Assessment Design Flashcards

Which type of validity evidence examines whether an assessment's content adequately represents the domain it is intended to measure?

Answer: Content validity

Content validity ensures the assessment items represent the full scope of the intended learning domain.

A teacher designs a rubric with clearly defined performance levels for each criterion. This rubric is BEST described as:

Answer: Analytic rubric

Analytic rubrics break down performance into distinct criteria, each with defined levels of achievement.

In ODE's assessment framework, which term describes the degree to which an assessment measures what it claims to measure?

Answer: Validity

Validity is the extent to which an assessment accurately measures the intended construct or skill.

A district wants to compare student performance across multiple classrooms using the same assessment. Which feature is most critical?

Answer: Standardized administration conditions

Standardized administration ensures scores are comparable across different classrooms and testing conditions.

Which cognitive level in Bloom's Taxonomy involves students breaking down information into component parts to explore relationships?

Answer: Analyzing

Analyzing requires students to deconstruct content and examine how parts relate to each other.

An assessment item that is consistently answered correctly by high-performing students and incorrectly by low-performing students demonstrates:

Answer: Positive item discrimination

Positive item discrimination means the item effectively differentiates between high- and low-performing students.

Which accommodation on a state assessment allows a student with a visual impairment to access the same content without changing what is being measured?

Answer: Large print or braille format

Large print or braille provides access to the same content and construct without altering the assessment's intent.