WGU EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
General Responsibilities of Ethical Practices - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Protect the health and safety of
all participants
2. Be knowledgeable about and behave in compliance with state and federal laws relevant to the
conduct of professional activities
3. Maintain and improve their professional competence in educational assessment
4. Provide assessment services only in areas of their competence and experience, affording full
disclosure of their professional qualifications
5. Promote the understanding of sound assessment practices in educations
6. Adhere to the highest standards of conduct and promote professionally responsible conduct with
educational institutions and agencies that provide educational services
7. Perform all professional responsibilities with honesty, integrity, due care, and fairness.
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) 2002 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅is a government mandate to schools and
states to have ALL children up to grade level with their peers. It set unrealistic goals and penalized
schools that did not make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). The act also required all teachers become
"highly qualified". With these new benchmarks and changes to the ways states' addressed education,
came increased accountability. Failure could mean a decrease in funding or dissolution of a
school/district. Achievement was linked to standardized testing done grades 3-8 and at least one year
during high school. Tied achievement to annual standardized tests. These tests are administered to
grades 3-8 and at least one year between 9-12th grades.
Elementary and Secondary Education Act 1994 (ESEA). Reauthorized - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Challenging standards were set for student achievement and to develop and administered
to "all" students and required that all schools make "Adequate Yearly Practice". It also included "special
needs students" in the definition of all students. States were required to set challenging standards for
student achievement, and develop and administer assessments to measure student progress towards
those standards. Federal laws such as ESEA and IDEA can be seen as legislated attempts to 'raise the
bar.'
Instruction is most effective when - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Directed toward a clearly defined set of
intended learning outcomes.
2. The methods and materials of instruction are congruent with the outcomes to be achieved.
3. The instruction is designed to fit the characteristics and needs of the students.
,4. Instructional decisions are based on information that is meaningful, dependable, and relevant.
5. Students are periodically informed concerning their learning progress.
6. Remediation is provided for students not achieving the intended learning.
7. Instructional effectiveness is periodically reviewed and the intended learning outcomes and
instruction modified as needed.
Assessment is most effective when - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Designed to assess a clearly defined set
of intended learning outcomes.
2. The nature and function of the assessments are congruent with the outcomes to be assessed.
3. The assessments are designed to fit the relevant student characteristics and are fair to everyone.
4. Assessments provide information that is meaningful, dependable, and relevant.
5. Provision is made for giving the students early feedback of assessment results.
6. Specific learning weaknesses are revealed by the assessment results.
7. Assessment results provide information useful for evaluating the appropriateness of the objectives,
the methods, and the materials of instruction.
Authentic Assessments - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A title for performance assessments that stresses the
importance of focusing on the application of understandings and skills to real problems in real-world;
contextual settings.
Achievement Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅achievement assessment is a broad category that
includes all of the various methods for determining the extent to which students are achieving the
intended learning outcomes of instruction
Alternative Assessments - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A title for performance assessments that emphasizes
that these assessment methods provide an alternative to traditional paper-and-pencil testing.
Content standards - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅describe what students should know and be able to do at
the end of a specified period of learning (e.g., a grade or series of grades). They provide a framework for
curriculum development, instruction, and the assessment of student achievement. Various professional
organizations have also developed sets of content standards in their particular subject areas. It is hoped
that the use of such standards will raise achievement expectations, increase the quality of public
, education, provide a better informed citizenship, and make the country more competitive with other
countries.
Placement Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅(measures entry behavior)
To determine student performance at the beginning of instruction
Example: Unit Pre-test
Performance-Based Tasks - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅may also be useful for determining entry skills. In the
area of writing, for example, obtaining writing samples at the beginning of instruction can establish a
base for later assessments of progress. This type of preassessment would be especially valuable if
portfolios of student work were to be maintained during the instruction.
Formative Assessments - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅(monitors learning progress)
To monitor learning progress during instruction
Example: End of lesson quiz
Diagnostic Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅(identifies causes of learning problems)
To diagnose learning difficulties during instruction
Example: Test of math computational skills necessary for learning math
Bloom's taxonomy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅6. Creating- Putting information together in an innovative
way.
