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Which of the following will be the best technique for the assessment of students' work?
a. Comprehensive tests
b. Short quizzes
c. Homework correct answers a. Comprehensive tests
Test scores that have a high degree of reliability (e.g., .90) are also valid.
a. True
b. False correct answers b. False
Test scores that are highly reliable are necessarily valid.
a. True
b. False correct answers b. False
Evidence that a social studies test adequately samples a specific area of the social studies
curriculum is called
a. content-related evidence
b. substantive evidence
c. external structure evidence correct answers a. content-related evidence
Which of the following set of assessment activities will best facilitate a teacher's instructional
planning?
a. Marking students' completed work and assigning grades on their unit test
b. Reviewing the learning objectives, students' abilities, and past performance
c. observing students' attitudes and behavior and summarizing performance. correct answers
b. Reviewing the learning objectives, students' abilities, and past performance
Which of these teacher management activities should occur after instruction?
a. Review the syllabus and the textbook being used
b. Review students' class assignments and homework results against the intended learning
outcomes
c. observe students completing their seatwork correct answers b. Review students' class
assignments and homework results against the intended learning outcomes
In selecting a particular technique to use in assessing students, to what should the teacher pay
attention first?
a. Difficulty level of knowledge
b. Students' knowledge
c. Use to which the assessment result will be put correct answers c. Use to which the
assessment result will be
When you measure a students' performance, you are assessing them.
a. True
b. False correct answers a. True
Any time a teacher measures the performance of students, the teacher tests the students.
a. True
b. False correct answers a. True
,Ms. Jonah observed her students during a science lab in order to determine what the students
needed to learn to be effective in carrying out lab experiments. Which of the following best
describes what Ms. Jonah did?
a. She measured her students' performance in the lab
b. She tested her students' performance in the lab
c. She assessed her students' performance in the lab correct answers c. She assessed her
students' performance in the lab
To evaluate students' performance in mathematics, a teacher must measure the students in
mathematics.
a. True
b. False correct answers b. False
Which of the following statements best illustrates the concept evaluation?
a. Jane's teacher recorded her exam result, her homework results, and her grade on the
semester project
b. the teacher administered 100 multiple-choice items to his students at the end of the
semester
c. At the end of the semester the student's scores ranged between 55 and 95
d. The performance of the school's students on the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) was
excellent. correct answers d. The performance of the school's students on the Scholastic
Assessment Test (SAT) was excellent.
A teacher used the midterm exam to grade the students. Then the teacher reviewed students'
performance in terms of their difficulties and strengths over the first half of the semester. This
helped the teacher to plan his instructional activities for the second half of the semester. The
midterm exam served as
a. a formative evaluation of the students
b. a summative evaluation of the students
c. both a and b correct answers c. both a and b
Why is diagnostic assessment done?
a. to ascertain the achievement level of the students
b. to ascertain the specific strengths and weakness of the students
c. to ascertain the effectiveness of teaching correct answers b. to ascertain the specific
strengths and weakness of the students
What is a learning objective?
a. What students know at the end of an instructional segment
b. What students can do a the end of an instructional segment
c. What teachers should do to help students learn during an instructional segment correct
answers b. What students can do a the end of an instructional segment
Which of the following best explains the importance of using statements of learning
objectives in the assessment of students?
a. The teacher becomes aware of students' weaknesses and emphasizes those areas in his/her
assessment
b. The teacher gets a better understanding of the material (subject matter) he/she is teaching
through assessment
, c. The teacher knows the specific outcomes students should attain and develops appropriate
assessment procedures to assess them correct answers c. The teacher knows the specific
outcomes students should attain and develops appropriate assessment procedures to assess
them
Which of the following is a general learning goal?
a. Students should be able to measure the length of the classroom using a ruler
b. Students should be able to add two digit numbers accurately
c. Students should be able to measure things accurately correct answers c. Students should be
able to measure things accurately
Which of the following best illustrates an appropriately stated learning objective?
a. The student will know the parts of an airplane
b. The student will understand the parts of an airplane
c. The student explains how airplanes fly correct answers c. The student explains how
airplanes fly
The sequence of the Cognitive Process dimension of the revised Bloom's taxonomy is
a. remember, understand, create, apply, analyze, and evaluate
b. remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, and create
c. remember, understand, analyze, apply, create, and evaluate correct answers b. remember,
understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, and create
When planning an instructional unit, which of the following I the BEST source for a teacher
to find ideas about good general learning goals?
a. The practices of experienced teachers in the field
b. The published standards of the state
c. The list of topics covered in a textbook in the content area correct answers b. The
published standards of the state
Taxonomy means the same as
a. classification
b. selection
c. organization correct answers a. classification
Which of the following item formats is the best to use to assess "analyze" types of learning
objectives?
a. Essay items
b. multiple-choice
c. short-answer items correct answers a. Essay items
One of the important teaching uses for taxonomies of thinking skills to
a. ensure the complexity of learning outcomes
b. divide up cognitive thinking into small, teachable segments
c. check whether what is to be taught and assessed covers the most important cognitive skills
correct answers c. check whether what is to be taught and assessed covers the most important
cognitive skills
Which of the following will be the best technique for the assessment of students' work?
