Professional Pedagogy - Assessment
According to the textbook, which of the following typically are responsible for preparing common assessments? a) A team of teachers b) A single teacher c) A testing company
A) A team of teachers
Common assessments is prepared by? a) A team of teachers and/or others (e.g. district supervisors) b) You as the teacher c) Supervisors only d) The State
A) A team of teachers and/or others (e.g. district supervisors)
Aptitude test are also used for determining expected learning by examining any discrepancy between which of the following? a) Ability and achievement b) Norms and standards c) Achievement and growth
A) Ability and achievement
The obvious ________ of using "prepared" test items is that they can __________ especially when the test is provided in a format that can be simply copied. a) Advantage, save you time b) Disadvantage, take more time c) Advantage, take more time d) Disadvantage, save you time
A) Advantage, save you time
It is important to clearly indicate the basis on which you will grade students' answers _______ they study for the test. a) Before b) After c) While D) Any time
A) Before
What does CAT stand for? a) Computer Adaptive Tests b) Constructing acknowledge Technology c) Catastrophic Attack Theory d) Computer Acknowledge Test
A) Compute Adaptive Tests
Levels of performance, or benchmarks, that indicate proficiency is similar of assessment, called? a) Criterion-referenced tests b) State-Exam tests c) Computer adaptive tests d) Technology Interference tests
A) Criterion-referenced tests
What type of assessment could be used with seatwork? a) Formative b) Summative c) Informal d) Formal
A) Formative
Helpful feedback is best provided when quizzes are _________? a) Graded immediately after they are completed b) Graded that evening by the teacher and returned the next day c) Graded a week later d)Graded by the teacher and never reviewed
A) Graded immediately after they are completed
What is a pre-assessment NOT used for? a) It is used to make sure the teachers are reaching their minimum number of grades for each 9-weeks b) It is used to asses what the students already know c) It is used to help guide the teacher's lesson d) It helps students understand what the learning targets are
A) It is used to make sure the teachers are reaching their minimum number of grades for each 9-weeks
According to the test, it is best to group test items according to _________ and keep assessments of the same together. a) learning targets b) learning curves c) length of questions d) types of questions
A) Learning Targets
Computer adaptive tests are most effective in subjects such as ? a) Math b) Reading c) Writing d) Social Studies
A) Math
What was the incorrect way to format an assessment? a) Multiple choice options aligned horizontally b) Questions and answers spaced out evenly c) All items of questions on the same page d) Easy to read and answer
A) Multiple choice options aligned horizontally
According to the textbooks, the primary purpose of which the following types of assessment is to compare individuals? a) Norm-referenced b) Standards-based c) Classroom
A) Norm-referenced
Which of the following is not a key element of instruction teachers are encouraged to differentiate? a) Pacing b) Content c) Process d) Products
A) Pacing
What does the PARCC acronym stand for? a) Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career b) Past Assessment Regulation for College and Career c) Practice Assessment Readiness for Character and Closure d) None of the above
A) Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers
What does the PARCC stand for? a) Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career b) Parents for Assessment of Reading and Core Curriculum c) Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for Core Curriculum d) Parents for Assessment of Readiness for College in Career
A) Partnership for Assessment of Readiness of College and Career
How are Benchmark or Interim tests used? a) Periodically to determine student progress towards meeting standards that will be state tested. b) After every lesson to determine what was retained c) At the end of every day to determine what standards were learned d) Once a year as the states high-stake standardized test to assess knowledge of state standards.
A) Periodically to determine student progress towards meeting standards that will be state tested.
