ETS K-12 and Educational Assessments 3

Question 1

Which statistical measure is used most commonly to describe the difficulty of an individual test item in classical test theory?

Accepted Answer

Item difficulty index (p-value)

Answer

The item difficulty index (p-value) is the proportion of test takers who answered the item correctly.

Question 2

In K-12 testing, what term describes the process of ensuring that scores from different test forms or administrations are comparable?

Accepted Answer

Equating

Answer

Equating is the statistical process that adjusts for differences in difficulty between test forms so scores are comparable.

Question 3

The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium assessments are aligned to which set of academic standards?

Accepted Answer

Common Core State Standards

Answer

Smarter Balanced assessments are designed to measure student mastery of the Common Core State Standards in ELA and math.

Question 4

Which ETS program provides K-12 schools with diagnostic assessments to identify students' strengths and areas for growth in reading and math?

Accepted Answer

ETS Criterion

Answer

ETS Criterion is a writing evaluation tool, but ETS also offers Benchmark Series diagnostics for K-12 reading and math.

Question 5

Which term describes a test score that compares a student's performance to that of a representative sample of the national population?

Accepted Answer

Norm-referenced score

Answer

Norm-referenced scores situate a student's performance relative to a normative group, often expressed as percentile ranks.

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