5. Evaluating- Making judgments based on a set of guidelines.
4. Analysis- Breaking the concept into parts and understanding
3. Applying- Use knowledge gained in new ways.how each part is related to one another.
2. Understanding- making sense of what you have learned.
1. Remembering- recalling relevant knowledge from long term memory.
Teachers' Standards for Student Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Teachers should be skilled in
choosing assessment methods appropriate for instructional decisions. Skill in choosing appropriate,
General Responsibilities of Ethical Practices - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Protect the health and safety of
all participants
2. Be knowledgeable about and behave in compliance with state and federal laws relevant to the
conduct of professional activities
3. Maintain and improve their professional competence in educational assessment
4. Provide assessment services only in areas of their competence and experience, affording full
disclosure of their professional qualifications
5. Promote the understanding of sound assessment practices in educations
6. Adhere to the highest standards of conduct and promote professionally responsible conduct with
educational institutions and agencies that provide educational services
7. Perform all professional responsibilities with honesty, integrity, due care, and fairness.
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) 2002 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅is a government mandate to schools and
states to have ALL children up to grade level with their peers. It set unrealistic goals and penalized
schools that did not make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). The act also required all teachers become
"highly qualified". With these new benchmarks and changes to the ways states' addressed education,
came increased accountability. Failure could mean a decrease in funding or dissolution of a
school/district. Achievement was linked to standardized testing done grades 3-8 and at least one year
during high school. Tied achievement to annual standardized tests. These tests are administered to
grades 3-8 and at least one year between 9-12th grades.
Elementary and Secondary Education Act 1994 (ESEA). Reauthorized - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Challenging standards were set for student achievement and to develop and administered
to "all" students and required that all schools make "Adequate Yearly Practice". It also included "special
needs students" in the definition of all students. States were required to set challenging standards for
student achievement, and develop and administer assessments to measure student progress towards
those standards. Federal laws such as ESEA and IDEA can be seen as legislated attempts to 'raise the
bar.'
Instruction is most effective when - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Directed toward a clearly defined set of
intended learning outcomes.
2. The methods and materials of instruction are congruent with the outcomes to be achieved.
3. The instruction is designed to fit the characteristics and needs of the students.
,4. Instructional decisions are based on information that is meaningful, dependable, and relevant.
5. Students are periodically informed concerning their learning progress.
6. Remediation is provided for students not achieving the intended learning.
7. Instructional effectiveness is periodically reviewed and the intended learning outcomes and
instruction modified as needed.
Assessment is most effective when - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Designed to assess a clearly defined set
of intended learning outcomes.
2. The nature and function of the assessments are congruent with the outcomes to be assessed.
3. The assessments are designed to fit the relevant student characteristics and are fair to everyone.
4. Assessments provide information that is meaningful, dependable, and relevant.
5. Provision is made for giving the students early feedback of assessment results.
6. Specific learning weaknesses are revealed by the assessment results.
7. Assessment results provide information useful for evaluating the appropriateness of the objectives,
the methods, and the materials of instruction.
Authentic Assessments - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A title for performance assessments that stresses the
importance of focusing on the application of understandings and skills to real problems in real-world;
contextual settings.
Achievement Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅achievement assessment is a broad category that
includes all of the various methods for determining the extent to which students are achieving the
intended learning outcomes of instruction
Alternative Assessments - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A title for performance assessments that emphasizes
that these assessment methods provide an alternative to traditional paper-and-pencil testing.
Content standards - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅describe what students should know and be able to do at
the end of a specified period of learning (e.g., a grade or series of grades). They provide a framework for
curriculum development, instruction, and the assessment of student achievement. Various professional
organizations have also developed sets of content standards in their particular subject areas. It is hoped
that the use of such standards will raise achievement expectations, increase the quality of public
, education, provide a better informed citizenship, and make the country more competitive with other
countries.
Placement Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅(measures entry behavior)
To determine student performance at the beginning of instruction
Example: Unit Pre-test
Performance-Based Tasks - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅may also be useful for determining entry skills. In the
area of writing, for example, obtaining writing samples at the beginning of instruction can establish a
base for later assessments of progress. This type of preassessment would be especially valuable if
portfolios of student work were to be maintained during the instruction.
Formative Assessments - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅(monitors learning progress)
To monitor learning progress during instruction
Example: End of lesson quiz
Diagnostic Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅(identifies causes of learning problems)
To diagnose learning difficulties during instruction
Example: Test of math computational skills necessary for learning math
Bloom's taxonomy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅6. Creating- Putting information together in an innovative
way.
5. Evaluating- Making judgments based on a set of guidelines.
4. Analysis- Breaking the concept into parts and understanding
3. Applying- Use knowledge gained in new ways.how each part is related to one another.
2. Understanding- making sense of what you have learned.
1. Remembering- recalling relevant knowledge from long term memory.
Teachers' Standards for Student Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Teachers should be skilled in
choosing assessment methods appropriate for instructional decisions. Skill in choosing appropriate,
