The SAT is given to students entering college, who look at this exam to predict success in their first year in college. What type of validity evidence is important for this test?
a. Criterion
b. Face
c. Content
d. Construct
Ques. 2Which type of validity evidence can be strengthened by increasing the correlation with other tests of the same construct
a. Consequential
b. Internal Structure
c. Criterion-related
d. Content
Ques. 3Which of the following is not a traditional reason that teachers assess students?
A. To monitor students' progress
B. To assign grades to students
C. To clarify instructional intentions
D. To determine instructional effectiveness
Ques. 4Which of the following views regarding the assessment of English language learners (ELL) is most defensible?
A. ELL students, if tested with regular English-language tests, will often outperform students whose native language is English.
B. The use of assessment accommodations for ELL students typically leads to more valid test-based inferences about those students.
C. It is relatively easy to develop alternate tests for ELL students in those students' native languages.
D. Almost all groups charged with the assessment of ELL students urge the use either of translated tests or, failing that, the provision of interpreters for ELL students.
Ques. 5Which of the following are most responsible for the Common Core State Standards?
A. APA and AERA
B. PARCC and SBAC
C. CCSSO and NGA
D. NAGB and NAEP
Ques. 6Which statement about the relationship of reliability to validity is CORRECT?
a. Reliability is always higher than validity
b. Reliability must equal validity for a test to be valid
c. Low reliability limits the magnitude of validity
d. Validity is always higher than reliability
Ques. 7Which one of the following statements could be technically correct?
A. The test-based inference is valid.
B. The test is definitely valid.
C. The test is face-valid.
D. The test is consequentially valid.
Ques. 8Which 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. 9Which type of validity evidence can be strengthened by the use of a table of specifications?
a. Consequences of Testing
b. Internal Structure
c. Relations to Other Variables
d. Test Content
Ques. 10Classroom teachers are most apt to focus on which of the following?
A. Evidence of alternate-form reliability
B. Internal structure evidence of validity
C. Evidence of internal-consistency reliability
D. Test content evidence of validity
Ques. 11The statement that best represents test validity in the context of a classroom is:
a. A test is valid because the teacher knows what was taught.
b. The teacher's interpretation of scores is the basis for its validity.
c. A test is valid when it assesses closely the major concepts of the course.
d. A test's validity is based on the score range of the class.
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