Assessment & Evaluation Methods Flashcards
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What is the primary purpose of a portfolio assessment in K-12 education?
Answer: To document student growth and achievement over time
Portfolio assessments collect student work samples over time, allowing teachers and students to document and reflect on growth, progress, and achievement.
Which statistical concept refers to whether an assessment consistently measures what it intends to measure across repeated administrations?
Answer: Reliability
Reliability refers to the consistency of assessment results across repeated administrations, different scorers, or equivalent test forms.
A teacher notices that students from one demographic group consistently score lower on a vocabulary assessment using culturally specific references. This assessment likely suffers from:
Answer: Cultural bias
Cultural bias occurs when assessment items disadvantage students from certain cultural backgrounds due to culturally specific references or assumptions unfamiliar to them.
What is the key distinction between formative and summative assessment?
Answer: Formative assessments monitor learning during instruction; summative assessments evaluate learning after instruction
Formative assessment occurs during the learning process to guide instruction, while summative assessment occurs at the end of a learning period to evaluate achievement.
Which of the following is an example of norm-referenced assessment?
Answer: A student scores at the 75th percentile on a standardized reading test
Norm-referenced assessments rank a student performance relative to a comparison group (the norm group), expressed as percentiles or standard scores.
A teacher wants to assess whether students can synthesize information from multiple sources. Which assessment method is most appropriate?
Answer: A research-based essay or project
Research-based essays and projects require students to locate, evaluate, and synthesize information from multiple sources, directly assessing higher-order thinking skills.