Ed.D. Doctor of Education Assessment and Evaluation in Education

Question 1

Which type of assessment is designed to monitor student learning progress during instruction and provide feedback for improvement?

Accepted Answer

Formative assessment

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Summative assessment

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Norm-referenced assessment

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Diagnostic assessment

Question 2

A test is considered 'valid' if it:

Accepted Answer

Measures what it is intended to measure

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Produces consistent results across administrations

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Is free from bias toward any group

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Covers a wide range of difficulty levels

Question 3

Reliability in educational assessment refers to:

Accepted Answer

The consistency of scores across administrations or raters

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Whether the test measures the right content

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Whether test items are culturally fair

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The alignment of test items to learning standards

Question 4

Norm-referenced assessments compare student performance to:

Accepted Answer

The performance of a normative sample

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Predetermined mastery standards

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Grade-level curriculum benchmarks

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Teacher-set class averages

Question 5

Criterion-referenced assessments measure student performance against:

Accepted Answer

A fixed set of predetermined standards or learning objectives

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The class average

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National percentile ranks

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Prior year performance

Question 6

Which measurement concept refers to the smallest difference in scores that represents a meaningful difference in student performance?

Accepted Answer

Standard error of measurement

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Effect size

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Minimal detectable difference

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Cohen's d