Assessment and Evaluation Methods Flashcards
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What is the term for reporting a student's performance relative to other students in the same year level?
Answer: Norm-referenced reporting
Norm-referenced reporting compares an individual's performance to the distribution of scores from a norm group, such as a national cohort.
The NAPLAN National Minimum Standard represents what level of achievement?
Answer: The minimum acceptable level of skills expected at that year level
The National Minimum Standard defines the minimum acceptable level of knowledge and skills for students at each tested year level.
Which statistical measure describes how spread out scores are around the mean in an assessment?
Answer: Standard deviation
Standard deviation quantifies the degree of variation or dispersion of scores from the mean in a data set.
In NAPLAN's adaptive online testing format, what determines the difficulty of subsequent questions?
Answer: The student's previous responses during the test
NAPLAN Online uses tailored (adaptive) testing where the difficulty of questions adjusts based on a student's responses, providing a more precise measure across the ability range.
A school compares its Year 7 students' NAPLAN scores to their own Year 5 scores from two years earlier. This is an example of:
Answer: Longitudinal (cohort) analysis
Tracking the same cohort of students across multiple NAPLAN test occasions is a longitudinal analysis, measuring individual growth over time.
Which NAPLAN strand assesses punctuation, grammar, and spelling separately from extended writing?
Answer: Language Conventions
The Language Conventions domain tests spelling, grammar, and punctuation through discrete items rather than through extended writing tasks.
What does 'washback effect' mean in the context of large-scale assessments like NAPLAN?
Answer: The influence the assessment has on curriculum and teaching practices
Washback (or backwash) refers to the way a high-stakes test influences what and how teachers teach, and what students focus on learning.