Module 23

One of the most important issues to consider when choosing an assessment is making sure there is a match between the purpose of the assessment and the teacher's instructional methods and learning objectives. True False

True

Research has shown that communication with parents, such as texting them when their high school student does not turn in an assignment, increases the test scores and school engagement of low socioeconomic students. True False

True

A teacher wants to determine if a student or group of students has mastered a specific set of learning objectives to a particular level of proficiency. This situation is most consistent with ______. criterion-referenced grading norm-referenced grading self-referenced grading other-referenced grading

criterion-referenced grading

Ms. Umbridge has become frustrated with the number of students who miss her tests and quizzes in the winter months due to colds and flu. She has decided to set very difficult essay tests as the only means of making up the missed work. In setting these make-up assessments, which criterion of high-quality assessment is Ms. Umbridge disregarding? fairness practicality reliability validity

fairness

A teacher has a class of 20 students. She orders the scores on a test and gives the highest score an A. Then the next five students receive a B, the next eight student receive a C, the next five receive a D and the lowest score receives an F. This technique is called the ______. standard deviation method fixed percentage method grading on the curve method total points method

grading on the curve method

Mr. Harkness has noticed that the students in his American government class are either very engaged or have nothing to contribute to class discussions. As such, he is aware that he likes the students who participate and are interested. When the students have to turn in their first analytical essay, he is concerned that he might be biased to grade the work of students he likes more leniently. As such, he has students turn in their projects with the last 4 digits of their student ID, rather than their names. Mr. Harkness does this in order to reduce the potential effects of the ______. Matthew effect implicit bias effect Hawthorne effect halo effect

halo effect

Two English teachers co-developed a grading rubric. They both score a set of creative writing assignments using the same grading rubric, but each teacher's grade for the same student's assignment is quite different. For example, one teacher assigns the student an A, but the other teacher gives the same assignment a B-. In this situation, the grading rubric that these teachers developed does not have good ______. intrarater reliability interrater reliability intrarater validity interrater validity

interrater reliability

An assessment that involves items that can be graded as correct or incorrect with little to no interpretation on the part of the teacher is called ______. performance assessments practical assessments subjective assessments objective assessments

objective assessments

When a teacher works to develop a rating scale or analytic rubric in order to grade student work, it is highly likely that the teacher needs to score a ______. multiple-choice test performance assessment holistic portfolio standards-based assessment

performance assessment

In creating a final essay exam and a grading rubric for her history classes, a teacher is working to make sure that the rubric is specific and detailed enough to make sure that she is consistent in how she grades students from her different sections of the class and across the several days that it will take to grade them all. This teacher is showing a concern for which criterion of high-quality assessments? practicality reliability fairness validity

reliability

When a teacher deducts points from a late assignment, or adds points for "effort," the final assigned grade may not be a true reflection of the student's academic achievement. As such, the grade would have questionable ______. intrarater reliability reliability validity authenticity

validity

______ assessments are used to monitor learning progress during an instructional unit and to assist with lesson planning, whereas ______ assessments are used to determine how much students have learned at the end of an instructional unit. Subjective; objective Objective; subjective Formative; summative Summative; formative

Formative; summative

Holistic rubrics can be used for formative evaluation purposes, as they provide an adequate amount of detail and feedback to let students know the ways in which they can improve their performance. True False

False

It is appropriate to use criterion-referenced grading for assessments given throughout the school year and then use a norm-referenced approach for determining students' final course grade. True False

False

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) severely limits the amount of information that parents can access with respect to their children's educational progress. True False

False

Which of the following situations requires a norm-referenced evaluation? Mr. Coltrane assesses whether his students have learned the skill of adding fractions to determine if he can move on to teach the next set of math skills. Mr. Davis uses a checklist to grade the arguments of the debate teams in his government class. Mr. Coleman is looking at final grades in advanced algebra to determine which students will be selected for his AP calculus class. Mr. Mingus is determining which of students have reached the "proficient" and "advanced" levels of performance on a set of state standards.

Mr. Coleman is looking at final grades in advanced algebra to determine which students will be selected for his AP calculus class.

All of the following are examples of evaluation EXCEPT ______. Mr. Figgins tallies final scores to determine which students have passed and failed the exam. Ms. Adler assesses whether her students have mastered single digit addition to determine if she should begin lessons on subtraction. Ms. Holliday is looking at final grades in advanced algebra to determine which students will be selected for her AP calculus class. Mr. Corcoran is trying to determine the best ratio of multiple choice to essay questions for his history final exam.

Mr. Corcoran is trying to determine the best ratio of multiple choice to essay questions for his history final exam.

The recent shift in the way teachers report information to parents about student progress has occurred due to a number of factors. These include all of the following EXCEPT ______. an increase in the need to communicate information through the use of narrative reports that are not easily misinterpreted by parents an increased emphasis on how students perform relative to national standards, such as the Common Core Standards an increase in the use of electronic grading systems that can be accessed by parents using the Internet an increase in use of electronic communication, such as email and text messages

an increase in the need to communicate information through the use of narrative reports that are not easily misinterpreted by parents

For Ms. Norbury's senior English project, students hand in an annotated bibliography, thesis statement, and an outline of the argument of the paper by the middle of the term. She provides students with detailed feedback on how to improve the project, and what the strengths and limitations are with respect to mastering the learning goals she outlined for the students. At the end of term, students hand in the entire project. At this stage, Ms. Norbury provides an overall evaluation of the quality of the student's project. Based on this description, Ms. Norbury developed a(n) ______ to score the midterm assignment and a(n) ______ to score the final project. analytic rubric; checklist checklist; rating scale analytic rubric; holistic rubric holistic rubric; checklist

analytic rubric; holistic rubric

Assessment is best described as ______. any procedure used for obtaining information to support educational decision making any test, quiz, exam, or contest that yields information about student performance the specific scores, grades, or rankings that result from tests, quizzes, or exams the specific judgment that was made on the basis of scores, grades, or rankings

any procedure used for obtaining information to support educational decision making

Performance-based assessments, portfolios, oral presentations, and essays are all examples of ______. informal assessments assessments that produce subjective data assessments that produce objective data placement assessments

assessments that produce subjective data

A ______ contains artifacts that showcase what a student has achieved and mastered, whereas a _____ contains sample artifacts that may be in progress and may contain a student's self-reflections and teacher feedback. growth portfolio; best work portfolio performance assessment; authentic assessment best work portfolio; growth portfolio objective assessment; authentic portfolio

best work portfolio; growth portfolio

Mr. Giles, a veteran English teacher, has two teaching interns this semester. As part of his mentorship, he is teaching Drusilla and Darla how to grade the students' creative writing assignments. He shares with them his grading rubric and has them both grade all of the assignments. After he receives both sets of scores, he shows that his well-constructed rubric has yielded scores from Drusilla and Darla that are only occasionally different by a point or two. In creating a rubric that yields consistent results, with which criterion of high-quality assessment is Mr. Giles concerned? reliability validity fairness practicality

reliability

If, when grading a student's performance, a teacher takes into account the student's effort, motivation, and the amount of improvement compared to previous assignments, the teacher is using ______. nonacademic grading norm-referenced grading growth-referenced grading self-referenced grading

self-referenced grading

Report cards have commonly reported student achievement in terms of either letter grades or percentages. More recent report cards may also include performance-level descriptors such as basic or proficient to indicate a student's progress on a set of learning objectives. The use of such descriptors is consistent with ______. state- and federally mandated reporting conventions narrative report scales descriptive referenced grading standards-based grading

standards-based grading