Deck 11: Assessment for Education

Question 1

As re-authorized in 2004,the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)changed the way that specific learning disabilities would be diagnosed.The legislation required states to allow the use of a process based on the child's response to scientific,research-based

A) treatment.
B) intervention.
C) therapy.
D) instruction.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

As reported in the text,one study critical of the SAT observed differential item functioning on that college admission test as a function of

A) the grade-point averages of the testtakers.
B) the measured intelligence of the testtakers.
C) the gender of the testtakers.
D) the effects of daylight savings time.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following would be BEST for the purpose of helping to diagnose math difficulties in a nine-year-old child?

A) the WRMT-III
B) the SDMT-IV
C) the MCAT
D) peer appraisal

Answer 3

B

Question 4

In what year was attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)officially added to the list of disabling condition that can qualify a child for special services?

A) 1986
B) 1999
C) 2006
D) 2011

Question 5

RtI is said to be multilevel in nature because there are at least three levels of intervention.As noted in the text,these three levels feature instruction administered

A) 1) by parents, 2) by teachers, and 3) tutors providing individualized instruction.
B) 1) by school officials, 2) by special educators, and 3) by individual tutors.
C) 1) in the regular classroom, 2) in small groups, and 3) individualized instruction.
D) 1) in a special education class, 2) individualized, and 3) at-home by parents.

Question 6

Concern about content used in standardized achievement tests as opposed to what is actually being taught in the local schools has fostered interest in

A) non-standardized measurement (NSM).
B) extra-academic exposure (EAE).
C) school-based learning (SBL).
D) curriculum-based assessment (CBA).

Question 7

In implementing RtI,schools may use interventions tailored to students' individual needs that are selected by a multidisciplinary team of school professionals.According to the text,this approach to RtI is referred to as

A) the problem-solving model.
B) the general intervention model.
C) the hybrid model.
D) None of these

Question 8

The WRMT-III

A) is available in computer-administered form.
B) has been modified to include biofeedback input.
C) is a paper-and-pencil administered test.
D) All of these

Question 9

As noted in the text,when selecting a nationally standardized test,there are certain "musts" and certain "desirables." Which of the following variables was NOT listed among the list of "desirables"?

A) ease of administration
B) psychometric soundness
C) ease of scoring
D) relevance to testtakers

Question 10

"Understanding what students have already mastered can help school authorities better anticipate what content and skills they are ready to learn." This sentence from the text can be used to support the argument that

A) aptitude tests are achievement tests in disguise.
B) achievement tests are projective tests in disguise.
C) achievement tests are dynamic tests in disguise.
D) aptitude tests are prognostic tests.

Question 11

An approach to discovering a student's learning potential based on a model of testing-intervention-retesting is referred to as

A) integrative assessment
B) dynamic assessment
C) authentic assessment
D) biopsychosocial assessment

Question 12

Achievement tests may be administered in school settings for many reasons.Which of the following is NOT one of those reasons?

A) to gauge student progress towards instructional objectives.
B) to survey interests in various occupations and professions.
C) to compare an individual student's performance to peers.
D) to help determine what instruction might best assist students.

Question 13

Tests such as the SAT and ACT have been criticized for not including measures of creativity.Interestingly,one 2011 study of the ACT found that it

A) was predictive of creativity as well as academic success.
B) contained more items to measure creativity than previously thought.
C) contained more items to measure creativity than the SAT.
D) was predictive of innovation in a group of new inventions.

Question 14

Achievement testing for education-related purposes is done to answer various questions.Which of the following is NOT one of those questions?

A) How much of this course material have you actually learned?
B) What is causing problems in learning this course material?
C) Are you a candidate for the program you would like to enroll in?
D) Is sufficient shredded wheat being consumed to support concentration?

Question 15

A simplified statement of the response to intervention (RtI)model is as follows:

A) 1) intervene, 2) respond to intervention, 3) remediate or intervene as needed
B) 1) remediate, 2) evaluate, 3) instruct and remediate as needed
C) 1) evaluate, 2) instruct, 3) evaluate and instruct as needed
D) 1) instruct, 2) evaluate, 3) remediate or instruct as needed

Question 16

The term integrative assessment may BEST be interpreted as referring to

A) the integration of findings from a variety of instruments into one report.
B) the integration of findings from a variety of sources into one report.
C) the integration of findings from unobtrusive measures into the report.
D) integrating a statement of fees for professional services into the report.

