Precision Assessment and Evaluation 2

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Diagnostic assessment

Answer

Diagnostic assessments are given before instruction to identify what students already know and any misconceptions they hold.

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

Answer

Formative assessment is ongoing and used to monitor learning and inform instructional decisions during the teaching process.

Question 3

What does 'inter-rater reliability' measure?

Accepted Answer

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

Answer

Inter-rater reliability refers to the consistency between different scorers or evaluators rating the same student work or performance.

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

Holistic rubric

Answer

Holistic rubrics provide an overall impression of student performance using broad descriptive levels rather than breaking down individual criteria.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Mean

Answer

The mean is calculated using all values and therefore shifts significantly when extreme scores are present in the data set.

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