Comparing a student's performance to a standard is
a. norm-referenced
b. criterion-referenced
c. formative
d. diagnostic
Ques. 2What does norm-referenced testing accomplish?
a. Compares one student's performance to a specified standard
b. Determines causes of learning difficulties
c. Compares one student's performance to that of other students
d. Provides student/teacher feedback
Ques. 3Which of the following is NOT a guideline for effective student assessment?
a. Having a clear conception of intended learning outcomes
b. Having an adequate sample of student performance
c. Having fair procedures for everyone
d. Having a single assessment procedure
Ques. 4A 5th-grade reader with poor automatic word recognition likely also will have
comprehension difficulties because
a. too many cognitive resources are allocated to word recognition
b. working memory capacity will be overloaded
c. motivation to read will be diminished
d. All of the above
Ques. 5A formative test is designed to cover a wide range of content in a unit.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Ques. 6A summative test evaluates terminal achievement of students.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Ques. 7Diagnostic testing allows the instructor to identify
a. the cause of the specific learning error
b. the effectiveness of the instruction
c. individual student progress
d. the next level of instruction
Ques. 8The formative test determines
a. the placement of students at appropriate levels
b. the type of grade that will be assigned at the end of the course
c. whether students have mastered the learning objectives of a unit
d. whether students have necessary prerequisite skills
Ques. 9Objective tests can measure
a. complex achievement
b. high levels of intellectual skill
c. low level understanding
d. all of the above
Ques. 10The English language has approximately 40 separate ___?___ that make up the
sounds of its words.
a. morphemes
b. syntactic units
c. phonemes
d. discourse structures
Ques. 11Measurement tools consisting of a set of questions with each having a correct answer are called
a. inventories
b. tests
c. surveys
d. scales
Ques. 12One challenge in designing instruction with technology is to reduce
a. intrinsic cognitive load
b. extrinsic cognitive load
c. extraneous cognitive load
d. both intrinsic and extrinsic cognitive load
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