Which of the following represents the most synonymous label for student academic achievement standards?
A. Academic content standards
B. Curricular aims
C. Adequate yearly progress
D. Performance standards
Ques. 2Differential-population studies, related-measures studies, and intervention studies are chiefly associated with which of the following?
A. Content-related evidence of validity
B. Criterion-related evidence of validity
C. Construct-related evidence of validity
D. None of the above
Ques. 3Which of the following descriptions of validity is most accurate?
A. Validity refers to the consistency with which a test measures whatever it is measuring.
B. Validity describes the degree to which a test's usage leads to appropriate consequences for students.
C. Validity describes the legitimacy of the decision to which a test-based inference will be put.
D. Validity refers to the accuracy of score-based interpretations about students.
Ques. 4The best way to use writing standards and rubrics in the classroom to assess students is to use them primarily as summative evaluation tools.
a. True
b. False
Ques. 5A task that assesses understanding of a concrete concept should require a student to demonstrate how the concept is related to other concepts that the student knows.
a. True
b. False
Ques. 6Which of the following concepts is NOT learned by way of definitions?
a. Abstract concept
b. Concrete concept
c. Relational concept
Ques. 7If Mr. Higgins, a fourth-grade teacher, tries to evaluate his major exams by ascertaining the degree to which his test's items are functioning in a similar manner, what kind of test-evaluative evidence is this?
A. Stability reliability evidence
B. Alternate-form reliability evidence
C. Internal-consistency reliability evidence
D. None of the above
Ques. 8What is a concrete concept?
a. A class of things that can be defined by verbal attributes.
b. A class of things that can be defined by their relationships with other concepts.
c. A class of things that can be defined by a common sound, appearance, taste, or smell.