________________ supposedly indicates what students know and don't know or what they can and cannot do. a) Pretest b) Homework c) Structured exercise D) Seatwork
A) Pretest
According to the textbook, which type of formative assessment helps teachers avoid redundancy and/or moving students ahead too quickly? a) Pretests b) Homework c) Seatwork
A) Pretests
Test returned with comments about specific progress has been demonstrated since previous assessment is an example of: a) Self-referenced b) Target-referenced c) Scaffolded d) Verification
A) Self-referenced
Which of the following is the term used to refer to the estimate of the degree of error that is probable, given the reliability estimate of a test? a) Standard error of measurement b) Pearson correlation coefficient c) Cronbach's alpha
A) Standard error of measurement
What is a key factor in obtaining valid results from large-scale testing? a) Student motivation b) Teacher motivation c) Parent motivation d) All of the above
A) Student motivation
Common assessments are used to measure _____? a) Student progress toward shared standards-based learning targets and goals b) Students' progress towards personal goals c) How commonly they make good grades d) Commonalities between students
A) Student progress towards shared standard-based learning targets and goals
Benchmark or Interim tests identify what for the teachers? a) Student strengths and weaknesses b) Students creative abilities c) Students life skills d) Student dispositions
A) Student strengths and weaknesses
Large scale _________ administered at the end of the school year, are not effective ___________. a) Summative Assessment, Formative Assessment b) Formative Assessment, Summative Assessment c) Interim Assessment, Formative Assessment d) Formative Assessment, Interim Assessment
A) Summative Assessment, Formative Assessment
What is tan essential component of formative assessment? A) To include instructional adjustments that will help students reach learning targets b) To emphasize prior knowledge c) To include content from other subjects to involve integration d) To establish what students still lack
A) To include instructional adjustments that will help students reach learning targets
The results of summative assessments need to be analyzed with other sources of data to provide evidence for which of the following? a) Validity b) Reliability c) Reasoning d) Response
A) Validity
The purpose of the test should be made clear to students __________. a) Well in advance of the testing date b) 5 days before the test c) 5 hours before the test d) Right before the test
A) Well in advance of the testing date
According to the textbook, if there are resources to access test banks provided by other, do so _______. a) With caution b) At your free will c) Sparingly d) Never do it
A) With Caution
____________ is most effective when there is a need to provide specific comments for each student on completed papers, projects, and tests. a) Written feedback b) Student response c) Spoken feedback d) Elaboration
A) Written Feedback
What type of assessment happen annually to test students yearly gain of knowledge? a) Year-end Large-Scale Assessment b) Formative Assessment c) Embedded Assessment d) Annual test do not exist
A) Year-end Large-Scale Assessment
What is quickly replacing physical classroom response systems? a) digital tools b) sticky notes c) exit tickets d) clickers
A) digital tools
The states hope their year-end large-scale accountability tests are________? a) formative b) informal c) summative d) interim
A) formative
The format of summative assessments should enhance _______ and _______. a) Scoring accuracy and efficiency b) no scoring accuracy and ineffectiveness c) scoring accuracy and disabilities d) no scoring accuracy and efficiency
A) scoring accuracy an efficiency
Large-Scale summative assessment are not effective ______ based formative assessment? a) summative b) diagnostic c) benchmark d) informal
A) summative
Why is it important that teacher are able to differentiate in their instruction? a) Because different groups of students only need to know certain things b) Because each student has different educational needs c) Because some things can't be taught to certain students d) All of the above
B) Because each student has different education needs
According to the textbook, tests that are prepared by a team of teachers in a school or district and are used to assess students growth are referred to as which of the following? A) Pre-assessments B) Common assessments C) Targeted assessments
B) Common assessments
A good approach to evaluating current student knowledge and skills is to ______. a) Have students take a selected response test b) Design structured exercises that will provide you with an opportunity to observe students in the context of specific performance situations c) Be safe to include a formal assessment with the students d) None of above
B) Design structured exercises that will provide you with an opportunity to observe students in the context of specific performance situations
According to the text, which of the following is not a part of the checklist for putting summative assessments together? a) put the same item formats together in separate sections b) include little to no directions c) customize to the age of students d) arrange items from easiest to hardest
B) Include little to no direction
According to the textbook, which of the following is designed to determine student progress towards meeting standards to be assessed on the end-of-the-year high-stakes tests? a) Standards-based assessments b) Interim assessments c) Targeted assessments
