School counselors can play an important role in the schools by disaggregating data and identifying those students who might need additional assistance with their learning.
a. True
b. False
Q. 2The NAEP is often referred to as the National Report Card.
a. True
b. False
Q. 3State achievement testing to measure success toward the benchmarks of the No Child Left Behind Act has placed pressure on school systems to show that all of their students can excel on cognitive ability tests.
a. True
b. False
Q. 4Which standard score is NOT accurate?
a. WRAT: Mean of 100, SD of 15 (other standard scores are also available)
b. Cognitive Ability Test: Mean of 100, SD of 16 (other standard scores are also available)
c. ACT: Mean of 18, SD of 5 for average high school students
d. SAT: Mean of 500, SD of 100
e. MCAT: Mean of 50, SD of 10
Q. 5Which of the following tests tend to have the weakest reliability and validity?
a. Survey battery achievement tests
b. Diagnostic tests
c. Readiness tests
d. K-12 cognitive ability tests
e. College placement and graduate school cognitive ability tests
Q. 6Which of the following is legally NOT allowed to sit on a school's special education team?
a. School counselors
b. School psychologists
c. Learning disability specialists
d. School social workers
e. All of these can sit on a school's special education team.
Q. 7Which of the following is NOT a positive aspect to the use of tests of educational ability?
a. Tests allow us to identify children, classrooms, schools, and school systems that are performing poorly.
b. Without diagnostic testing it would be difficult to identify those children who have a learning disability.
c. Test accuracy has become so good that often wise decisions can be made using only one assessment instrument.
d. Testing allows a child to be accurately placed in his or her grade level.
e. Testing helps children identify what they are good at and helps to identify weak areas they can focus upon.
Q. 8Which of the following is NOT a problem with tests of educational ability?
a. Many tests of educational ability are poorly made. Therefore, decisions based on such tests scores cannot be trusted.
b. Teaching to the test prevents some teachers from being creative.
c. Testing can lead to labeling.
d. Some argue that some tests of educational ability are just a mechanism for majority children to move ahead and to keep minority children behind.
e. Testing causes competition and peer pressure.
Q. 9Which cognitive ability test measures analytical abilities through assessing one's capability to find relationships between ideas, general knowledge, and word fluency?
a. The SAT
b. The ACT
c. The GRE
d. The MAT
e. The MCAT
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