To obtain evidence of validity based on content considerations, you would examine the
a. expectancy table
b. size of the correlation coefficient
c. type of criterion used
d. table of specifications
Ques. 2Of the many ways teachers can respond to student writing, students most prefer
feedback focusing on
a. obvious grammatical and other mechanical errors
b. neatness and appearance of what they have written
c. ways to improve what they have written
d. things they can fix quickly and easily
Ques. 3A good synonym for reliability is
a. compatibility
b. consistency
c. identification
d. precision
Ques. 4A student's revising her writing (based on her judgments about whether the writing is
clear, is well-organized, communicates its message to her intended audience, etc.) has
most to do with the concept of
a. metacognition
b. automaticity
c. attention
d. encoding specificity
Ques. 5The appropriateness and meaningfulness of the inferences we make from assessment results
refers to a test's
a. reliability
b. validity
c. objectivity
d. difficulty
Ques. 6Reading several sources in preparing for a essay, trying out different possibilities for
organizing the information, picking one, and then writing the essay, would best fit
within the ___?___ dimension of Bereiter and Scardamalia's writing model.
a. knowledge telling
b. knowledge transforming
c. working memory
d. external storage
Ques. 7Removing clues to the answer from test items is most likely to improve the test's
a. objectivity
b. readability
c. reliability
d. validity
Ques. 8Recognizing the importance of domain knowledge in writing is shown most clearly
by a teacher who
a. stresses direct instruction on punctuation and spelling
b. encourages students to write about familiar topics and issues
c. teaches students to set clear objectives for each writing project
d. constantly emphasizes careful editing and revision
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