B) Interim assessments
What was the first major theory on individualizing teaching to students based on feedback from assessment? a) Multiple Intelligence b) Mastery Learning c) ZPD d) Scaffolding
B) Mastery Learning
What is a disadvantage of giving homework? a) Students may react negatively if they do poorly b) Not always the results of student work c) Does not provide a common, standard result or finding d) Can be individualized
B) Not always the results of student work
What is given at the beginning of a lesson to assess what the students already know? (pg. 145) a) Post-assessment b) Pre-assessment c) Summative assessment d) Formative assessment
B) Pre-assessment
What are the two efforts used to help improve student learning? a) Common Core Curriculum Standards and TEKS b) Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium and Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) c) Common Core Curriculum Standards and PARCC d) Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium and TEKS
B) Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium and Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC)
According to the textbook, which of the following is the most common type of large-scale assessment used in schools? a) Norm-referenced b) Standards-based c) Classroom
B) Standards-based
Which of the following should not affect small group lesson planning and execution? a) Student interests b) Student progress in other groups c) Student motivation d) Prior achievements
B) Student progress in other groups
Which type of feedback provides fine-tuned feedback related to a specific learning target? a) Elaboration b) Target-referenced c) Self-referenced d) Verification
B) Target-referenced
What is not important for teacher to do? a) Motivate students to do their best b) Tell students they need to all make perfect scores c) Emphasize the importance of a goodnight's sleep d) Reassure that some anxiety is normal
B) Tell students they need to all make perfect scores
From a formative standpoint, the quiz is a structured procedure to check which of the following? a) The teachers learning of specific skills, standards, or relatively specific learning targets that are part of more general goals for major units of instruction b) The students learning of specific skills, standards, or relatively specific learning targets that are part of more general goals for major units of instruction c) The reliability/precision and fairness of the quiz d) To measure the student's content knowledge of 35-50 items and concepts covered an entire year of learning
B) The students learning of specific skills, standards, or relatively specific learning targets that are part of more general goals for major units of instruction
What is the biggest issue we face with Year-end Large-Scale Assessment? a) They are too short b) They do not give enough feedback c) They are too accurate d) They have no issues
B) They do not give enough feedback
What does the skill Tuning In mean? a) Learning to read, interpret, and do b) Using and following oral directions c) Learning to fill in the answer sheet quickly and accurately d) Learning to make educated guesses
B) Using and following oral directions
A decision to use any type of assessment is always made ______ you have identified the learning targets that you will assess. a) before b) after c) during d) prior to when
B) after
What can probe students further about what they missed or did not fully understand? a) a grade on an assignment with check marks b) brief comments throughout the students work c) take a long time to give back an assignment
B) brief comments throughout the students work
Year-end Large-Scale Assessments have _______ - _______ items to measure learning that occurs an entire school year. a) 20-30 b) 25-40 c) 35-50 d) 5-10
C) 35-50
Which of these is not included in the checklist for putting summative assessments together? a) include complete directions b) customize to the age of the students c) arrange from hardest to easiest d) put the same item formats together in separate sections
C) Arrange from hardest to easiest
According to the textbook, which of the following type of assessment is most aligned with student learning and motivation? A) Norm-based b) Standards-based c) Classroom
C) Classroom
______________________ is electronically administered to essentially provide each student with a test that is customized to ability level. a) Criterion-referenced tests b) State-Exam tests c) Computer adaptive tests d) Technology Interference tests
C) Computer adaptive tests
Does the Untied States have any national tests that all students take? a) Yes, there are many b) No, none at all c) Does not really have any d) None of the above
C) Does not really have any
Benchmark or Interim tests happen how often? a) Every day b) Every week c) Every 9 weeks d) Every 2 years
C) Every 9 weeks
All of the following are considered a type of assessment, EXCEPT? a) Homework b) Seatwork c) Groupwork d) Pretests
C) Groupwork
According to the textbook, test company items are probably of ________ quality than items prepared by textbook publishers. a) Lower b) Poorer c) Higher d) Inferior
C) Higher
What is another name for Benchmark Assessments? a) testing every week b) National standard-based tests c) interim d) performance task
C) Interim
What does feedback do for students? a) Break their confidence level b) Only provide students with negative critiques c) Keep students on task and further their learning d) To establish students with information about learning targets
