Classroom Assessment – FINAL
Questions with Accurate Answers
(1) Which of the following is not a component of the seven-step sequence for portfolio assessment
found in Chapter 9? correct answer Portfolio assessment is complicated and should only be done by the
teacher.
(2) Which of the following is not a component of the seven-step sequence for portfolio assessment
found in Chapter 9? correct answer Teachers should autonomously decide on evaluative criteria as the
content experts.
A ______________________ is a test that is designed to yield either norm-referenced or criterion-
referenced inferences and that is administered, scored, and interpreted in a predetermined manner.
correct answer standardized test
A first-year classroom teacher, George Jenkins, has just finished preparing the initial set of three
classroom tests he intends to use with his fifth-grade students early in the school year (one test each in
mathematics, language arts, and social studies). In an effort to improve those tests, he has e-mailed a
draft version of the three tests to his mother, who provided continuing support for George while he
completed his teacher-education coursework as well as a semester-long student teaching experience.
He asks his mother to suggest improvements that he might make in the early-version tests.
Which best describes George's effort to enhance the quality of his tests? correct answer George could
probably have secured better advice about his draft tests had he solicited it from his school's teachers
and from his fifth-grade students before they took the tests.
A high-school biology teacher, Nicholas, relies heavily on his students' test performances when he
assigns grades to those students. Typically, he sends his selected-response classroom tests to the
district's assessment director who, usually in 24 hours, returns a set of item analyses to the teachers.
These analyses usually contain an overall mean and a standard deviation for each class's test
performances, as well as p-values and item-discrimination indicators for every item in each test.
Nicholas teaches four different biology classes, so four separate analyses are carried out at the district
office. Nicholas is pleased that very few of his tests' items display exceptionally high or exceptionally low
p-values. Moreover, the vast majority of the items appear to have discrimination indices of a positive .25
or above. Three items have negative discrimination indices. After looking at the phrasing of th correct
answer Nicholas was appropriately pleased with the results of the district-conducted item analyses, and
he made a sensible decision to revise the three negatively discriminating items.
,A mathematics achievement test includes addition problems formatted only in vertical columns, the
teacher provides practice with addition problems formatted solely in this manner. correct answer same-
format preparation
A parent receives his child's grade equivalent score on the third-grade math assessment. The grade
equivalent score is 5.3. The parent calls the teacher to discuss whether or not his daughter should skip
the fourth grade. Which of the following pieces of advice is most appropriate? correct answer None of
these represent appropriate advice.
A positively discriminating item is one that is answered correctly more often by those who will score
poorly on the total test than by those who score well on the total test. correct answer True
A rubric is a scoring guide to be employed in judging students' responses to constructed-response
assessments such as a performance test. Which one of the following elements is the least necessary
feature of a properly constructed rubric? correct answer A designation of a performance standard
required for skill-mastery
About a month into the new school year, high school teacher Rodney Gardner used a 25-item multiple-
choice test to measure how well students had mastered a rather large array of factual information about
key events in U.S. history. He calculated the p-value for each of the test's 25 four-option items, and he
was relatively pleased when the average p-value for the entire set of 25 items was .56. Much later in the
year, with the same class, he tried out another assessment tactic with a brand-new test consisting of 40
true/false items. When he calculated p-values for each of the 40 items, he was gratified to discover that
the average p-value was .73. Mr. Gardner concluded that because of the p-value "bump" of .17, his
students' learning had increased substantially.
Please select from the four choices below the statement that most accurately describes Mr. Gardner's
interpretation of his students' test correct answer A serious flaw in Mr. Gardner's conclusion about his
students' hypothetical improved learning is that the increase in p value is a univariate result of student
learning.
Absolute grading correct answer A grade is given based on a teacher's idea of what level of student
performances is truly necessary to earn a specific grade
According to Popham, the results of efforts to employ portfolios for accountability have been promising.
correct answer False
, According to the author, which of the following are chief purposes or functions of portfolio
assessments? Check all that apply correct answer documenting student progress
showcasing student accomplishments
evaluation of student status
According to the author, which type of rubric can markedly enhance a teacher's instruction? correct
answer skill-focused
According to the text, which of the following are parts of a rubric? correct answer Scoring scale
Evaluative criteria
All constructed-response items can be considered performance assessments since a student is
performing a task to answer the question. correct answer False
An advantage of performance-based assessments over achievement tests is that they can be used to
evaluate _________. correct answer both the process and product of a task
An approach to assessment in which a student's test performance is interpreted relatively - that is,
according to how the student's performance compared with that of other test takers correct answer
Norm-referenced
An approach to assessment in which a students test performance is interpreted according to how much
of a defined assessment domain the student has mastered correct answer Criterion-referenced
An example of analytic scoring would be to evaluate _______. correct answer the performance of each
step listed on a process checklist
Analytic scoring is better than holistic scoring when an educator is trying to _________. correct answer
provide diagnostic feedback to students
Questions with Accurate Answers
(1) Which of the following is not a component of the seven-step sequence for portfolio assessment
found in Chapter 9? correct answer Portfolio assessment is complicated and should only be done by the
teacher.
