Precision Assessment and Evaluation 4

Question 1

What is the term for the lowest score a student must achieve to be considered proficient?

Accepted Answer

Cut score

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Baseline score

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Raw score

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Scaled score

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of authentic assessment?

Accepted Answer

Building a working budget as a personal finance project

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A multiple-choice unit test

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A standardized state exam

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A true/false quiz on vocabulary terms

Question 3

Test bias most directly threatens which measurement quality?

Accepted Answer

Validity

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Reliability

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Objectivity

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Usability

Question 4

A teacher notices that a student's score on an essay varies depending on whether it is graded in the morning or afternoon. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

Low test-retest reliability

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Low content validity

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Low inter-rater reliability

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Low construct validity

Question 5

In a normal distribution, approximately what percentage of scores fall within one standard deviation of the mean?

Accepted Answer

68%

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50%

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95%

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99%

Question 6

Which type of question format is MOST susceptible to guessing on an assessment?

Accepted Answer

True/false

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Extended response

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Short answer

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Matching

Question 7

An analytic rubric differs from a holistic rubric primarily because it:

Accepted Answer

Provides separate scores for each specific criterion

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Is used only for summative assessments

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Assigns one overall score to the entire performance

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Compares student work to a norming group