Precision Assessment and Evaluation 2

Question 1

Which type of assessment is administered BEFORE instruction to determine students' prior knowledge?

Accepted Answer

Diagnostic assessment

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Summative assessment

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Formative assessment

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Benchmark assessment

Question 2

A teacher uses exit tickets at the end of each lesson to adjust the next day's instruction. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

Formative assessment

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High-stakes testing

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Norm-referenced assessment

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Portfolio assessment

Question 3

What does 'inter-rater reliability' measure?

Accepted Answer

The degree to which two or more scorers agree on assessment results

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How consistently a test measures the same construct over time

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Whether a test measures what it claims to measure

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How well test scores predict future performance

Question 4

A rubric that uses broad categories like 'Beginning,' 'Developing,' and 'Proficient' is best described as a:

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Holistic rubric

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Analytic rubric

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Single-point rubric

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Checklist rubric

Question 5

Which measure of central tendency is most affected by extreme outlier scores?

Accepted Answer

Mean

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Mode

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Median

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Range

Question 6

In assessment design, 'scaffolding' refers to:

Accepted Answer

Providing temporary support to help students reach higher performance levels

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Ranking students from highest to lowest score

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Separating test items by difficulty level

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Comparing scores to a national norm group

Question 7

Which term describes an assessment that covers a representative sample of all content taught in a course?

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Content validity

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Construct validity

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Concurrent validity

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Predictive validity