C) Keep students on task and further their learning
What does the skill Know and Go mean? a) Learning to answer easy questions b) Learning to make educated guesses c) Learning trusting your instincts about an answer and move on d) Learning to read, interpret, and do
C) Learning trusting your instincts about an answer and move on
On the Smarter Balanced website, the promotion is that their tests are ___________. a) Next generation b) Formative assessment c) More than just a test d) Accountability test
C) More than just a test
While-class analysis is used to understand how the students, as a group are? a) Living b) Being evaluated c) Performing D) Interacting
C) Performing
According to the textbook, which type of formative assessment allows teachers to provide immediate, specific feedback? a) Pretests b) Homework c) Seatwork
C) Seatwork
What is an advantage of seatwork? a) Not systematic and prone to errors b) Easy for students to be off task c) Task can be individualized d) Relatively low stakes
C) Tasks can be individualized
What is the primary purpose for homework? a) So that students have more busy work to do when they get home b) To make sure students don't forget what they have learned in class c) To provide extra practice in applying knowledge and skills d) So they can receive extra points on the next test
C) To provide extra practice in applying knowledge and skills
All of the following are considered pre-assessments except: a) Homework b) Seatwork c) Unit Exams d) Pretests
C) Unit Exams
What can be helpful for time purposes to make feedback more specific? a) take a whole day to grade and provide feedback b) stay after work to grade and provide feedback c) use a rubric d) none of the above
C) Use a rubric
Which type of feedback indicates wrong answers, with or without correct answers flagged or retakes permitted? (pg 155) a) Elaboration b) Scaffolding c) Verification d) Target-referenced
C) Verification
Response to intervention (RTI) testing helps determine eligibility for special education service. A) No, RTI testing does not do this B) Yes, RTI testing's only purpose is to determine eligibility c) Yes, RTI does do this, but its also helps monitor at risk student's progress d) RTI testing is used by school administration to assess teachers, not students
C) Yes, RTI testing does do this, but it also helps monitor at risk student's progress
According to the text, the arrangement of items by level of difficulty has ________ effect on the results. a) no b) more c) little d) plenty
C) little
Assessment directions include the following except: a) purpose b) procedures for occurring answers c) states the correct answers d) basis for responding
C) states the correct answers
How does the Smarter Balanced website promote their tests? a) "it is perfect" b) "Students do not need test" c) get your smarts balanced with smarter balanced" d) "our tests are more than just a test"
D) "our tests are more than just a test"
When grouping students for classwork, how should teachers match up the groups? a) Hetergeneously: each group always consists of students of the different proficiency levels b) Homogeneously: each group always consists of students of the same proficiency levels c) Randomly: it does not matter how students are grouped, so the teacher can construct groups at random with no adverse effects d) A combination of A & B, depending on the activity at hand
D) A combination of A & B, depending on the activity at hand
Homework is used to _________ student learning? a) Extend b) Expand c) Elaborate d) All of the above
D) All of the above
Standard-based tests are designed to determine whether students have attained targeted __________, that have been identified by policy makers as imporant. a) Knowledge b) Skills c) Understanding d) All of the above
D) All of the above
To anticipate the nature of the feedback to provide, using which step will be helpful? A) Understand the learning target B) Know probable student errors C) Establish feedback ideas D) All of the above
D) All of the above
Who can provide assistance with homework? a) Parents b) Siblings c) Friends d) All of the above
D) All of the above
Why are preassessments important? a) They help teachers identify where in learning progressions instruction should be focused, avoiding redundancy and moving students ahead b) Preassessments can help teachers determine the appropriate level of challenge and difficulty students need to motivate them, making instruction more intrinsically interesting, relevant, and engaging c) Preassessment help students understand learning targets and the sequential process of learning that is needed. d) All of the above
D) All of the above
Individual student performance allows teacher to do which of the following? a) to groups students for further instruction b) to single out all students who are struggling or at risk c) when needed, to provide individualized remediation d) Both A & C
D) Both A & C
Which of the following is not considered a digital tool? a) iPads and iPhones b) Online sites and apps c) Online games and prompts d) Exit tickets and sticky notes
D) Exit tickets and sticky notes
Which of the following is NOT a reason for why preassessment is important? a) They help teachers identify where in learning progressions instruction should be focused. b) Help students understand learning targets and the sequential process of learning that is needed. c) Help teachers determine the appropriate levels of challenge and difficulty student need to motivate them d) Help students identify the teaching techniques needed to pass certain classes.
