ASSESSMENT PRACTICE QUIZZES
ACTUAL EXAM ALL 257 QUESTIONS
AND WELL ELABORATED ANSWERS
TOP RATED VERSION FOR ALREADY
A+ GRADED HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
|NEW AND REVISED
1. "Becausemterrificmpressuresmaremcurrentlymobligingmteachersmtomsignificantlymboostmtheirms
tudents'mtestmscores,meverymteachermneedsmtomunderstandmhowminmmostminstances,manmed
ucationalmtestmactuallymdefinesmthemnaturemofmwhatmismtombemtaught."mThismis:m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmonemofmtoday'smreasonsmformteachersmtomknowmaboutmassessment
2. "WhenmImplanmamnewmunitmofminstructionmformmymfourth-grademstudents,mImalways-
andmImmeanmalways-mfirstmcreatemthemend-of-
unitmassessmentsmI'llmbemusing.mBymdoingmso,mImacquiremammuchmmoremclearmideamofmwher
emImammheadingminstructionally,mandmtherebymhelpmmymlesson-
planningmimmensely."mThismis:m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmonemofmtoday'smreasonsmformteachersmtomknowmaboutmassessment
3. "Wemhavemanmenormouslymdiversemcollectionmofmstudentsminmourmschool,mandmtheirmlevels
mofmachievementmaremallmovermthemlot.mAccordingly,mwhenmImgotmamnewmgroupmofmstudents
mformmymthird-
grademclassroommeachmfall,myoumcanmbetmthatmduringmthemearlymdaysmofmthemschoolmyearmI
massessmtheirmentrymbehavior,mthatmis,mthemknowledgemandmskillsmthosemchildrenmalreadymp
ossess.mItmhelpsmmemtomknowmwheremImneedmtomputmmyminstructionalmenergiesmduringmthe
mschoolmyear."mThismis:m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmamtraditionalmreasonmformteachersmtomknowmaboutmassessment
4. "Imwasmquitemsurprisedmwhenmourmstate'smdepartmentmofmeducationminsistedmthatmeachmof
mthemstate'smteachersmcollectmaccuratemevidencemofmtheirmstudents'mgrowthmbecausemsuch
mevidencemwasmtombemusedminmevaluatingmallmofmthemstate'smteachers.mImhave,mformmymentir
emcareer,mcollectingmpretestmandmposttestmevidencemofmmymstudents'machievementmstatusm
, becausemthismhelpsmme-irrespectivemofmwhatmthemstatemwantsmmemtomdo-
determinemwhichmchanges,mifman,maremneededmduringmnextmyear'sminstruction."mThismis:m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmbothmamtraditionalmreasonmandmonemofmtoday'smreasonsmformteachers
mtomknowmaboutmassessment
5. "Teachersmneedmtomgivemclassroommassessmentsminmordermtomassignmgradesmtomstudentsmi
ndicatingmhowmwellmeachmstudentmhadmattainedmthemlearningmoutcomesmsetmformthem."mT
hismis:m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmamtraditionalmreasonmformteachersmtomknowmaboutmassessment
6. "Imthinkmeverymteachermhasmamprofessionalmobligationmtommakemsuremtheirmschoolmismaccur
atelymevaluated,mbutmalsomtomassuremthatmeachmteacherminmthemschoolmismaccuratelymevalu
ated.mMoreover,mwhenmappraisingmschoolsmormteachers,mmostmpeoplemrelymonmstudents'mt
estmperformances.mSomitmismabundantlymclearmthatmteachersmmustmunderstandmwhat'smgoi
ngmonmwhenmkidsmaremtested."mThismis:m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmonemofmtoday'smreasonsmformteachersmtomknowmaboutmassessment
7. "Wishingmthatmstudentsmwillmmakemprogressmdoesmnotmguaranteemthatmstudentsmactuallym
willmdomso.mAndmthismismwhymImbelievemteachersmhavemamfundamentalmresponsibilitymtommo
nitormtheirmstudents'mprogressmthroughoutmthemschoolmyear.mImtrymtomadministerminformalm
progress-
