EDF 6432 OBJECTIVE EXAM 1 QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026
Increased use of portfolio and performance assessment techniques in the schools has been suggested
to - Answers reduce pressure to test only for facts and specific skills
The major distinction between testing and assessment is that assessment is - Answers broader than
testing
The intent of "high-stakes" testing is to use educational tests and measurements to - Answers make
decisions of prominent educational, financial or social impact
This type of high-stakes test is designed to focus on broad national goals and objectives: - Answers
norm-referenced
Which of the following best describes the current status of high-stakes testing - Answers It is
mandated by law.
In high-stakes testing, alignment is considered to be evidence of an achievement test's: - Answers
content validity
According to the text, what can a teacher do to prepare and help students prepare for high-stakes
testing? - Answers keep discussions of the test simple
Which of the following is best classified as a high stakes test? - Answers a high school graduation
exam; if students don't pass they do not graduate with a high school diploma
Robert, a ninth-grader, has just been told, "The reason you're having so much trouble with division is
that you have never mastered compound multiplication. The Math Basic Skills Tests have indicated
this quite clearly. We are going to provide you with instruction in multiplication immediately."
Robert's teacher made what kind of decision relative to his skill level? - Answers diagnostic
A technique that helps the teacher write test items at different levels of the cognitive taxonomy is: -
Answers the test blueprint.
Which of the following is an example of a program-level objective? - Answers At least eighty percent
of students will make a year's worth of academic progress within the designated September-May
school year.
Compared with the conventional norm-referenced test, one would expect a criterion-referenced test
to be: - Answers specific and composed of items of more uniform difficulty.
Which of the following phrases best describes the process of analysis in test items? - Answers
breakdown into constituent parts
If the same knowledge were tested by the same number of items of different types, which type of
item would the fewest number of students be expected to answer correctly by chance? - Answers
short-answer
Evaluate the following test item. Select from the judgments that follow.
Test Item:
An example of a form of transportation used in urban areas is:
a. taxi cabb. busc. horsed. all of the abovee. none of the abovef. a and b, but not c or d - Answers
Inappropriate distractors are used in the response set.
A school district has completed the following tasks:· examined the commercially published
instructional materials used by the district to determine how well they match the benchmarks of the
Sunshine State Standards· collected data on student performance relative to each of the Sunshine
State Standards represented on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test for this subject area·
conducted teacher surveys and focus groups to identify teachers' perceptions of the instructional
materials After analyzing the information, the district has decided to make major changes in the way
the subject matter is taught. Goals and objectives were reorganized by grade level, corresponding
instructional materials and activities were revised, and a different publisher of instructional materials
was selected. Which type of educational decision does this scenario represent? - Answers program or
curriculum
Why is it important to specify what we want to measure before we begin to test? - Answers all of the
above
A teacher designs a product test to cover a part of the social sciences unit of instruction on
transportation. The teacher builds a scoring rubric that will be used to evaluate students' finished
products. The scores from the unit will contribute 4% of the students' term grades. Which of the
following test classifications best correspond to this scenario? - Answers subjective, teacher-made,
verbal, power
Increased use of portfolio and performance assessment techniques in the schools has been suggested
to - Answers reduce pressure to test only for facts and specific skills
The major distinction between testing and assessment is that assessment is - Answers broader than
testing
The intent of "high-stakes" testing is to use educational tests and measurements to - Answers make
decisions of prominent educational, financial or social impact
This type of high-stakes test is designed to focus on broad national goals and objectives: - Answers
norm-referenced
Which of the following best describes the current status of high-stakes testing - Answers It is
mandated by law.
In high-stakes testing, alignment is considered to be evidence of an achievement test's: - Answers
content validity
According to the text, what can a teacher do to prepare and help students prepare for high-stakes
testing? - Answers keep discussions of the test simple
Which of the following is best classified as a high stakes test? - Answers a high school graduation
exam; if students don't pass they do not graduate with a high school diploma
Robert, a ninth-grader, has just been told, "The reason you're having so much trouble with division is
that you have never mastered compound multiplication. The Math Basic Skills Tests have indicated
this quite clearly. We are going to provide you with instruction in multiplication immediately."
Robert's teacher made what kind of decision relative to his skill level? - Answers diagnostic
A technique that helps the teacher write test items at different levels of the cognitive taxonomy is: -
Answers the test blueprint.
Which of the following is an example of a program-level objective? - Answers At least eighty percent
of students will make a year's worth of academic progress within the designated September-May
school year.
Compared with the conventional norm-referenced test, one would expect a criterion-referenced test
to be: - Answers specific and composed of items of more uniform difficulty.
Which of the following phrases best describes the process of analysis in test items? - Answers
breakdown into constituent parts
If the same knowledge were tested by the same number of items of different types, which type of
item would the fewest number of students be expected to answer correctly by chance? - Answers
short-answer
Evaluate the following test item. Select from the judgments that follow.
Test Item:
An example of a form of transportation used in urban areas is:
a. taxi cabb. busc. horsed. all of the abovee. none of the abovef. a and b, but not c or d - Answers
Inappropriate distractors are used in the response set.
A school district has completed the following tasks:· examined the commercially published
instructional materials used by the district to determine how well they match the benchmarks of the
Sunshine State Standards· collected data on student performance relative to each of the Sunshine
State Standards represented on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test for this subject area·
conducted teacher surveys and focus groups to identify teachers' perceptions of the instructional
materials After analyzing the information, the district has decided to make major changes in the way
the subject matter is taught. Goals and objectives were reorganized by grade level, corresponding
instructional materials and activities were revised, and a different publisher of instructional materials
was selected. Which type of educational decision does this scenario represent? - Answers program or
curriculum
Why is it important to specify what we want to measure before we begin to test? - Answers all of the
above
A teacher designs a product test to cover a part of the social sciences unit of instruction on
transportation. The teacher builds a scoring rubric that will be used to evaluate students' finished
products. The scores from the unit will contribute 4% of the students' term grades. Which of the
following test classifications best correspond to this scenario? - Answers subjective, teacher-made,
verbal, power
