SEHS Assessment and Evaluation Methods 3

Question 1

Which of the following is an example of formative assessment?

Accepted Answer

An exit ticket completed at the end of a lesson

Answer

Exit tickets are brief formative checks used during or immediately after instruction to guide further teaching.

Question 2

When two different teachers score the same essay and produce very similar results, the assessment demonstrates:

Accepted Answer

High inter-rater reliability

Answer

Inter-rater reliability measures the degree of agreement between different scorers evaluating the same work.

Question 3

A test item that nearly all students answer correctly has a difficulty index close to:

Accepted Answer

1.0

Answer

A difficulty index (p-value) of 1.0 means all students answered the item correctly, indicating a very easy item.

Question 4

Which type of validity evidence is gathered by examining whether a test's content covers the full range of the subject it claims to assess?

Accepted Answer

Content validity

Answer

Content validity is established by checking that test items adequately represent the entire domain of knowledge being assessed.

Question 5

A school tracks students' quarterly benchmark scores over time to monitor growth toward year-end goals. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

Progress monitoring

Answer

Progress monitoring involves repeated assessments to track student growth and adjust instruction accordingly.

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