Chapter 13 EDU

Adjustments in order to insure a student with special needs is not placed in an unfair setting for instruction or assessment are?

Modifications

Asking students to recite facts or figures is an example of which level of Bloom's taxonomy?

Knowledge

What is a major challenge teacher's face when using essay type questions?

Length of time needed to score the student responses

Which level of formative assessment involves teachers collecting evidence by which they decide whether to adjust their upcoming instruction to make improvements?

Level 1: Teachers' Instructional Adjustments

Which level of formative assessment involves someone using evidence of his or her skills and knowledge to decide whether to adjust the procedures he or she is using to learn?

Level 2: Student's Learning Tactile Adjustments

Which level of formative assessment involves teachers using formative assessments to transform their learning environment?

Level 3: Classroom Climate Shift

Which level of formative assessment involves one or more levels of formative assessment adoption through the teacher learning community?

Level 4: Schoolwide Implementation

Insuring a test is neither too difficult or too easy is called addressing the

Level of Difficulty

Any test may be under close scrutiny as a result of a legal action.

True

Continuous monitoring is a key component of the RTI process

True

Expert teachers continually assess in informal ways.

True

Formative evaluation involves gathering feedback on student progress and using that to guide preparation of future lessons.

True

Implementing RTI involves all of a school's staff

True

Much of the testing done today is for the purpose of sorting students

True

Objective test questions can take considerable time to develop

True

Objective test questions have clear right or wrong answers.

True

The quality of the test has to increase as the purpose becomes more summative

True

Open ended test formats should not be used in group work settings

False

Subjective tests require students to remember a predetermined response.

False

Teacher-made tests are effective for providing the data used in high-stakes student decisions.

False

Tier IIII instruction is the most intensive RTI instructional model.

False

Under NCLB, semi-annual testing is required to monitor student progress

False

For schools who do not have a high enough participation rate, there is a punishment.

False

When looking at a normal curve when students take a well designed test, the score for the highest number of students if a perfect score were 100 would be

50

In response to the high stakes testing nationwide associated with NCLB, parents are choosing to not have their children participate in the assessment.

False

Good Instruction involves high-quality teachers continually _____________ their students and making adjustments in instruction.

Assessing

Teachers are told __________ is a key component of all lesson plans

Assessing

The term used to identify the process that entails interpreting test results and developing a plan for the next step is.

Assessing

Which term is defined as the variety of ways to probe and examine students' understanding and the extent of their learning?

Assessment

In the RTI framework, emphasis is placed upon monitoring the progress of each class on a systematic basis

False

Which of the following in not an example of bias in test questions?

Clarity of content

One of the most prevalent concerns for beginning teachers is

Class management

Which type of question seeks specific information about procedures and facts?

Closed questions

The comparison of test scores to a defined level of performance is an example of which type of test?

Criterion-referenced test

When consideration is given to student's backgrounds and context that has not been a part of the student's background, this is referred to as being?

Culturally Responsive

Which of the following is not a purpose of testing and assessing?

Drop-out assistance

Which type of test question would be the best to assess higher order thinking skills from the students?

Essay

Which of the following would best demonstrate use of higher-order thinking?

Essay on the implications of Brown v. Board of Education

Asking students to pass judgments on the strengths and weaknesses of a certain phenomenon is an example of which level of Bloom's taxonomy?

Evaluation

An accommodation changes the content of a test.

False

Assistive testing is a key component of computer based testing for special education students

False

Data Team members should be composed of all educational team members

False

The term used to describe an assessment to provide feedback on student progress and to guide preparation for tomorrow's lesson is

Formative assessment

As a result of a illegal testing practices, educators in that State of ____________ were indicted.

Georgia

The comparison of test scores of one student to the scores of another student is an example of which type of test?

Norm-referenced test

A test question where each answer is either right or wrong and there is no grey area for scoring is called an

Objective Test

_____________ is a testing format that requires students to organize and construct their response in creative and unique ways

Open ended tests

Which type of question promotes higher-order thinking?

Open-ended questions

Which type of question requires students to provide an explanation, interpretation, or elaboration?

Open-ended questions

Using student self reflection as an assessment technique can be described as

Over utilized

When a student is asked to do an activity rather than just a mental exercise this refers to a

Performance Task

Which of the following in an effective tool for assessing student work?

Rubric

The two tests developed to provide assessment based upon the common core standards are the PARCC and the _____________________ assessments.

Smarter balance

A list of acceptable modifications to assessment for students with special needs is developed by each?

State

An test question type where students must construct an individual response is a?

Subjective Test

The term used to describe structured opportunities to measure how much the test taker knows and can do at a particular point in time is

Test

Which Tier of RTI is for all students?

Tier I

Which Tier of RTI is focused on identified students deemed at risk?

Tier II

Which Tier of RTI is focused on those students who have not shown progress?

Tier III

When considering the RTI framework, a ____________ is often used to demonstrate the program.

Triangle

A challenge to subjective tests is that each student's response can be open to interpretation of correctness.

True

Bias in test questions can include

all of the above.

An assessment that includes real-world applications is referred to as

authentic.

Bloom's taxonomy is used to describe different levels of learning or

depths of knowledge.

A driving test has both a written and a______ part?

performance

All of the following are examples of summative judgment based decisions except

promotion and tenure.

The definition "a test's scores for students who seem to be similar in the learning are similar" refers to a test's

reliability.

The ___________________ should determine the selection of the appropriate test format to use

standards to be assessed

The best source of information regarding a special needs student's required testing accommodation is the

student's IEP.

The term used to describe the process of determining whether a student is ready to move to the next grade level is

summative assessment.

The definition "a test measures what it is intended to measure" refers to the test's

validity.