MAP Assessment and Evaluation 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A test produces nearly the same scores when the same students take it twice under similar conditions. Which property does this show?
- Content validity
- Construct validity
- Test-retest reliability (Correct answer)
- Face validity
Correct answer: Test-retest reliability
Getting consistent scores across repeated administrations is test-retest reliability.
Question 2: A MAP math item written to measure fraction skills ends up measuring reading ability because its wording is complicated. This is mainly a threat to which property?
- Reliability
- Validity (Correct answer)
- Standardization
- Scalability
Correct answer: Validity
When an item measures something other than its intended construct, the validity of score interpretations suffers.
Question 3: Why are MAP Grade-Level assessments administered under standardized conditions?
- To make the test shorter for all students
- To let teachers change items for their class
- To remove the need for accommodations
- To make results comparable across students and schools (Correct answer)
Correct answer: To make results comparable across students and schools
Standardized administration keeps conditions consistent so that scores can be fairly compared.
Question 4: A student's IEP specifies text-to-speech on the MAP math test. This is best described as what?
- An accommodation that does not change the construct being measured (Correct answer)
- A modification that lowers the achievement standard
- An alternate assessment
- A test exemption
Correct answer: An accommodation that does not change the construct being measured
Accommodations change how a test is accessed without changing what it measures.
Question 5: Missouri uses MAP results as part of which accountability system for districts and schools?
- No Child Left Behind AYP only
- The National Assessment of Educational Progress
- The Missouri School Improvement Program (MSIP) (Correct answer)
- The Common Core State Standards Initiative
Correct answer: The Missouri School Improvement Program (MSIP)
MSIP uses MAP performance data to evaluate and accredit Missouri schools and districts.
Question 6: Which item type asks students to write an extended, scored response explaining their reasoning?
- Selected-response item
- Constructed-response item (Correct answer)
- True/false item
- Matching item
Correct answer: Constructed-response item
Constructed-response items require students to produce an answer rather than choose one.
Question 7: A teacher scores essays with a rubric that gives one overall score rather than separate scores for each trait. What kind of rubric is this?
- Analytic rubric
- Checklist
- Single-point rubric
- Holistic rubric (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Holistic rubric
A holistic rubric gives one overall judgment of the work's quality.
MAP Assessment and Evaluation 3
A test produces nearly the same scores when the same students take it twice under similar conditions.
Which property does this show?