monitoringmquizzesmeverymfewmweeksmtommakemsuremmyminstructionmism"taking".mIfmmymins
tructionmismnotmworkingmasmwellmasmImwantmitmtomwork,mthenmImcanmmakemmodificationsminm
mymupcomingmteachingmplans.mAssessment-
basedmmonitoringmofmstudents'mprogressmismsomverymsensiblemthatmit'smhardmformmemtomun
derstandmwhymitmismnotmmoremwidelymused."mThismis:m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmamtraditionalmreasonmformteachersmtomknowmaboutmassessment
8. "Justmamyearmago,mthemvotersminmourmschoolmdistrictmvotedmfavorablyminmamhugemschool-
levymelectionmthatmbroughtminmsubstantialmtaxmdollarsmformourmschools.mMostmofmthemdistri
ct'smteachersmaremconvincedmthatmthismpositivemsupportmformthemschoolmwasmbasedmonmour
mschools'mconsistentlymhighmrankingsmonmthemstate'smannualmaccountabilitymtest."mThismis:m
-mCORRECTmANSWERmonemofmtoday'smreasonsmformteachersmtomknowmaboutmassessment
,9. "Justmasmphysiciansmneedmtomknowmaboutmpatients'mbloodmpressuremandmwhatmitmindicates
,mteachersmneedmtomknowmaboutmeducationalmtesting.mItmismsimplympartmofmwhatmamsolidme
ducationalmprofessionalmneedsmtomunderstand."mThismis:m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmneithermamtraditionalmreasonmnormonemofmtoday'smreasonsmformteache
rsmtomknowmaboutmassessment
10. "LeadersmofmbothmthemNationalmEducationmAssociationmandmthemAmericanmFederationmofm
Teachersmhavemstronglymendorsedmthemmoremfrequentmassessmentmofmstudentsmasmamwaym
tombettermeducatemthemnation'smchildren.mAccordingly,mcurrentmteachersmneedmtomknowma
boutmassessmentmfundamentalsmbeforemtheymtrymtomteachmtheirmstudents."mThismis:m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmneithermamtraditionalmreasonmnormonemofmtoday'smreasonsmformteache
rsmtomknowmaboutmassessment?
11. Ifmamteachermdecidedmtomseekmadvicemfrom,msay,mamgroupmofmseveralmteachermcolleaguesmr
egardingmthemappropriatenessmofmthemcontentmformthemteacher'smplannedmclassroommasse
ssment,mprofessionalmethicsmdemandmthatmthemcurricularmcounselmofmthosemcolleaguesmm
ustmbemacceptedm-mCORRECTmANSWERmfalse
12. Becausemofmsuchmneedsmasmhowmtomgrademthismyear'smstudentsmormwhethermchangesmarem
neededminmnextmyear'sminstructionalmprocedures,mteachersmshouldminvariablymlinkmtheirmpl
annedmclassroommassessmentsmexplicitlymtomthesemsortsmofmdecisionsmfrommthemearliestm
momentsmamclassroommtestmismbeingmconceptualizedm-mCORRECTmANSWERmtrue
13. Becausemstudents'mgrowthminmtheirmmasterymofmcognitivemskillsmandmknowledgemismsuchmam
patentlymimportantmfactormbymwhichmtomevaluatemthemsuccessmofmnotmonlymschools,mbutmal
somteachers,mclassroommassessmentsmshouldmfocusmexclusivelymonmmeasuringmstudents'mc
ognitivemstatusm-mCORRECTmANSWERmfalse
14. Becausemanmexcessivemnumbermofmassessmentmtargetsminmamteacher'smclassroommassessm
entsmcanmmakemitmdifficultmtommaintainmanminstructionalmfocusmonmtoommanymassessablemo
utcomes.mItmismwisermformteachersmtomemploymgrain-
sizesmcallingmformammodestmnumbermofmbroad-
, scopemassessmentmtargetsmthanmadoptmamlargemnumbermofmsmall-
scopemassessmentmtargetsm-mCORRECTmANSWERmtrue
15. Inmrecognitionmofmhowmmuchmtimemitmtypicallymtakesmformteachersmtomscoremstudents'mresp
onsesmtomconstructedmresponsemitems,mespeciallymthosemitemsmcallingmformextendedmresp
onses,manmearlymfactormformamteachermtomconsidermwhenmcreatingmamclassroommassessmen