Question 17

The difference between whether an achievement test item is said to be fact-based or conceptual has to do in large part with the extent to which

A) the content of the item is indeed factual or merely opinion-based.
B) concepts referred to in the test item are presented clearly.
C) rote memory alone can be used to access the correct response.
D) the testtaker believes that the content has a true basis in fact.

Question 18

The age limit for the WIAT-III is

A) 21.
B) 50.
C) 70.
D) 89.

Question 19

In the excerpt of her Meet an Assessment Professional published in the text,school psychologist Eliane Hack recalled advice she was given as an undergraduate intern in school psychology.Her advisor told her that the most important skill of a school psychologist was the ability to

A) listen and understand.
B) genuinely be empathic.
C) see the obvious.
D) perceive what was not obvious.

Question 20

As re-authorized in 2004,the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

A) changed the way that specific learning abilities would be diagnosed.
B) provided for curriculum-based measurement.
C) encouraged the use of conceptual versus fact-based items on achievement tests.
D) All of these

Question 21

Which of the following is a psychoeducational test battery?

A) Stanford-Binet 5
B) Woodcock-Johnson III
C) Hilton PTB
D) K-ABC

Question 22

Which of the following aptitude tests has been cited as being most cost-effective in terms of predicting success in graduate school?

A) the GRE
B) the SAT
C) the MAT
D) the Mooney Problem Checklist

Question 23

The intra-individual comparison of psychoeducational test scores is used MOST for

A) job placement.
B) grade-level placement.
C) clinical intervention.
D) educational intervention.

Question 24

Binet and Simon used the term mental orthopedics to advance their argument that

A) tests of intelligence could be used in the workplace.
B) intelligence testing could have diagnostic implications.
C) the definition of intelligence included motivation to work.
D) workers in mental institutions should wear orthopedic shoes.

Question 25

Which includes both an aptitude and an achievement component as part of the test battery?

A) SB5
B) K-ABC
C) WISC-IV
D) The CHC

Question 26

An instrument used to identify which children should receive a more comprehensive evaluation is,MOST likely,a ______ instrument.

A) screening
B) diagnostic
C) multi-use
D) weak psychometric

Question 27

Psychoeducational test batteries are designed to measure

A) ability and achievement.
B) scholastic aptitude.
C) adjustment and personality.
D) academic motivation.

Question 28

Which of the following is NOT a variable assessed as part of an APGAR evaluation?

A) muscle tone
B) cognitive ability
C) color
D) All of these variables ARE assessed as part of an APGAR evaluation

Question 29

Whether a test is referred to as an achievement test or an aptitude test may depend on

A) the face validity of the test for a specific purpose.
B) whether it can be shown that aptitude plays no factor in an achievement test score.
C) whether it can be shown that achievement plays no factor in an aptitude test score.
D) the use to which the test is put.

Question 30

According to the authors of your textbook,successful preparation for the GRE subject test in Psychology will entail

A) purchase of a commercially available review book.
B) visiting the Educational Testing Service Web site.
C) reading an introductory psychology text cover-to-cover.
D) All of these

Question 31

Children deemed to be at risk are MOST typically

A) preschool children who may not be ready for school.
B) preschool children with documented difficulties in one or more psychological, social, and academic areas requiring intervention.
C) from families where their parents or guardians have not yet purchased term life insurance.
D) Both a and b

Question 32

An advantage of using peer appraisal techniques as part of a classroom assessment is that peer appraisal

A) relies heavily on teacher interviews that tend to have well-documented validity.
B) results in data that tends to be highly stable over time.
C) allows for the identification of difficulties that teachers may be unaware of.
D) applies knowledge gained from years of education and professional training.

Question 33

Checklists and rating scales are used with

A) infants and preschoolers.
B) school-age children.
C) adults.
D) All of these

Question 34

A high rate of attrition among students studying to become physicians in the 1920s led to the development of the

A) MCAT.
B) SAT.
C) MAT.
D) GRE.

