The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is considered to have high stakes for schools because schools that fail to make adequate yearly progress toward student proficiency on state standards can receive the following sanctions.
a. The state may take over the administration of the school.
b. Parents may choose to send their children to another school.
c. The teachers in the school may be replaced.
d. All of the above are possible consequences of failure to make adequate yearly progress.
e. None of the above are possible consequences of failure to make adequate yearly progress.
Ques. 2According to the legislation, the major purpose of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is to help all students achieve high standards.
a. True
b. False
Ques. 3Which of the following item formats is the best to use to assess analyze types of learning objectives?
a. Essay items.
b. Multiple-choice items.
c. Short-answer items.
Ques. 4What is the main purpose of the Standards for Teacher Competence in Educational Assessment of Students or other statements defining standards for teachers' assessment literacy?
a. To guide teachers in identifying what is most important to know about assessment.
b. To determine whether a teacher is qualified to assess students.
c. To re-emphasize quality teaching in the classroom.
Ques. 5The percentage of scores that fall between one standard deviation above and below the mean is:
a. 98
b. 68
c. 14
d. 50
Ques. 6Which of the following decisions requires educators to use quality assessment information?
a. Choosing who should get into this college
b. Deciding what reading group a student should be placed in
c. Determining whether a student is legally disabled
d. All of the above
e. Only a. and b.
Ques. 7Your primary concern in selecting techniques to assess a learning objective or objectives should be classroom practicality and efficiency.
a. True
b. False
Ques. 8For which type of classroom decision do homework results provide the most useful information?
a. Planning activities suited to students' abilities and interests
b. Selecting learning objectives
c. Deciding if students are ready to move on to a new activity
d. Evaluating the effectiveness of your own teaching
Ques. 9A teacher of geography was interested in categorizing his students as masters and non-masters of what they were taught. He constructed five essay items to match what he taught the class and administered the items. What factor(s) could account for errors in his classification of students as masters and non-masters?
a. Setting a high pass score.
b. Using only five essays in the assessment.
c. Poor reliability in scoring the essays.
d. All of the above.
e. Only b. and c. .
Ques. 10Jane and John were assessed in reading. The standard error of measurement (SEM) for the scores is 3.5 . Jane obtained a score of 80 and John obtained 78 on the reading assessment. Is it reasonable to conclude that Jane and John have the same reading ability?
a. Yes
b. No
Ques. 11A percentile score of 50 on an achievement test indicates that:
a. this person failed the test
b. this person did as good or better than half the class
c. the raw score was at least 50 out of 100
d. this person guessed on at least half the items
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