Assessment & Evaluation Methods Flashcards
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Which assessment practice best promotes student ownership of learning?
Answer: Student self-assessment using clear criteria
Self-assessment requires students to evaluate their own work against clear criteria, fostering metacognitive awareness and ownership of the learning process.
A test that measures what it claims to measure is said to have high:
Answer: Validity
Validity is the degree to which an assessment actually measures the knowledge, skills, or abilities it is intended to measure — it is the most fundamental quality of a good assessment.
Which of the following is an example of performance-based assessment?
Answer: A lab experiment where students record and present findings
Performance-based assessment asks students to demonstrate knowledge or skills by completing a real-world task — such as conducting an experiment, giving a presentation, or building a model.
Criterion-referenced tests measure student performance against:
Answer: A predetermined set of standards or learning objectives
Criterion-referenced tests compare student performance to a fixed, pre-defined standard or set of objectives — not to other students' performance.
Providing students with written comments about strengths and areas for improvement on a graded assignment is an example of:
Answer: Formative feedback
Formative feedback is ongoing, descriptive information given to students during the learning process to help them understand their progress and guide improvement.
Inter-rater reliability refers to:
Answer: The degree to which different scorers assign the same scores to the same work
Inter-rater reliability measures the consistency of scoring among different evaluators — high inter-rater reliability means that two or more scorers agree when assessing the same student work.