DESE Educational Assessment & Student Evaluation 4

Question 1

Under ESSA, which accountability measure requires states to track whether English Language Learners are progressing toward language proficiency?

Accepted Answer

English language proficiency indicator

Answer

ESSA requires states to include an English language proficiency indicator that measures ELL students' progress toward attaining English proficiency.

Question 2

A teacher wants to assess student growth over time rather than performance at a single point. The BEST approach is to use:

Accepted Answer

Portfolio assessment

Answer

Portfolio assessment collects student work samples over time, providing evidence of growth, development, and learning progress across a period.

Question 3

Which DESE assessment framework term describes the process of using multiple data points to make informed decisions about student learning?

Accepted Answer

Triangulation

Answer

Triangulation involves using multiple sources of assessment evidence to make more reliable and valid conclusions about student learning.

Question 4

An assessment that measures what students know before instruction begins is called a:

Accepted Answer

Pre-assessment or diagnostic assessment

Answer

Pre-assessments or diagnostic assessments are administered before instruction to identify prior knowledge, skills, and misconceptions.

Question 5

Which of the following BEST describes inter-rater reliability in the context of scoring open-ended assessments?

Accepted Answer

Different raters give similar scores to the same student work

Answer

Inter-rater reliability refers to the degree of agreement between two or more scorers evaluating the same student work.

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