A teacher wants to know if students' scores on the same assessment tasks remain stable over a ...

A teacher wants to know if students' scores on the same assessment tasks remain stable over a two-week period of time. Which of the following procedures of estimating reliability would be appropriate for this purpose?
 
  a. Alternate forms reliability (different occasions)
  b. Alternate forms reliability (same occasion)
  c. Test-retest reliability (different occasions)
  d. Internal consistency reliability

Ques. 2

Which of the following procedures of estimating test reliability would yield the highest reliability coefficient on a test comprised of 30 heterogeneous items?
 
  a. Coefficient alpha
  b. KR-20
  c. Split-halves

Ques. 3

The minimal units of meaning in any language are referred to as
 
  a. phones
  b. phonemes
  c. morphemes
  d. syntax

Ques. 4

Suppose a student is given the same math test in two consecutive days. Which score will remain the same?
 
  a. The error score will be the same.
  b. The obtained score will be the same.
  c. The true score will be the same.

Ques. 5

Which of the following is LEAST important for a criterion measure in a validation study to have?
 
  a. freedom from bias against individuals or groups
  b. high reliability
  c. norm group comparisons
  d. relevance to long-term performance

Ques. 6

The correlation between Test A scores and mathematics grades is .85 while the correlation between Test B scores and mathematics grades is .70 . Which of the two test scores will give a better prediction of a person's mathematics grades?
 
  a. Test A
  b. Test B

Ques. 7

Reliability is a(an) ____________ condition for validity of the results of a test.
 
  a. irrelevant
  b. necessary
  c. sufficient

Ques. 8

Evidence that a social studies test adequately samples a specific area of the social studies curriculum is called
 
  a. content-related evidence.
  b. substantive evidence.
  c. external structure evidence.

Ques. 9

Which of the following is the best explanation of why the results of a grade three standardized achievement test in mathematics cannot be validly used by a grade three teacher for assigning grades at the end of the semester?
 
  a. The items are likely to be too difficult for the students.
  b. The items are not likely to emphasize what the teacher taught the students.
  c. The items are likely to be ambiguous for many students.

Ques. 10

An algebra teacher wants to see how well the grades she assigns her students correlate with their recent scores on a standards-based math assessment. Which of the following should she be interested in?
 
  a. concurrent validity evidence
  b. internal consistency evidence
  c. predictive validity evidence