CFD Assessment & Evaluation Methods 3

Question 1

Which assessment approach asks students to collect and curate evidence of their learning growth over time?

Accepted Answer

Portfolio assessment

Answer

Portfolio assessment allows students to document and reflect on their learning progression through collected artifacts over time.

Question 2

A program wants to determine whether its graduates are meeting professional competency standards set by an external accrediting body. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

Summative program-level assessment

Answer

Summative program-level assessment evaluates whether the overall program achieves its intended outcomes, often against external benchmarks.

Question 3

Which statistical measure indicates the proportion of test-takers who answered an item correctly and is used to gauge item difficulty?

Accepted Answer

Difficulty index (p-value)

Answer

The difficulty index (p-value) is the proportion of examinees who answered the item correctly; higher values indicate easier items.

Question 4

When a new assessment tool produces results that closely match an established, validated instrument measuring the same construct, this supports:

Accepted Answer

Concurrent validity

Answer

Concurrent validity is established when scores on a new instrument correlate highly with scores on an existing valid measure of the same construct.

Question 5

A faculty developer advises against using a single exam score to make high-stakes decisions about students. The primary concern is:

Accepted Answer

Single measures lack sufficient reliability and breadth

Answer

High-stakes decisions require multiple data points because any single measure has inherent measurement error and limited construct coverage.

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CFD Assessment & Evaluation Methods 3