What is an argument often used to support the use of alternative assessment? - Answers They
approximate real-world tasks.
According to the vision of excellence proposed by Stiggins, what is a distinguishing
characteristic of a productive, balanced assessment system? - Answers Students are active
participants and feel a personal sense of control over their academic outcomes.
At the classroom level of data use, what question should educators ask about student learning?
- Answers How is each student doing on his or her way up the scaffolding leading to each
standard?
After writing an end-of-unit exam, Ms. Rogers checked each item against the objectives on her
table of test specifications. She wanted to make sure every item measured what it was intended
to measure. Ms. Rogers was checking the ____ of her teacher-made exam. - Answers validity
Anna Bradley is a veteran teacher who recently attended professional development on the need
for educators to become more assessment literate. Her experience has caused her to question
her preference for traditional assessment approaches. Ms. Bradley's students always have
excellent standardized test scores, but she has decided to broaden her assessment repertoire
to include more learner-centered measures. What is a strategy she might implement? - Answers
Ms. Bradley could invite students to work with her in designing classroom assessments.
While planning a mathematics unit for her third graders, Mrs. Roberts unpacked a standard on
math operations and problem solving. From the unit, Mrs. Roberts decided she wanted her
students to remember that problem solving is a lifelong skill with many real-world applications -
even for fourth graders. Mrs. Roberts was expressing a(n) ____ for the standard she was about
to teach. - Answers enduring understanding
Achievement expectations in a productive, balanced assessment system are established by: -
Answers standards.
Mr. Robinson, an eighth grade math teacher, and his grade level team meet weekly to
collaboratively design exams that measure their student performance. Since beginning this
process of ____ assessment, the team has noted that student test scores are increasing. -
Answers common
According to Stiggins, classroom assessment, interim benchmarks, and standardized testing
work together to achieve ____ in an assessment system. - Answers balance
A norm-referenced test is based on ____, while a criterion-referenced test is based on ____. -
Answers average student performance; a set standard