Assessment (Quizes)

A third-grade teacher incorporates fluency practice throughout the school year. Just before the end of the first semester, he uses the district-provided fluency assessment to assess each student's reading fluency and compares the results to the fluency assessment scores from the beginning of the school year. This assessment is an example of: A. ongoing curriculum-based assessment B. summative assessment C. entry-level assessment D. informal assessment

A. ongoing these are used to evaluate how the students are progressing in order to adjust instruction as necessary. NOT a summative assessment because these occur at the culmination of instruction. the teacher plans to continue fluency instruction for the rest of the school year, so its not summative

When communicating student exam results to stakeholders, it's important to ensure that they have a clear understanding of the context, methods, and results of the assessment data. This includes which of the following?

A. why it was assessed B. how it was assessed C. what was assessed D. what the performance indicates

Of the following, which is the most important feature of an instructional assessment? A. Each assessment has various methods of assessment so each student has an opportunity to be assessed in their learning technique. B. the class average is a score of 80% C. it contains questions of varying difficulty D. the learning objectives are assessed and do not vary significantly from the material the students were taught

D. assessments should gauge the knowledge of a student in the specific learning goals of the instructional unit. The assessment should not include material that was not covered by the teacher

Which of the following is a characteristic of a congruent assessment ? A. absence of bias B. standardized format similar to the style of a state-mandated assessment C. covers only content and information explicitly and directly taught in class D. clear alignment with learning objectives and content covered in class

D.

Which of the following best describes the purpose of an entry-level assessment? A. to preview the upcoming unit for the class B. to align instruction with student needs C. to compare students' current understanding with their results from summative assessments of similar content from the year before D. to group students based on current skill level

B.

Mr. Sandberg's students are frustrated because they all performed well on the homework assignments, but the large majority of them failed the most recent exam. In reviewing the test questions, the students noticed they were much more complex than the homework questions. The students approach Mr. Sandberg with their concern that the test has questions they were not prepared to answer. Which of the following best describes the students' concern about the assessment? A. the assessment is not reliable B. the assessment does not have content validity C. the assessment does not have objective measures D. the assessment is not a performance-based

B. Content validity refers to an assessment tool that measures what you want it to measure. In this case the test did not measure what it was suppose to

A first-grade teacher would like to have a general idea of how many of her students understood the day's lesson that introduced L blends. What type of assessment would be most useful in this situation? A. an oral assessment in which the teacher calls the students up to her desk to read aloud a short sentence containing an L-blend word during independent reading time B. an informal assessment in which the teacher walks around the room observing the students while they complete their practice activity C. an entry-level assessment in which students are tested on their knowledge of L blends and other similar sounds D. a formal assessment in which the teacher asks students to identify and produce L blends

B. it would be an easy accessible informal observation that can help the teacher plan for the next day's lesson and activities

How can teachers ensure that ELL students and their families receive clear and appropriate information about assessment results?

by offering a translated copy of results