A first-grade class was learning to mix colors to make another color. The teacher asked the children to draw leaves and then paint the leaves using secondary colors that were produced by mixing two primary colors. Simon excelled at creating the correct color but he had trouble cutting his drawing into anything that looked like a leaf shape. The teacher should assess this project on:
A) neatness
B) skill in using scissors
C) attitudes toward art
D) mixing the correct colors to create a new color
Ques. 2Which of the following conceptions of assessment validity is most consonant with the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing released in 2014 by AERA, APA, and NCME?
A. The accuracy of score-based interpretations for intended test uses
B. How consistently a test measures whatever it measures
C. The appropriateness of a test's usage
D. The accuracy of score-based inferences about test-takers
Ques. 3A teacher asks her second graders to paint a picture at four different times throughout the school year and place them into a portfolio. What would be the primary goal of this approach?
A) Collecting information from different sources using different methods
B) Using data to guide instructional planning
C) Keeping the children occupied so that they behave themselves
D) Using ongoing assessment to document growth and progress
Ques. 4The standard error of measurement is focused chiefly on:
A. Test content evidence of validity
B. Response processes evidence of validity
C. Relations to other variables evidence of validity
D. None of the above
Ques. 5A third-grade student with special needs seems to be disengaged from the project being completed in a small group. The teacher takes her aside and asks why she isn't completing the work. The student shares that she believes she isn't as smart as the other students and therefore has nothing to contribute to the group. How should the teacher respond?
A) I understand how you feel, but you have to complete your work anyway. If I let you drop out of the group, other children will want to also.
B) Yes, you seem frustrated by this group work. Why don't you go and work at the computer by yourself?
C) People are smart in different ways. I know that your classmates admire your ability to draw. Maybe that is your way to help the group.
D) I see your frustration; I'm sorry that you are having a bad day.
Ques. 6Stability data regarding assessment consistency is an instance of:
A. Test-retest reliability
B. Precision reliability
C. Internal-consistency reliability
D. Alternate-form reliability
Ques. 7Creativity-Fostering teachers:
A) Provide challenging and stimulating learning materials
B) Are uncomfortable with ambiguity and only accept one solution to problems
C) Create opportunities for students to create similar work with an expected outcome
D) Consider themselves to be creative
Ques. 8Which of the following statements best describes the relationship among the three sanctioned forms of reliability evidence?
A. All three types of evidence are essentially equivalent.
B. Est-retest reliability evidence is more important than either internal-consistency evidence or alternate-form evidence.
C. The three forms of evidence represent fundamentally different ways of representing a test's consistency.
D. The three forms of evidence differ in their significance because internal-consistency evidence of a test's reliability is a necessary condition for the other two types of consistency.
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