tmismwhethermthemteachermhasmsufficientmtimemtomproperlymscoremstudents'mresponsesmtom
amtestmcontainingmconstructedmresponsemitemsm-mCORRECTmANSWERmtrue
16. AlthoughmthemNAEPmassessmentmframeworksmare,mtechnically,msupposedmtomguidemNAEPm
item-developmentmandmnotmfunctionmasmcurricularmframeworksmbecausemofmthemlong-
standingmU.S.mtraditionmthatmthemfederalmgovernmentmshould'ntminfluencemwhatmismtaught
minmstate-
governedmpublicmschools,mteachersmcanmstillmgetmgoodmideasmaboutmwhatmtomassessmandmh
owmtomassessmitmfrommthemillustrativemNAEPmitemsmthatmaremavailablemtomthempublicm-
mCORRECTmANSWERmtrue
17. Ifmanmelementarymteachermhasmdesignedmhisminstructionalmsystemmsomitmcentersmonmthemus
emofm"catch-up"mandm"enrichment"mlearningmcentersmwhere,mbasedmonmclassroom-
assessmentmperformances,mstudentsmself-
assignmthemselvesmtomonemofmthesemcenters,manmearly-
onmfactormtomconsidermismwhethermthemclassroommassessmentsmshouldmyieldmnorm-
referencedmormcriterion-referencedminferencesm-mCORRECTmANSWERmtrue
18. Teachersmwillmfindmthatmtheirmclassroommassessmentsmaremmostmusefulmwhenmamteacher'sm
earliestmthinkingmaboutmthemnaturemofmsuchmassessmentmismexplicitlymintendedmtomcontrib
utemtomanmupcomingmeducationalmdecisionmtombemmadembymthemteacherm-
mCORRECTmANSWERmtrue
19. Althoughmthemwaymamstate'smpublicmschoolsmaremrunmismupmtomofficialsmofmthatmstate,mnotmt
hemfederalmgovernment,mthemU.S.mSuprememCourtmhasmruledmthatmstate-
taughtmstudentsmmustmstillmbemgrantedmtheirmconstitutionallymguaranteedmrights,mandmthis
ACTUAL EXAM ALL 257 QUESTIONS
AND WELL ELABORATED ANSWERS
TOP RATED VERSION FOR ALREADY
A+ GRADED HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
|NEW AND REVISED
1. "Becausemterrificmpressuresmaremcurrentlymobligingmteachersmtomsignificantlymboostmtheirms
tudents'mtestmscores,meverymteachermneedsmtomunderstandmhowminmmostminstances,manmed
ucationalmtestmactuallymdefinesmthemnaturemofmwhatmismtombemtaught."mThismis:m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmonemofmtoday'smreasonsmformteachersmtomknowmaboutmassessment
2. "WhenmImplanmamnewmunitmofminstructionmformmymfourth-grademstudents,mImalways-
andmImmeanmalways-mfirstmcreatemthemend-of-
unitmassessmentsmI'llmbemusing.mBymdoingmso,mImacquiremammuchmmoremclearmideamofmwher
emImammheadingminstructionally,mandmtherebymhelpmmymlesson-
planningmimmensely."mThismis:m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmonemofmtoday'smreasonsmformteachersmtomknowmaboutmassessment
3. "Wemhavemanmenormouslymdiversemcollectionmofmstudentsminmourmschool,mandmtheirmlevels
mofmachievementmaremallmovermthemlot.mAccordingly,mwhenmImgotmamnewmgroupmofmstudents
mformmymthird-
grademclassroommeachmfall,myoumcanmbetmthatmduringmthemearlymdaysmofmthemschoolmyearmI
massessmtheirmentrymbehavior,mthatmis,mthemknowledgemandmskillsmthosemchildrenmalreadymp
ossess.mItmhelpsmmemtomknowmwheremImneedmtomputmmyminstructionalmenergiesmduringmthe
mschoolmyear."mThismis:m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmamtraditionalmreasonmformteachersmtomknowmaboutmassessment
4. "Imwasmquitemsurprisedmwhenmourmstate'smdepartmentmofmeducationminsistedmthatmeachmof
mthemstate'smteachersmcollectmaccuratemevidencemofmtheirmstudents'mgrowthmbecausemsuch