(2) Which of the following is not a component of the seven-step sequence for portfolio assessment
found in Chapter 9? correct answer Teachers should autonomously decide on evaluative criteria as the
content experts.
A ______________________ is a test that is designed to yield either norm-referenced or criterion-
referenced inferences and that is administered, scored, and interpreted in a predetermined manner.
correct answer standardized test
A first-year classroom teacher, George Jenkins, has just finished preparing the initial set of three
classroom tests he intends to use with his fifth-grade students early in the school year (one test each in
mathematics, language arts, and social studies). In an effort to improve those tests, he has e-mailed a
draft version of the three tests to his mother, who provided continuing support for George while he
completed his teacher-education coursework as well as a semester-long student teaching experience.
He asks his mother to suggest improvements that he might make in the early-version tests.
Which best describes George's effort to enhance the quality of his tests? correct answer George could
probably have secured better advice about his draft tests had he solicited it from his school's teachers
and from his fifth-grade students before they took the tests.
A high-school biology teacher, Nicholas, relies heavily on his students' test performances when he
assigns grades to those students. Typically, he sends his selected-response classroom tests to the
district's assessment director who, usually in 24 hours, returns a set of item analyses to the teachers.
These analyses usually contain an overall mean and a standard deviation for each class's test
performances, as well as p-values and item-discrimination indicators for every item in each test.
Nicholas teaches four different biology classes, so four separate analyses are carried out at the district
office. Nicholas is pleased that very few of his tests' items display exceptionally high or exceptionally low
p-values. Moreover, the vast majority of the items appear to have discrimination indices of a positive .25
or above. Three items have negative discrimination indices. After looking at the phrasing of th correct
answer Nicholas was appropriately pleased with the results of the district-conducted item analyses, and
he made a sensible decision to revise the three negatively discriminating items.
,A mathematics achievement test includes addition problems formatted only in vertical columns, the
teacher provides practice with addition problems formatted solely in this manner. correct answer same-
format preparation
A parent receives his child's grade equivalent score on the third-grade math assessment. The grade
equivalent score is 5.3. The parent calls the teacher to discuss whether or not his daughter should skip
the fourth grade. Which of the following pieces of advice is most appropriate? correct answer None of
these represent appropriate advice.
A positively discriminating item is one that is answered correctly more often by those who will score
poorly on the total test than by those who score well on the total test. correct answer True
A rubric is a scoring guide to be employed in judging students' responses to constructed-response
assessments such as a performance test. Which one of the following elements is the least necessary
feature of a properly constructed rubric? correct answer A designation of a performance standard
required for skill-mastery
About a month into the new school year, high school teacher Rodney Gardner used a 25-item multiple-
choice test to measure how well students had mastered a rather large array of factual information about
key events in U.S. history. He calculated the p-value for each of the test's 25 four-option items, and he
was relatively pleased when the average p-value for the entire set of 25 items was .56. Much later in the
year, with the same class, he tried out another assessment tactic with a brand-new test consisting of 40
true/false items. When he calculated p-values for each of the 40 items, he was gratified to discover that
the average p-value was .73. Mr. Gardner concluded that because of the p-value "bump" of .17, his
students' learning had increased substantially.
Please select from the four choices below the statement that most accurately describes Mr. Gardner's
interpretation of his students' test correct answer A serious flaw in Mr. Gardner's conclusion about his
students' hypothetical improved learning is that the increase in p value is a univariate result of student
learning.
Absolute grading correct answer A grade is given based on a teacher's idea of what level of student
performances is truly necessary to earn a specific grade
According to Popham, the results of efforts to employ portfolios for accountability have been promising.
correct answer False
, According to the author, which of the following are chief purposes or functions of portfolio
assessments? Check all that apply correct answer documenting student progress
showcasing student accomplishments
evaluation of student status
According to the author, which type of rubric can markedly enhance a teacher's instruction? correct
answer skill-focused
According to the text, which of the following are parts of a rubric? correct answer Scoring scale
Evaluative criteria
All constructed-response items can be considered performance assessments since a student is
performing a task to answer the question. correct answer False
An advantage of performance-based assessments over achievement tests is that they can be used to
evaluate _________. correct answer both the process and product of a task
An approach to assessment in which a student's test performance is interpreted relatively - that is,
according to how the student's performance compared with that of other test takers correct answer
Norm-referenced
An approach to assessment in which a students test performance is interpreted according to how much
of a defined assessment domain the student has mastered correct answer Criterion-referenced
An example of analytic scoring would be to evaluate _______. correct answer the performance of each
step listed on a process checklist
Analytic scoring is better than holistic scoring when an educator is trying to _________. correct answer
provide diagnostic feedback to students
