CEOE Student Assessment 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: 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?
- Validity
- Reliability (Correct answer)
- Authenticity
- Alignment
Correct answer: Reliability
When two raters assign different scores to the same work, inter-rater reliability is compromised.
Question 2: Which assessment scenario exemplifies 'assessment for learning'?
- A teacher records final grades after a unit test
- A teacher uses exit tickets to adjust tomorrow's lesson (Correct answer)
- A principal reviews test scores to evaluate a teacher
- A district compares school performance data
Correct 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.
Question 3: A student's IEP specifies extended time on assessments. Under IDEA, which statement is most accurate?
- Extended time changes what the test measures and invalidates results
- Extended time is an accommodation that removes a barrier without altering the construct being measured (Correct answer)
- Extended time is a modification that lowers the standard
- Extended time is only permitted on informal assessments
Correct 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.
Question 4: Which type of validity evidence examines whether an assessment's scores correlate with scores on another established measure of the same construct?
- Content validity
- Construct validity
- Concurrent criterion validity (Correct answer)
- Face validity
Correct 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.
Question 5: When a teacher creates a unit test, aligning each question to a specific learning objective best ensures which quality?
- High reliability
- Content validity (Correct answer)
- Norm-referencing accuracy
- Construct irrelevance
Correct answer: Content validity
Content validity is strengthened when assessment items directly reflect the defined learning objectives and instructional content.
Question 6: A standardized score is reported as a z-score of +1.5. What does this indicate?
- The student scored 1.5 percentage points above average
- The student scored 1.5 standard deviations above the mean (Correct answer)
- The student is in the 1.5th percentile
- The student answered 1.5 more questions correctly than average
Correct 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.
Question 7: Which of the following is the primary purpose of a benchmark assessment administered three times per year?
- To assign quarterly grades
- To monitor whether students are on track to meet end-of-year goals (Correct answer)
- To replace daily formative checks
- To satisfy federal reporting requirements
Correct 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.
CEOE Student Assessment 3
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?