D) Help students identify the teaching techniques needed to pass certain classes.
Assessment directions should include all of the following except ______. a) Purpose b) Basis for responding C) What to do about guessing D) How to stop cheating
D) How to stop cheating
Most digital tool systems allow students to respond at the same time, which helps the teacher with which of the following? a) Reliability/Precision b) Prepare for the upcoming benchmark c) Use fewer sticky notes, exit tickets, and clickers d) Immediately gauge student understanding
D) Immediately gauge student understanding
The authors of ready-made tests may use language that is __________ with the test or the way you have taught the material. a) Incompatible b) Unfitting c) Conflicting d) Not consistent
D) Not consistent
All of the following are shared essential characteristics of standard-based and standardized tests, except? a) Fixed or equivalent set of test items b) High technical quality c) Set direction for administration d) Record student's failures
D) Record students' failures
All of the following are types of Instructional Adjustments except: a) Further reading b) Individual tutoring c) Modeling D) Targeting
D) Targeting
What is the purpose of Re-explanation? a) To benefit the teacher b) To make sure the students receive direct teaching c) To make all the students bored and sleep d) To provide different explanations using different words
D) To provide different explanations using different words
Which is not a test taking skill students should be proficient in? a) Tuning In b) Be back c) When in doubt, try it out d) When in doubt, C is out
D) When in doubt, C is out
Many states develop their own _______________. a) Common assessments b) STAR test c) state mandated test d) Year-end accountability test
D) Year-end accountability test
What are quizzes used to check for with students? a) learning of specific skills b) standards being meet c) learning targets that are part of more general goals d) all of the above
D) all of the above
What is the purpose for using benchmark assessment tests? a) to determine student status on achieving year-end standards to design appropriate instruction b) to test the teacher's knowledge of standards they are testing c) to test the district state funding based on the test outcomes d) both B & C
a) to determine student status on achieving year-end standards to design appropriate instruction
How many items do Year-end Large-Scale Assessment use to measure learning? a) 25-35 b) 35-50 c) 50-60 d) 85-100
b) 35-50
How many items do large scale test usually have to measure learning that has occurred over an entire school year? a) 25-35 b) 35-50 c) 55-75 d) 75-95
b) 35-50
According to the text, which of the following is a key component to the long-term effectiveness of quizzes and unit tests? a) Giving students only the right or wrong answers b) Giving students no opportunities for more instruction to improve their understanding c) Giving individualized feedback after allowing students to see which answers they answered incorrectly d) Giving generalized feedback to the entire class as to not single out any students
c) Giving individualized feedback after allowing students to see which answers they answered incorrectly
The time interval between when students take the test and when the results are available is important because ... a) the student has to think back about their performance the sooner they receive it b) students will focus more on the results and not the feedback if it takes long c) time does not matter when it come to feedback d) Both A & B are correct
d) Both A & B are correct
