Which of the following grading approaches is MOST defensible when the purpose of grading is to provide students with feedback on how much progress they have made from their individual starting points?
a. self-referenced grading
b. norm-referenced grading
c. criterion-referenced grading
Ques. 2Which of the following grading approaches is MOST defensible when the purpose of grading is to provide students with feedback on how close they are to achieving learning objectives and meeting standards?
a. self-referenced grading
b. norm-referenced grading
c. criterion-referenced grading
Ques. 3Which of the following grading approaches is LEAST defensible when the purpose of grading is to report a student's achievement of learning objectives and standards?
a. self-referenced grading
b. norm-referenced grading
c. criterion-referenced grading
Ques. 4Personality tests have little usefulness as classroom assessment tools.
a. True
b. False
Ques. 5A private high school wants to use a test as one of its admission requirements. Which type of test would be recommended if the main purpose of the test is to predict a candidate's overall academic performance?
a. assessment of general scholastic aptitude
b. assessment of specific achievement in mathematics, English, reading, science, and social studies
c. assessment of specific aptitudes such as algebra aptitude, music aptitude, and so on.
Ques. 6Self-report personality inventories are also known as structured personality assessment techniques.
a. True
b. False
Ques. 7Projective personality assessment techniques assume that a person's innermost unconscious feelings will be revealed when the person interprets a vague picture or stimulus.
a. True
b. False