mevidencemwasmtombemusedminmevaluatingmallmofmthemstate'smteachers.mImhave,mformmymentir
emcareer,mcollectingmpretestmandmposttestmevidencemofmmymstudents'machievementmstatusm
, becausemthismhelpsmme-irrespectivemofmwhatmthemstatemwantsmmemtomdo-
determinemwhichmchanges,mifman,maremneededmduringmnextmyear'sminstruction."mThismis:m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmbothmamtraditionalmreasonmandmonemofmtoday'smreasonsmformteachers
mtomknowmaboutmassessment
5. "Teachersmneedmtomgivemclassroommassessmentsminmordermtomassignmgradesmtomstudentsmi
ndicatingmhowmwellmeachmstudentmhadmattainedmthemlearningmoutcomesmsetmformthem."mT
hismis:m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmamtraditionalmreasonmformteachersmtomknowmaboutmassessment
6. "Imthinkmeverymteachermhasmamprofessionalmobligationmtommakemsuremtheirmschoolmismaccur
atelymevaluated,mbutmalsomtomassuremthatmeachmteacherminmthemschoolmismaccuratelymevalu
ated.mMoreover,mwhenmappraisingmschoolsmormteachers,mmostmpeoplemrelymonmstudents'mt
estmperformances.mSomitmismabundantlymclearmthatmteachersmmustmunderstandmwhat'smgoi
ngmonmwhenmkidsmaremtested."mThismis:m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmonemofmtoday'smreasonsmformteachersmtomknowmaboutmassessment
7. "Wishingmthatmstudentsmwillmmakemprogressmdoesmnotmguaranteemthatmstudentsmactuallym
willmdomso.mAndmthismismwhymImbelievemteachersmhavemamfundamentalmresponsibilitymtommo
nitormtheirmstudents'mprogressmthroughoutmthemschoolmyear.mImtrymtomadministerminformalm
progress-
monitoringmquizzesmeverymfewmweeksmtommakemsuremmyminstructionmism"taking".mIfmmymins
tructionmismnotmworkingmasmwellmasmImwantmitmtomwork,mthenmImcanmmakemmodificationsminm
mymupcomingmteachingmplans.mAssessment-
basedmmonitoringmofmstudents'mprogressmismsomverymsensiblemthatmit'smhardmformmemtomun
derstandmwhymitmismnotmmoremwidelymused."mThismis:m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmamtraditionalmreasonmformteachersmtomknowmaboutmassessment
8. "Justmamyearmago,mthemvotersminmourmschoolmdistrictmvotedmfavorablyminmamhugemschool-
levymelectionmthatmbroughtminmsubstantialmtaxmdollarsmformourmschools.mMostmofmthemdistri
ct'smteachersmaremconvincedmthatmthismpositivemsupportmformthemschoolmwasmbasedmonmour
mschools'mconsistentlymhighmrankingsmonmthemstate'smannualmaccountabilitymtest."mThismis:m
-mCORRECTmANSWERmonemofmtoday'smreasonsmformteachersmtomknowmaboutmassessment
,9. "Justmasmphysiciansmneedmtomknowmaboutmpatients'mbloodmpressuremandmwhatmitmindicates
,mteachersmneedmtomknowmaboutmeducationalmtesting.mItmismsimplympartmofmwhatmamsolidme
ducationalmprofessionalmneedsmtomunderstand."mThismis:m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmneithermamtraditionalmreasonmnormonemofmtoday'smreasonsmformteache
rsmtomknowmaboutmassessment
10. "LeadersmofmbothmthemNationalmEducationmAssociationmandmthemAmericanmFederationmofm
Teachersmhavemstronglymendorsedmthemmoremfrequentmassessmentmofmstudentsmasmamwaym
tombettermeducatemthemnation'smchildren.mAccordingly,mcurrentmteachersmneedmtomknowma
boutmassessmentmfundamentalsmbeforemtheymtrymtomteachmtheirmstudents."mThismis:m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmneithermamtraditionalmreasonmnormonemofmtoday'smreasonsmformteache
rsmtomknowmaboutmassessment?
