A teacher's school district provides a gradebook computer program for classroom use. The first thing she should do is
(a) check what method(s) it uses.
(b) enter the names from her class roster.
(c) enter her marking period assessments and maximum points for each.
Question 2...Classroom climate is affected by
a. furniture arrangement
b. activity flow
c. teaching style
d. all of the above
Question 3...A teacher has achievement test results showing that a student is only partially mastering skills in reading. The student has a borderline A/B grade in English. Giving the student the lower grade would be
(a) Valid and educationally advisable.
(b) Valid but educationally ill-advised.
(c) Invalid but educationally advisable.
(d) Invalid and educationally ill-advised.
Question 4...Which of the following is the LEAST important consideration when deciding how much weight an assessment result should carry in the students' composite grade?
(a) How closely the assessment matches the most important learning targets.
(b) How reliable the assessment results are.
(c) How closely the assessment matches what you emphasized in class.
(d) How well the students did on the assessment.
(e) Whether the assessment gave all students equal opportunity to demonstrate their learning.
Question 5...Formative assessment results from quizzes, homework, and classroom activities should play a major role in determining a student's marking period grade.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Question 6...If you assess the same set of learning targets with two different summative assessments, together they should have about twice as much weight in the students' grades as a set of learning targets that was assessed only once.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Question 7...The validity of grades depends on the
(a) components of the grade such as projects, tests, etc.
(b) ability of a teacher to weight and blend the component grades into one overall grade.
(c) validity of each component grade.
(d) reliability of each component grade.
(e) All of the above.
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