Which of the following is a general item-writing rule that should be followed in the writing of all items for classroom assessments?
A. To challenge students adequately, use vocabulary terms slightly more advanced than required.
B. If possible, provide clues for students to come up with correct answers even if those clues are not directly relevant to the knowledge and/or skill being assessed.
C. Because stronger students will usually be able to discern the nature of the assessment tasks before them, directions about how students are to respond need not be specific or detailed.
D. Attempt to employ syntax in test items that is well within the understanding levels of the students being assessed.
Ques. 2Creativity is an important resource with ________ significance.
A) social
B) economic
C) cultural
D) all of the above
Ques. 3During recent years, when results of NAEP tests are contrasted with results of state accountability tests, which of the following statements best captures the relationship between those two sets of results?
A. Students' performances on NAEP and on state accountability tests are essentially equivalent.
B. Students' performances on a state's tests are classified higher than those same students' scores on NAEP.
C. Students' performances on NAEP are typically better than those same students' scores on their state's accountability tests.
D. Students in a state usually score better on NAEP than they do on their own state's mathematics tests, but less well on their state's reading tests than they do on NAEP reading tests.
Ques. 4An intermediate student's creativity journal may be used to assess his/her creative growth.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Ques. 5What is the chief role of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)?
A. To compare the academic performances of U.S. students with those of students in other nations
B. To promote more consistent curriculum targets in the 50 U.S. states
C. To monitor U.S. students' academic achievement over time
D. To satisfy the measurement requirements of any state whose officials wish to measure students' mastery of specific content standards
Ques. 6Good observations include high-inference, value-laden terminology.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Ques. 7Who received huge federal support to measure the Common Core curricular aims?
A. SBAC and PARCC
B. CCSSO and NGA
C. NAEP and NAGB
D. NEA and AFT
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