Intervention studies, differential-population studies, and related-measures studies are all instances of ways to collect:
A. Content-related evidence of validity
B. Criterion-related evidence of validity
C. Construct-related evidence of validity
D. None of the above
Ques. 2When planning for the use of portfolios, one major consideration is
a. whether selection-type items will be used
b. the construct-related validity of portfolio entries
c. the criteria used to score portfolio entries
d. whether a table of specifications will be constructed
Ques. 3Typically, creating and maintaining portfolios require considerable
a. parent-teacher collaboration
b. student-student collaboration
c. teacher-teacher collaboration
d. student-teacher collaboration
Ques. 4Which of the following learning objectives can be assessed more appropriately using objective items rather than essay items?
a. Understanding the civic responsibilities of a citizen.
b. Why some bills take a long time to be passed in the legislature.
c. Evaluating the first 100 days of a president in office.
Ques. 5One advantage of using a developmental portfolio in the classroom is that they enhance student motivation by comparing a student's work with
a. other students' work
b. his/her past work
c. a norm group
d. a teacher's standard
Ques. 6Which of the following formats best assesses higher-order thinking processes students use to solve problems?
a. Context-dependent multiple-choice items
b. Essay items
c. True-false items
Ques. 7In writing a masterlist item set, you should construct one item stem for each of the options in the masterlist.
a. True
b. False
Ques. 8A showcase portfolio shows samples of a student's
a. best work
b. worst work
c. woodworking project
d. written reports
Ques. 9Which of the two methods of scoring tabular items provides a more reliable result?
a. Scoring each row as either completely correct or incorrect.
b. Scoring each cell according to the correctness of the elements in it.
c. The two methods provide equally reliable results.