Assessment and Evaluation Flashcards

A teacher wants to assess whether students can apply a math concept to a new problem they have not seen before. This assesses:

Answer: Transfer

Transfer assessments determine whether students can apply learned knowledge or skills to novel situations, indicating deep and flexible understanding.

What does the term 'validity' mean in the context of educational assessment?

Answer: The test measures what it intends to measure

Validity refers to the degree to which an assessment actually measures the construct, skill, or knowledge it is designed to assess.

Norm-referenced assessments are MOST useful for:

Answer: Comparing a student's performance to a representative peer group

Norm-referenced assessments rank students relative to a norming sample, making them useful for comparisons but not for determining mastery of specific content.

A teacher who adjusts assessment formats for a student with a documented disability is providing:

Answer: Assessment accommodation

Accommodations change how a student accesses or demonstrates knowledge without altering the construct being assessed, ensuring equitable measurement.

Diagnostic pre-assessments are MOST useful for:

Answer: Identifying prior knowledge and learning gaps before instruction

Pre-assessments reveal what students already know and where gaps exist, enabling teachers to tailor instruction to actual learner needs from the start.

Which action BEST demonstrates a teacher using assessment data formatively?

Answer: Reteaching a concept after noticing most students answered incorrectly

Using assessment data to make instructional decisions—like reteaching—is the defining characteristic of formative, learning-oriented assessment practice.