What is meant by the statement reliability is a necessary condition for validity?
a. Reliability and validity are both necessary concepts.
b. Test scores can be valid without being reliable.
c. Test scores that are valid have a significant degree of reliability.
Ques. 2You know that your classroom assessment matches the corresponding mastery learning objective when the assessment requires students to do everything stated in the learning objective.
a. True
b. False
Ques. 3What is the best way to align instruction with state standards?
a. The school evaluates teachers based on students' performance on state standards.
b. The district chooses textbooks based on the content of state standards.
c. The teacher breaks each state standard down into specific learning objectives for lessons.
d. The teacher groups several state standards into a specific learning objective for a lesson.
Ques. 4When a teacher selects a taxonomy of cognitive skills for use in planning instruction, which of the following is probably the LEAST important consideration?
a. The most important learning objectives can be classified with the taxonomy.
b. The taxonomy can be used to help explain the teacher's methods or instructional outlook.
c. The taxonomy is simple to explain to parents and students.
d. The taxonomy can be used to prepare official government reports.
Ques. 5For planning assessments, state performance standards are more relevant that state content standards.
a. True
b. False
Ques. 6Which of the following is the major difference between the original Bloom's taxonomy and its revision in 2001?
a. The revision separates learning into two dimensions; the original used one dimension.
b. The revision simplifies the classification of learning objectives so it is easier to use.
c. The revision uses an entirely different approach to categorizing thinking skills than the original.
d. The revision was not written by Benjamin Bloom.
Ques. 7Statements of mastery learning objectives are broader than statements of developmental learning objectives.
a. True
b. False