4- Assessment Flashcards
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Students are given a demanding task and then asked to respond to that task orally, in writing, or by constructing a product. This type of evaluation is a(an)
A. portfolio assessment.
B. performance assessment.
C. formative assessment.
D. open-ended assessment.
B. performance assessment.
Which of the following assessments would be best for comparing a student’s knowledge with that of other students in the same grade level?
A. teacher-made
B. norm-referenced
C. performance-based
D. content-referenced
B. norm-referenced
A 4th-grade team analyzes student test scores from the beginning and the end of the school year to determine whether to continue using the current core reading curriculum. Which of the following is the best type of assessment to use for this purpose?
A. cognitive
B. qualitative
C. summative
D. formative
C. summative
A student appears to be struggling with a reading subskill after initial instruction. The teacher wants to find out what component of reading is hindering comprehension. Which of the following assessments would best aid the teacher?
A. screening
B. diagnostic
C. progress monitoring
D. outcome measure
B. diagnostic
A social studies teacher asks the students in the class how they could use the word HOMES to help them remember the names of the Great Lakes: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior. The students quickly recognize that the first letters of the names of the lakes can be arranged to spell HOMES. This approach to memorizing information best exemplifies using
A. an acronym
B. chunking
C. rehearsal
D. rote
A. an acronym
A teacher is concerned about appropriate assessment of content area learning for students in the class who have histories of limited academic success. To ensure fair and accurate assessment of these students, it would be most appropriate for the teacher to
A. develop separate, more lenient criteria for assessing their progress.
B. modify their assignments to reflect less-challenging expectations
C. use a variety of formal and informal assessment measures, such as observations, interviews, test scores, and samples of daily work.
D. rely mainly on the use of students self assessment procedures in assessing their acquisition of knowledge and skills.
C. use a variety of formal and informal assessment measures, such as observations, interviews, test scores, and samples of daily work.
After a cooperative learning activity in language arts, the teacher asks students to determine whether the activity was successful and to reflect on their roles and participation. Which of the following is a benefit of having students do this assignment?
A. It will allow the teacher to assess students mastery of the language arts objective for the cooperative learning activity
B. It will promote self-reflection and self-assessment on the part of the student.
C. It will promote a healthy, competitive spirit among students.
D. It will allow the teacher to identify those students who exhibited leadership skills.
B. It will promote self-reflection and self-assessment on the part of the student.
At midyear, a high school teacher asks the students to respond to the following three prompts:
What I like best about this class
What I like least about this class
What I would change to make this class better
This type of assessment is called a
A. criterion-referenced assessment
B. formative assessment
C. needs assessment
D. norm-referenced assessment
B. formative assessment
To obtain information about a high school students strengths and weaknesses in a subject area, which of the following types of assessment would be best to use?
A. diagnostic
B. outcome measure
C. progress monitoring
D. screening
A. diagnostic
Which of the following is NOT a recommended practice in regard to homework for middle school students?
A. limiting homework assignments to 15 minutes per day
B. giving prompt comments and criticism when work is completed
C. coordinating homework assignments with other teachers to avoid homework overload
D. giving homework assignments that are appropriate to students levels of achievement and individual differences in ability
A. limiting homework assignments to 15 minutes per day
A sixth-grade social studies teacher designs a unit test, being careful to ensure that the test is aligned with the instructional content that was addressed in class. Upon administering and grading the test, the teacher finds that each of the students earned a score of 90 percent or better. When reflecting upon these test results, the most appropriate conclusion for the teacher to draw about her teaching practices is that she