Question 35

An informant marks items describing the presence or absence of specified behaviors,thoughts,events or circumstances.The informant is MOST likely completing a

A) rating scale.
B) structured interview.
C) checklist.
D) structured projective inventory.

Question 36

Preschool tests predict performance on

A) adult tests of creativity
B) vocational tests administered to the testtaker as a young adult.
C) vocational tests administered to the testtaker as a middle-aged adult.
D) various child and adult tests when preschool test scores were extreme.

Question 37

The K-ABC was designed to measure

A) achievement.
B) intelligence.
C) both achievement and intelligence.
D) general aptitude.

Question 38

An informant marks test items indicating how often a particular behavior occurs.This informant is MOST likely completing a

A) rating scale.
B) structured interview.
C) projective inventory.
D) structured settlement.

Question 39

Checklists and rating scales are ideally used primarily for

A) making a diagnosis.
B) designing an intervention.
C) screening purposes.
D) revising other checklists and rating scales.

Question 40

On a psychoeducational test battery,an intra-individual comparison may be made to evaluate a testtaker's:

A) relative strengths and weaknesses.
B) performance relative to other testtakers of the same age.
C) performance relative to other testtakers at the same grade level.
D) social skills relative to others of the same age.

Question 41

The test known as the MCAT is a test used for admission to

A) the Merchant Marine Academy.
B) monasteries.
C) medical school.
D) the military.

Question 42

Achievement batteries

A) apply to one grade or span many grades.
B) may be concurrently normed with aptitude tests.
C) may be norm-referenced or criterion-referenced.
D) All of these

Question 43

Predictive validity studies have evaluated the relationship between scores obtained on the Law School Admission Test (LSAT)and grade-point-average of first-year law students.As reported in your textbook,such studies have tended to show

A) high positive correlations.
B) negative correlations.
C) low correlations.
D) zero correlations.

Question 44

Which academic subject area is most assessed at the elementary school level?

A) reading
B) science
C) social studies
D) arithmetic

Question 45

Academicians may argue about what achievement tests actually measure,but it seems reasonable to conclude that most such tests measure

A) accomplishment.
B) intelligence.
C) ability.
D) potential.

Question 46

A school district desires to purchase an achievement test that will be administered annually to the students in that district for the purpose of monitoring progress.It is your job is to select a test.Your test selection strategy is to

A) choose the test that is annually renormed so that the it is most up-to-date.
B) choose the test with the largest normative sample.
C) choose the test with content that best matches the district's educational objectives
D) hire a consultant who knows what they are doing and can do a better job.

Question 47

The Miller Analogies Test (MAT)consists of multiple-choice analogy items that assess

A) vocabulary.
B) academic learning.
C) ability to perceive relationships.
D) All of these

Question 48

The Woodcock-Johnson III includes tests of

A) vocational aptitude.
B) achievement.
C) psychopathology.
D) All of these

Question 49

Which is TRUE of the computerized Graduate Record Exam?

A) It can be taken online at home.
B) Previous versions of it are available on disk or online.
C) Test results are available about 30 days after taking it.
D) None of these

Question 50

A possible limitation of using portfolios to measure academic achievement is that portfolios

A) have little relevance to learning in real-world setting.
B) have yet to be successfully used in academic settings.
C) require motivation, not skill to assemble.
D) may tap prior knowledge, not current learning.

Question 51

The Woodcock-Johnson III is appropriate for administration to testtakers age 2 through age

A) 12.
B) 18.
C) 65.
D) 90.

Question 52

The primary objective of the SAT is to

A) assess high school achievement.
B) predict college performance.
C) assess college achievement.
D) guarantee competent professionals.

Question 53

Diagnostic tests

A) divide a skill into its components.
B) are administered to students who have already demonstrated difficulty.
C) pinpoint areas of deficiency or weakness.
D) All of these

Question 54

To determine if a high school graduate should receive college credit for extra work in high school,which test should be administered?

A) the ASVAB
B) the CLEP
C) the MAT
D) the WJ-III

Question 55

The Woodcock-Johnson III is based MOST on which theory of cognitive abilities?

A) Cattell-Horn
B) Gardener
C) Woodcock and Johnson
D) Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC)

Question 56

Which of the following contributes to academic performance?