a. Comprehensive tests
b. Short quizzes
c. Homework correct answers a. Comprehensive tests
Test scores that have a high degree of reliability (e.g., .90) are also valid.
a. True
b. False correct answers b. False
Test scores that are highly reliable are necessarily valid.
a. True
b. False correct answers b. False
Evidence that a social studies test adequately samples a specific area of the social studies
curriculum is called
a. content-related evidence
b. substantive evidence
c. external structure evidence correct answers a. content-related evidence
Which of the following set of assessment activities will best facilitate a teacher's instructional
planning?
a. Marking students' completed work and assigning grades on their unit test
b. Reviewing the learning objectives, students' abilities, and past performance
c. observing students' attitudes and behavior and summarizing performance. correct answers
b. Reviewing the learning objectives, students' abilities, and past performance
Which of these teacher management activities should occur after instruction?
a. Review the syllabus and the textbook being used
b. Review students' class assignments and homework results against the intended learning
outcomes
c. observe students completing their seatwork correct answers b. Review students' class
assignments and homework results against the intended learning outcomes
In selecting a particular technique to use in assessing students, to what should the teacher pay
attention first?
a. Difficulty level of knowledge
b. Students' knowledge
c. Use to which the assessment result will be put correct answers c. Use to which the
assessment result will be
When you measure a students' performance, you are assessing them.
a. True
b. False correct answers a. True
Any time a teacher measures the performance of students, the teacher tests the students.
a. True
b. False correct answers a. True
,Ms. Jonah observed her students during a science lab in order to determine what the students
needed to learn to be effective in carrying out lab experiments. Which of the following best
describes what Ms. Jonah did?
a. She measured her students' performance in the lab
b. She tested her students' performance in the lab
c. She assessed her students' performance in the lab correct answers c. She assessed her
students' performance in the lab
To evaluate students' performance in mathematics, a teacher must measure the students in
mathematics.
a. True
b. False correct answers b. False
Which of the following statements best illustrates the concept evaluation?
a. Jane's teacher recorded her exam result, her homework results, and her grade on the
semester project
b. the teacher administered 100 multiple-choice items to his students at the end of the
semester
c. At the end of the semester the student's scores ranged between 55 and 95
d. The performance of the school's students on the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) was
excellent. correct answers d. The performance of the school's students on the Scholastic
Assessment Test (SAT) was excellent.
A teacher used the midterm exam to grade the students. Then the teacher reviewed students'
performance in terms of their difficulties and strengths over the first half of the semester. This
helped the teacher to plan his instructional activities for the second half of the semester. The
midterm exam served as
a. a formative evaluation of the students
b. a summative evaluation of the students
c. both a and b correct answers c. both a and b
Why is diagnostic assessment done?
a. to ascertain the achievement level of the students
b. to ascertain the specific strengths and weakness of the students
c. to ascertain the effectiveness of teaching correct answers b. to ascertain the specific
strengths and weakness of the students
What is a learning objective?
a. What students know at the end of an instructional segment
b. What students can do a the end of an instructional segment
c. What teachers should do to help students learn during an instructional segment correct
answers b. What students can do a the end of an instructional segment
Which of the following best explains the importance of using statements of learning
objectives in the assessment of students?
a. The teacher becomes aware of students' weaknesses and emphasizes those areas in his/her
assessment
b. The teacher gets a better understanding of the material (subject matter) he/she is teaching
through assessment
, c. The teacher knows the specific outcomes students should attain and develops appropriate
assessment procedures to assess them correct answers c. The teacher knows the specific
outcomes students should attain and develops appropriate assessment procedures to assess
them
Which of the following is a general learning goal?
a. Students should be able to measure the length of the classroom using a ruler
b. Students should be able to add two digit numbers accurately
c. Students should be able to measure things accurately correct answers c. Students should be
able to measure things accurately
Which of the following best illustrates an appropriately stated learning objective?
a. The student will know the parts of an airplane
b. The student will understand the parts of an airplane
c. The student explains how airplanes fly correct answers c. The student explains how
airplanes fly
The sequence of the Cognitive Process dimension of the revised Bloom's taxonomy is
a. remember, understand, create, apply, analyze, and evaluate
b. remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, and create
c. remember, understand, analyze, apply, create, and evaluate correct answers b. remember,
understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, and create
When planning an instructional unit, which of the following I the BEST source for a teacher
to find ideas about good general learning goals?
a. The practices of experienced teachers in the field
b. The published standards of the state
c. The list of topics covered in a textbook in the content area correct answers b. The
published standards of the state
Taxonomy means the same as
a. classification
b. selection
c. organization correct answers a. classification
Which of the following item formats is the best to use to assess "analyze" types of learning
objectives?
a. Essay items
b. multiple-choice
c. short-answer items correct answers a. Essay items
One of the important teaching uses for taxonomies of thinking skills to
a. ensure the complexity of learning outcomes
b. divide up cognitive thinking into small, teachable segments
c. check whether what is to be taught and assessed covers the most important cognitive skills
correct answers c. check whether what is to be taught and assessed covers the most important
cognitive skills
