A single performance assessment task assesses a number of learning objectives while a traditional ...

A single performance assessment task assesses a number of learning objectives while a traditional test item assesses only one learning objective.
 
  a. True
  b. False

Ques. 2

Which of the following rules is often recommended for the generation of matching items?
 
  A. Order all of the premises alphabetically, but arrange the responses in an unpredictable manner.
  B. Place the premises for an item on one page, then put most of the responses for that item on the following page.
  C. Ideally, both the premises and the responses should represent fundamentally heterogeneous lists.
  D. Employ relatively brief lists, placing the shorter words or phrases at the right.

Ques. 3

What 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. 4

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. 5

A possible way to directly assess the ability to ask and answer challenging questions is by observing a student during his/her presentation and during someone else's presentation.
 
  a. True
  b. False

Ques. 6

As employed by most of today's educators, to which of the following is the expression, content standard most equivalent?
 
  A. Performance standard
  B. Content validity
  C. Curricular goal
  D. Curricular assessment

Ques. 7

The general approach to problem-solving strategies is almost always more powerful than approaches based on specific domains.
 
  a. True
  b. False

Ques. 8

Which of the following represents the most synonymous label for student academic achievement standards?
 
  A. Academic content standards
  B. Curricular aims
  C. Adequate yearly progress
  D. Performance standards

Ques. 9

Differential-population studies, related-measures studies, and intervention studies are chiefly associated with which of the following?
 
  A. Content-related evidence of validity
  B. Criterion-related evidence of validity
  C. Construct-related evidence of validity
  D. None of the above

Ques. 10

Which of the following descriptions of validity is most accurate?
 
  A. Validity refers to the consistency with which a test measures whatever it is measuring.
  B. Validity describes the degree to which a test's usage leads to appropriate consequences for students.
  C. Validity describes the legitimacy of the decision to which a test-based inference will be put.
  D. Validity refers to the accuracy of score-based interpretations about students.

Ques. 11

The best way to use writing standards and rubrics in the classroom to assess students is to use them primarily as summative evaluation tools.
 
  a. True
  b. False