One way that aptitude tests differ from achievement tests is that they tend to assess the student's ...

One way that aptitude tests differ from achievement tests is that they tend to assess the student's ability to use procedural knowledge.
 
  a. True
  b. False

Ques. 2

What is the best source to obtain information on a particular test's reliability, validity, and norms?
 
  a. The test publisher's catalogue
  b. The test's administration manual
  c. The test's technical manual
  d. The test's specimen set

Ques. 3

A major responsibility of a standardized test developer is to provide test users with the qualifications needed for proper administration and interpretation of the test and test results.
 
  a. True
  b. False

Ques. 4

The Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing are more understandable to school officials than the Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education.
 
  a. True
  b. False

Ques. 5

What is the best source for obtaining the most recent edition, cost, and scoring services for a specific test whose title you know?
 
  a. Mental Measurement Yearbook
  b. Tests in Print
  c. the technical manual
  d. the publisher's catalogue

Ques. 6

Which of the following is considered to be a disadvantage when using stanines to interpret scores?
 
  a. They are not equally distributed along the x-axis.
  b. They do not precisely pinpoint a student's position in a group.
  c. They are not useful for norm-referenced interpretations.

Ques. 7

James's grade-equivalent profile is:
  Vocabulary = 7.1, Reading = 6.2, Language = 7.2, and Arithmetic = 6.1
  This means that his weak areas are Reading and Language.
 
  a. True
  b. False

Ques. 8

Norms with large sample sizes are always representative of the population.
 
  a. True
  b. False

Ques. 9

What do we mean when we say a publisher's norms are relevant?
 
  a. They adequately sample the population the publisher claims.
  b. They are not out-dated.
  c. They match the curriculum.
  d. They comprise a group to which you want to compare your students.

Ques. 10

Reporting a school's standardized test results to the school board without describing the other characteristics of the school and its students is an unethical assessment practice.
 
  a. True
  b. False