Student Assessment Flashcards
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A teacher assigns a rubric score to a student essay but later realizes another teacher would have scored it differently. Which assessment quality is lacking?
Answer: Reliability
When two raters assign different scores to the same work, inter-rater reliability is compromised.
Which assessment scenario exemplifies 'assessment for learning'?
Answer: A teacher uses exit tickets to adjust tomorrow's lesson
Assessment for learning (formative) is used by teachers to adjust instruction in response to ongoing student feedback.
A student's IEP specifies extended time on assessments. Under IDEA, which statement is most accurate?
Answer: Extended time is an accommodation that removes a barrier without altering the construct being measured
Accommodations like extended time remove barriers caused by a disability without changing the skill being assessed.
Which type of validity evidence examines whether an assessment's scores correlate with scores on another established measure of the same construct?
Answer: Concurrent criterion validity
Concurrent criterion validity is established when scores on a new test correlate with scores on an existing validated test administered at the same time.
When a teacher creates a unit test, aligning each question to a specific learning objective best ensures which quality?
Answer: Content validity
Content validity is strengthened when assessment items directly reflect the defined learning objectives and instructional content.
A standardized score is reported as a z-score of +1.5. What does this indicate?
Answer: The student scored 1.5 standard deviations above the mean
A z-score of +1.5 indicates the student's raw score is 1.5 standard deviations above the group mean.
Which of the following is the primary purpose of a benchmark assessment administered three times per year?
Answer: To monitor whether students are on track to meet end-of-year goals
Benchmark assessments provide periodic snapshots of student progress to determine if students are on trajectory to meet annual targets.