11. Ifmamteachermdecidedmtomseekmadvicemfrom,msay,mamgroupmofmseveralmteachermcolleaguesmr
egardingmthemappropriatenessmofmthemcontentmformthemteacher'smplannedmclassroommasse
ssment,mprofessionalmethicsmdemandmthatmthemcurricularmcounselmofmthosemcolleaguesmm
ustmbemacceptedm-mCORRECTmANSWERmfalse
12. Becausemofmsuchmneedsmasmhowmtomgrademthismyear'smstudentsmormwhethermchangesmarem
neededminmnextmyear'sminstructionalmprocedures,mteachersmshouldminvariablymlinkmtheirmpl
annedmclassroommassessmentsmexplicitlymtomthesemsortsmofmdecisionsmfrommthemearliestm
momentsmamclassroommtestmismbeingmconceptualizedm-mCORRECTmANSWERmtrue
13. Becausemstudents'mgrowthminmtheirmmasterymofmcognitivemskillsmandmknowledgemismsuchmam
patentlymimportantmfactormbymwhichmtomevaluatemthemsuccessmofmnotmonlymschools,mbutmal
somteachers,mclassroommassessmentsmshouldmfocusmexclusivelymonmmeasuringmstudents'mc
ognitivemstatusm-mCORRECTmANSWERmfalse
14. Becausemanmexcessivemnumbermofmassessmentmtargetsminmamteacher'smclassroommassessm
entsmcanmmakemitmdifficultmtommaintainmanminstructionalmfocusmonmtoommanymassessablemo
utcomes.mItmismwisermformteachersmtomemploymgrain-
sizesmcallingmformammodestmnumbermofmbroad-
, scopemassessmentmtargetsmthanmadoptmamlargemnumbermofmsmall-
scopemassessmentmtargetsm-mCORRECTmANSWERmtrue
15. Inmrecognitionmofmhowmmuchmtimemitmtypicallymtakesmformteachersmtomscoremstudents'mresp
onsesmtomconstructedmresponsemitems,mespeciallymthosemitemsmcallingmformextendedmresp
onses,manmearlymfactormformamteachermtomconsidermwhenmcreatingmamclassroommassessmen
tmismwhethermthemteachermhasmsufficientmtimemtomproperlymscoremstudents'mresponsesmtom
amtestmcontainingmconstructedmresponsemitemsm-mCORRECTmANSWERmtrue
16. AlthoughmthemNAEPmassessmentmframeworksmare,mtechnically,msupposedmtomguidemNAEPm
item-developmentmandmnotmfunctionmasmcurricularmframeworksmbecausemofmthemlong-
standingmU.S.mtraditionmthatmthemfederalmgovernmentmshould'ntminfluencemwhatmismtaught
minmstate-
governedmpublicmschools,mteachersmcanmstillmgetmgoodmideasmaboutmwhatmtomassessmandmh
owmtomassessmitmfrommthemillustrativemNAEPmitemsmthatmaremavailablemtomthempublicm-
mCORRECTmANSWERmtrue
17. Ifmanmelementarymteachermhasmdesignedmhisminstructionalmsystemmsomitmcentersmonmthemus
emofm"catch-up"mandm"enrichment"mlearningmcentersmwhere,mbasedmonmclassroom-
assessmentmperformances,mstudentsmself-
assignmthemselvesmtomonemofmthesemcenters,manmearly-
onmfactormtomconsidermismwhethermthemclassroommassessmentsmshouldmyieldmnorm-
referencedmormcriterion-referencedminferencesm-mCORRECTmANSWERmtrue
18. Teachersmwillmfindmthatmtheirmclassroommassessmentsmaremmostmusefulmwhenmamteacher'sm
earliestmthinkingmaboutmthemnaturemofmsuchmassessmentmismexplicitlymintendedmtomcontrib
utemtomanmupcomingmeducationalmdecisionmtombemmadembymthemteacherm-
mCORRECTmANSWERmtrue
19. Althoughmthemwaymamstate'smpublicmschoolsmaremrunmismupmtomofficialsmofmthatmstate,mnotmt
hemfederalmgovernment,mthemU.S.mSuprememCourtmhasmruledmthatmstate-
taughtmstudentsmmustmstillmbemgrantedmtheirmconstitutionallymguaranteedmrights,mandmthis
