Which one of the following examples illustrates appropriate use of high-stakes testing?
a. Mrs. Dasan used high-stakes testing to make the decision to retain Donivan in kindergarten.
b. Mr. Chu used high-stakes testing to evaluate the effectiveness of teachers in his district.
c. Ms. Davis used high-stakes testing as the basis for recommending remedial work for students who failed in specified subjects.
d. Mr. Jackson used high-stakes testing to compare his seniors to seniors in high schools in six other states.
Ques. 2In her seventh grade pre-algebra class, Ms. Cornelius gave a standardized exam prepared by the district math department. Students' scores on the exam were as follows:
100, 98, 98, 96, 96, 96, 94, 92, 88, 82.
What is the mean score?
a. 90
b. 92
c. 94
d. 96
Ques. 3Which of the following is most likely to be identified as an authentic assessment?
a. Mrs. Adams's students are answering essay questions about the key factors that contributed to the Great Recession.
b. Ms. Dumas's students are working in groups to write objective test questions over their science unit about environmental dangers to desert wildlife.
c. Mr. Kuhar's students are developing solutions to the problem of industrial toxins being dumped into their community's drinking water source.
d. Mr. Britt's students are solving problems that require operations withintegers, fractions,and irrational numbers.
Ques. 4Mrs. Carmike gives students three options for their projects at the end of a geography unit. These projects will assess students' knowledge and skills on the basis of the objectives she presented at the beginning of each lesson in the unit. Which of the following is Mrs. Carmike most likely to do in developing a rubric for grading the projects?
a. Provide a category for grading each student's project on the basis of a peer teacher's judgment.
b. Award top points to the projecthaving the greatest visual appeal.
c. Provide a category for students' assessment of each project on the basis of the project's appeal to students' interests.
d. Include a criterion for judging the accuracy of information presented by each student.
Ques. 5Ms. Casella has scheduled three days for students' persuasive speeches in her high school class.Which of the following practices is most likely to improve reliability in evaluatingher students' oral presentations?
a. Rate the presentations on a 100-point scale to allow a wide range of scores.
b. Focus raters' attention on a few dimensions of the presentation.
c. Increase variability of scoring by incorporating many criteria for the presentations.
d. Invite colleagues to rate the presentations and use a different rater each day.
Ques. 6Traditional testing can be used effectively and efficiently to assess which of the following?
a. Facts and concepts
b. Problem-based learning
c. Exhibits
d. Presentations
Ques. 7What is a common criticism of traditional testing?
a. Traditional tests do not test knowledge as it is applied in real-world situations.
b. Traditional tests cannot be designed to measure students' knowledge.
c. Traditional tests usually lack validity and/or reliability.
d. Traditional tests typically provide subjective measures of knowledge.
Ques. 8Which of the following assessments is most likely to be viewed as an objective test of students' skills and knowledge?
a. Essay test
b. Criterion-based performance
c. Multiple-choice test
d. Portfolio assessment
Ques. 9Identify the question that contains assessment bias.
a. Which President was in office at the outbreak of the Civil War?
b. Which of the following Civil War leaders surrendered at Appomattox?
c. Which of the following men led the Confederate army at the Battle of Appomattox?
d. Which of the following men is the greatest hero of the Civil War?
Ques. 10Stan Lorenz is a beginning teacher in suburban Houston. He will be teaching fifth grade math and science and wonders how the diversity of his class will compare to the diversity he experienced growing up in Chicago. His principal describes the school as a typical representation of the diversity found in schools across the United States. Describe the diversity Stan might expect based on national norms. Include racial, ethnic, language, economic, and developmental diversity.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 11Ms. Kaplan is a new fourth grade teacher who feels passionate about helping students learn. She is teaching in a poverty-stricken area of Houston and knows that many of the students receive little academic support and encouragement at home. It's the fourth week of school, and she feels good about the way her class is progressing, learning routines, and meeting her expectations. Today she entered the teachers' lounge and heard two other teachers talking about Michael, one of her African American students. When she entered, they told her they had taught Michael in second and third grades. They warned her that Michael would cause trouble, fail to complete his work, and distract other children. They described Michael's poor academic performance and said his mom doesn't support the teachers' efforts. After Ms. Kaplan's experience in the teacher's lounge, consider the possible dilemmas that might arise regarding her expectations of Michael.
Describe common negative effects that might occur and explain how Ms. Kaplan might prevent such effects.
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