The standard error of measurement refers to the standard deviation of
a. persons' true score about their observed score.
b. persons' observed score about their true score.
c. persons' error about their observed score.
Ques. 2A student's true score in a subject does not change with the test questions the teacher asks.
a. True
b. False
Ques. 3Suppose it has been established in a particular high school that the correlation between scores on Test X and scores on Test Y scores 0.75 . This means that the score of a student on Test X is likely to be high if his score on Test Y is low.
a. True
b. False
Ques. 4Which type of validity evidence is weighted most heavily in college admissions assessment?
a. Content representativeness
b. External structure
c. Internal structure
Ques. 5A student's true score on a test is not related to the specific questions appearing on the test.
a. True
b. False
Ques. 6Test scores that have a high degree of reliability (e.g., .90) are also valid.
a. True
b. False
Ques. 7A school district wants to use assessments to evaluate its social studies program. Which of the following would be potentially valid types of assessment instruments?
a. Standardized tests in social studies that covered desirable content and skills.
b. Tasks crafted specifically to match the social studies curriculum of the district.
c. Tasks developed based on the social studies curriculum of one of the best schools in them district.
d. All of the above would be potentially valid sources of assessment instruments for program evaluation.
e. Only b. and c. would be potentially valid sources of assessment instruments for program evaluation.
Ques. 8What should be included as evidence to support the claim that the results of an assessment procedure validly reflect important mathematics thinking skills and processes?
a. Expert judgments on the thinking processes and skills involved in students' solutions of the tasks.
b. A clear description of the thinking processes and skills purported to be assessed by the tasks.
c. Teachers' judgments that the assessment covers the topics listed in the curriculum.
d. Both a. and b. should be included.
Ques. 9Petra took a standardized, norm-referenced achievement test with two accommodations: extra time and the use of a study carrel. How should you report her results?
a. Report her norm-referenced scores in the same manner as for any student.
b. Report her norm-referenced scores and explain the accommodations used.
c. Explain the accommodations and give examples of some of the questions she could answer.
Ques. 10Test scores that are highly valid are necessarily reliable.
a. True
b. False
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