A. needs to move at an accelerated pace of instruction for the next unit.
B. made the test too easy and, thus, failed to differentiate adequately among the students.
C. is an effective teacher because the students have mastered the unit content.
D. is targeting instruction at a level that is too low for the students in the class.
C. is an effective teacher because the students have mastered the unit content.
At the beginning of the school year, a school’s fourth-grade students are administered a screening assessment. A fourth-grade teacher examines the results of the school-wide screening assessment and determines that two students in his class performed slightly below grade level in writing. To collect additional data for developing effective interventions, the teacher should
A. analyze writing samples in the students language arts portfolios for an initial time period.
B. ask the reading coach to review the screening assessment data with the teacher
C. assign peer tutors to each of the two students
D. monitor the students engagement during in-class writing assignments.
A. analyze writing samples in the students language arts portfolios for an initial time period.
A language arts teacher makes the following list of tentative test items over a novel Huckleberry FInn, by Mark Twain:
- Tom Sawyers aunt is named Aunt _____.
- True or false: Mark Twain was the pen name for Samuel Coleridge.
- Who is Widow Douglas?
- Discuss the role of superstition in the novel Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
On which item does guessing have the most effect?
A. Item 1
B. Item 2
C. Item 3
D. Item 4
B. Item 2
A school district wants to develop a benchmark test to see how well students are progressing toward the academic goals of the district. What type of test would be best for this purpose?
A. aptitude
B. criterion-referenced
C. norm-referenced
D. psychomotor
B. criterion-referenced
Which of the following assessment methods is considered an authentic way to assess kindergarten children’s learning in learning centers?
A. informal teacher observation
B. multiple-choice testing
C. peer assessment
D. standardized assessment
A. informal teacher observation
A history teacher is concerned about her students low grades. She feels the low grades are mainly due to the students lack of interest and enthusiasm in history class. Which of the following measures related to assessment would be best for motivating students to earn better grades in history?
A. reducing the number of tests, quizzes, and homework assignments given
B. including comments related to improvement in reports to students and parents
C. giving feedback several weeks after administering a test
D. using a lower standard for grading
B. including comments related to improvement in reports to students and parents
In high school, students should be given homework primarily to
A. improve their academic achievement
B. help them develop good study habits.
C. foster in them positive attitudes toward school
D. enhance their self-discipline
A. improve their academic achievement
Students in a high school chemistry class are learning to prepare solutions of acids. Which of the following methods is the most appropriate way for the teacher to assess the students understanding of this procedure?
A. Use an observational checklist
B. Give a short quiz
C. Have students complete a worksheet
D. Have the students prepare a lab report.
A. Use an observational checklist
A high school speech teacher has students conduct peer assessments of students performances. The teachers main purpose for using peer assessments is to
A. encourage students to explore new techniques
B. decrease the teachers workload and grading time
C. allow students to deepen their understanding of the concepts
D. provide a record of student progress over time for future reflection
C. allow students to deepen their understanding of the concepts
A first grade teacher has been keeping track of a students reading and writing progress by using anecdotal records and checklists. Which of the following assessment tools is another informal measure the teacher might use?
A. benchmark assessment
B. diagnostic assessment
C. portfolio assessment
D. summative assessment
C. portfolio assessment
Which of the following measures is a type of summative assessment?
A. an End-of-Course assessment
B. a homework assignment
C. a learning styles inventory
D. a whole-class question and answer session
A. an End-of-Course assessment
After a science experiment, a high school teacher asks students to respond to the following two prompts:
- Justify the results of your experiment
- Formulate a theory based on the results of your experiment.
The major benefit to students from this assignment is that it
A. helps them recall facts and basic concepts
B. allows them to apply their learning in a new context
C. provides a means for the teacher to assess their learning
D. promotes their critical and creative thinking skills.
D. promotes their critical and creative thinking skills.
A student who scores at the 80th percentile on a standardized achievement test has
A. scored the same as or better than 80 percent of a norm group
B. scored better than 20 percent of a norm group
C. correctly answered 80 percent of the test questions
D. correctly answered 20 percent of the test questions
A. scored the same as or better than 80 percent of a norm group
Which of the following types of assessment includes a variety of samples of a students work, collected over time, that shows the students growth and development?
A. checklist
B. daily quizzes
C. portfolio
D. running record
C. portfolio
