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

Answer

Formative assessment occurs during instruction to monitor learning and guide adjustments to teaching and learning, rather than to assign grades.

Question 2

A test is considered 'valid' if it:

Accepted Answer

Measures what it is intended to measure

Answer

Validity refers to the degree to which a test actually measures the construct or knowledge domain it is intended to measure.

Question 3

Reliability in educational assessment refers to:

Accepted Answer

The consistency of scores across administrations or raters

Answer

Reliability is the degree to which an assessment produces stable and consistent results across different administrations, raters, or test forms.

Question 4

Norm-referenced assessments compare student performance to:

Accepted Answer

The performance of a normative sample

Answer

Norm-referenced assessments rank student performance relative to a normative sample (a representative group), producing percentile scores rather than mastery judgments.

Question 5

Criterion-referenced assessments measure student performance against:

Accepted Answer

A fixed set of predetermined standards or learning objectives

Answer

Criterion-referenced assessments measure whether students have mastered a defined set of knowledge or skills, regardless of how other students perform.

Ed.D. Doctor of Education Practice Test

Ed.D. Doctor of Education Practice Test

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