EL 5023 Module 1,2,3 and 4 Quiz Assessment Strategies | Questions and
Answers Latest Updated (Graded A+) | Western Connecticut State
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Module 1 Quiz
Due Jul 18 at 2:59am Points 15 Questions 5 Available Jul 11 at 3am - Jul 18 at 4am
Time Limit 60 Minutes
Instructions
By submitting this quiz, I certify these responses are entirely my own work. I have not copied the work of any other student (past or present) or
collaborated with anyone on this quiz. In addition, I will not share the questions or answers from this quiz with other students. I understand that
academic dishonesty is grounds for dismissal from the program.
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 6 minutes 15 out of 15
Score for this quiz: 15 out of 15
Submitted Jul 11 at 10pm
This attempt took 6 minutes.
Question 1 pts
At the program level of data use, what question should educators ask about student learning?
Are enough students meeting the required standards?
Correct! Which standards are our students mastering or not mastering?
What types of test practice materials should we use to improve student performance?
How is each student doing on his or her way up the scaffolding leading to each standard?
Question 2 pts
What evidence supports the idea that schools are adopting a new vision of assessment excellence?
Correct! Educators are attempting to balance large-scale and classroom assessment.
Emphasis is moving away from formative assessment to summative assessment.
There has been a shift in reliance on criterion-referenced tests to norm-referenced tests.
Test writers are more concerned with item bias than with reliability and validity of test items.
, Question 3 pts
Dr. Martin, the principal at Eaton Middle School, and his faculty members have worked diligently over
the past six months laying the structural foundation for a productive, balanced assessment system.
So far, they have made sure that the school’s framework of achievement expectations is based on the
standards and that the entire school is committed to making Eaton a standards-based school. To
complete the structural foundation, what initiative will Dr. Martin and the faculty probably undertake
next?
They will emphasize the use of summative over formative tests.
Correct! They will design measurement instruments that yield quality results.
They will hold more professional development on high-stakes testing.
They will put more emphasis on accountability and standardized tests.
Question 4 pts
Martinez Middle School is conducting a major overhaul of its assessment system as a means of better
determining student achievement levels prior to the administration of mandated, end-of-year
standardized tests. Two factors of primary concern are the communication of results to all users and
student involvement in the assessment process. According to the Stiggins’ quality-control framework,
the school is addressing:
validity.
accuracy.
reliability.
Correct! effective use.
Question 5 pts
Dr. Sanchez, the principal at Williams Middle School, attended a national conference where Dr. Rick
Stiggins was the keynote speaker, and his topic was assessment literacy. What would have been a
major idea contained in Dr. Stiggins’ address?
Summative test items are more reliable and valid and contain less test bias.
Teachers should rely mostly on standardized test data to determine instructional priorities.
Answers Latest Updated (Graded A+) | Western Connecticut State
University
Module 1 Quiz
Due Jul 18 at 2:59am Points 15 Questions 5 Available Jul 11 at 3am - Jul 18 at 4am
Time Limit 60 Minutes
Instructions
By submitting this quiz, I certify these responses are entirely my own work. I have not copied the work of any other student (past or present) or
collaborated with anyone on this quiz. In addition, I will not share the questions or answers from this quiz with other students. I understand that
academic dishonesty is grounds for dismissal from the program.
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 6 minutes 15 out of 15
Score for this quiz: 15 out of 15
Submitted Jul 11 at 10pm
This attempt took 6 minutes.
Question 1 pts
At the program level of data use, what question should educators ask about student learning?
Are enough students meeting the required standards?
Correct! Which standards are our students mastering or not mastering?
What types of test practice materials should we use to improve student performance?
How is each student doing on his or her way up the scaffolding leading to each standard?
Question 2 pts
What evidence supports the idea that schools are adopting a new vision of assessment excellence?
Correct! Educators are attempting to balance large-scale and classroom assessment.
Emphasis is moving away from formative assessment to summative assessment.
There has been a shift in reliance on criterion-referenced tests to norm-referenced tests.
Test writers are more concerned with item bias than with reliability and validity of test items.
, Question 3 pts
Dr. Martin, the principal at Eaton Middle School, and his faculty members have worked diligently over
the past six months laying the structural foundation for a productive, balanced assessment system.
So far, they have made sure that the school’s framework of achievement expectations is based on the
standards and that the entire school is committed to making Eaton a standards-based school. To
complete the structural foundation, what initiative will Dr. Martin and the faculty probably undertake
next?
They will emphasize the use of summative over formative tests.
Correct! They will design measurement instruments that yield quality results.
They will hold more professional development on high-stakes testing.
They will put more emphasis on accountability and standardized tests.
Question 4 pts
Martinez Middle School is conducting a major overhaul of its assessment system as a means of better
determining student achievement levels prior to the administration of mandated, end-of-year
standardized tests. Two factors of primary concern are the communication of results to all users and
student involvement in the assessment process. According to the Stiggins’ quality-control framework,
the school is addressing:
validity.
accuracy.
reliability.
Correct! effective use.
Question 5 pts
Dr. Sanchez, the principal at Williams Middle School, attended a national conference where Dr. Rick
Stiggins was the keynote speaker, and his topic was assessment literacy. What would have been a
major idea contained in Dr. Stiggins’ address?
Summative test items are more reliable and valid and contain less test bias.
Teachers should rely mostly on standardized test data to determine instructional priorities.
