age 1 of 28
PRAXIS Elementary Education: ENGLISH ACTUAL EXAM
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS || ALREADY GRADED A+ <RECENT
VERSION>
Criterion Referenced Tests .......Answer.........Measure what the
person is able to do and shows what skills they have mastered.
Compare a person's performance with their own past
performance.
Norm-Referenced Test .......Answer.........A standardized test that
is given to students of a similar grade level. Results are
compared to students of similar characteristics.
Wat is the degree to which a test measures what it's designed to
test? .......Answer.........Validity
,age 2 of 28
Constructive Response .......Answer.........A response, such as an
essay, that requires a higher level of thinking and reasoning.
More difficult to grde.
Selected Response .......Answer.........A response that is efficient
and can be graded quickly. Students are presented options to
choose from.
Formative Assessment .......Answer.........Assessment used
throughout teaching of a lesson and/or unit to gauge students'
understanding and inform and guide teaching. Immediate
Summative Assessment .......Answer.........Assessment data
collected after instruction to evaluate a student's mastery of the
curriculum objectives and a teacher's effectiveness at
instructional delivery. Comprehensive
, age 3 of 28
Social Learning Theory .......Answer.........the theory that we learn
social behavior by observing and imitating and by being
rewarded or punished
Ethology .......Answer.........Fixed action patterns.
Psychoanalytic Theory .......Answer.........A theory developed by
Freud that attempts to explain personality, motivation, and
mental disorders by focusing on unconscious determinants of
behavior. Relies heavily on emotion.
Attachment Theory .......Answer.........the idea that early
attachments with parents and other caregivers can shape
relationships for a person's whole life
Erik Erikson .......Answer.........Known for his 8-stage theory of
Psychosocial Development. The most important force driving
PRAXIS Elementary Education: ENGLISH ACTUAL EXAM
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS || ALREADY GRADED A+ <RECENT
VERSION>
Criterion Referenced Tests .......Answer.........Measure what the
person is able to do and shows what skills they have mastered.
Compare a person's performance with their own past
performance.
Norm-Referenced Test .......Answer.........A standardized test that
is given to students of a similar grade level. Results are
compared to students of similar characteristics.
Wat is the degree to which a test measures what it's designed to
test? .......Answer.........Validity
,age 2 of 28
Constructive Response .......Answer.........A response, such as an
essay, that requires a higher level of thinking and reasoning.
More difficult to grde.
Selected Response .......Answer.........A response that is efficient
and can be graded quickly. Students are presented options to
choose from.
Formative Assessment .......Answer.........Assessment used
throughout teaching of a lesson and/or unit to gauge students'
understanding and inform and guide teaching. Immediate
Summative Assessment .......Answer.........Assessment data
collected after instruction to evaluate a student's mastery of the
curriculum objectives and a teacher's effectiveness at
instructional delivery. Comprehensive
, age 3 of 28
Social Learning Theory .......Answer.........the theory that we learn
social behavior by observing and imitating and by being
rewarded or punished
Ethology .......Answer.........Fixed action patterns.
Psychoanalytic Theory .......Answer.........A theory developed by
Freud that attempts to explain personality, motivation, and
mental disorders by focusing on unconscious determinants of
behavior. Relies heavily on emotion.
Attachment Theory .......Answer.........the idea that early
attachments with parents and other caregivers can shape
relationships for a person's whole life
Erik Erikson .......Answer.........Known for his 8-stage theory of
Psychosocial Development. The most important force driving
