EDC Quality Assurance & Compliance 3

Question 1

In assessment quality assurance, 'interrater reliability' refers to:

Accepted Answer

Agreement between two or more evaluators scoring the same student

Answer

Interrater reliability measures the degree of agreement between different evaluators scoring the same response or performance.

Question 2

A diagnostician uses a norm-referenced test standardized on a national sample that does not reflect the student's cultural background. This MOST directly raises concerns about:

Accepted Answer

Cultural bias and construct validity

Answer

Using norms from non-representative populations can introduce cultural bias, undermining the construct validity of scores for students from underrepresented groups.

Question 3

The NASP (National Association of School Psychologists) ethical standard requiring diagnosticians to only use assessments within their training reflects which ethical principle?

Accepted Answer

Competence

Answer

Competence requires practitioners to use only assessments and techniques for which they have adequate training, supervision, or experience.

Question 4

A diagnostician wants to document that an assessment battery comprehensively samples the skill domain being evaluated. This is an argument for which type of validity?

Accepted Answer

Content validity

Answer

Content validity evaluates whether assessment items adequately and representatively sample the full domain of the construct being measured.

Question 5

Which statistical index is typically used to report how much measurement error exists in a test score, helping diagnosticians form confidence intervals?

Accepted Answer

Standard error of measurement (SEM)

Answer

The standard error of measurement quantifies score variability due to measurement error and is used to construct confidence intervals around obtained scores.

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EDC Quality Assurance & Compliance 3