important to help students become​ "test-wise." One of the best ways to do this ethically is​ to:

teach students​ test-taking strategies and ways to deal with test anxiety.

If a student takes a test more than once and has very different scores each​ time, we can conclude that the test is most​ likely:

unreliable.

In art​ class, Ms. Montaigne gives her class a test designed to measure​ students' ability to separate figures from foreground. She knows from past experience that this test measures exactly what it is intended to measure. We can conclude the test​ has:

validity.