A) study habits
B) interests
C) attitudes
D) All of these

Question 57

To determine if a child is ready for kindergarten,a school psychologist might administer

A) the Metropolitan Readiness Test.
B) the CLEP.
C) the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills.
D) the Mooney Problem Checklist.

Question 58

Which of the following is The Woodcock-Johnson III recommended for use as?

A) a screening tool
B) a diagnostic tool
C) a tool for educational placement
D) All of these

Question 59

Measures of interest,attitudes,and study habits are all BEST characterized as measures of

A) perceptual motor ability.
B) academic achievement.
C) motivation.
D) creativity.

Question 60

Aptitude tests are typically designed to assess

A) learning that has occurred at school or by other formal means of instruction.
B) innate learning potential.
C) informal learning.
D) a combination of b and c

Question 61

Achievement batteries tend to be __________________ instruments,whereas measures of achievement in specific subject areas tend to be _________________ instruments.

A) criterion-referenced; norm-referenced
B) teacher-made; standardized
C) group-administered; individually administered
D) standardized; teacher-made

Question 62

Minimum competency examinations are used at which level?

A) the elementary school level
B) the high school level
C) the college level
D) the postgraduate level

Question 63

With regard to the relationship between curriculum-based assessment (CBA)and curriculum-based measurement (CBM),

A) CBA is a type of CBM.
B) CBM is a type of CBA.
C) CBA is a better measure of aptitude.
D) CBM is a better measure of aptitude.

Question 64

Aptitude tests measure

A) the cognitive abilities that intelligence tests measure.
B) learning that has occurred as a result of exposure to a relatively defined learning experience.
C) learning that has occurred informally through life experiences.
D) learning that has occurred through formal structured input.

Question 65

If you plan to attend graduate school,you will likely take which test?

A) Scholastic Aptitude Test
B) Graduate Record Exam
C) Otis-Lennon School Ability Test
D) KeyMath3

Question 66

A primary reason for administering an aptitude test is

A) to predict future performance.
B) to provide an estimate of cognitive/intellectual ability.
C) to pinpoint an area of weaknesses or deficiency.
D) to diagnose a learning disability.

Question 67

A teacher wishes to administer an individual psychoeducational battery.Which would you recommend?

A) the WJ-III
B) the K-ABC
C) the DAS
D) None of these unless the teacher was a licensed psychologist.

Question 68

A pre-school child who is said to be "at risk" is a preschool child who may be

A) diagnosed with a disability.
B) evidencing a developmental lag.
C) in need of specialized interventions.
D) All of these

Question 69

The KeyMath3 is used with testtakers in the age range of 3-years-old to

A) 12-years-old
B) 18-years-old
C) 21-years-old
D) None of these

Question 70

What is a difference between achievement and aptitude tests?

A) Aptitude tests are more limited in scope than achievement tests.
B) Aptitude tests draw on a broader fund of knowledge than achievement tests.
C) Aptitude tests are not used to make predictions about future performance, whereas achievement tests are used for this purpose.
D) Aptitude tests require skills that are formally taught in school, and achievement tests require skills that are learned informally.

Question 71

The greatest value of preschool tests is their:

A) use in identifying children who are in the low range of functioning and in need of intervention.
B) use in decision-making regarding which teacher will best address the needs of which child.
C) their well-documented ability to predict future level of academic achievement.
D) their well-documented ability to predict vocational success.

Question 72

The "guess who?" method is used

A) in group appraisals.
B) to screen new employees.
C) for purposes of peer appraisal.
D) extensively at Pentagon case conferences.

Question 73

The acronym for an achievement test designed for use with test-takers age 17 and over who have not completed eight years of formalized schooling is the

A) ABLE.
B) PEP.
C) CLEP.
D) SCHLEP.

Question 74

A graphic representation of peer appraisal is referred to as

A) a peer picture.
B) a sociogram.
C) a friendship tree.
D) an appraze-o-graph.

Question 75

For admission to college,you may be required to take a test published by the American College Testing Program (ACT).The ACT is what type of test?

A) a test of proficiency
B) a test of minimal competency
C) an aptitude test
D) a general achievement test

Question 76

The Study Habits Checklist is designed to assess

A) study habits.
B) interests.
C) attitudes.
D) All of these

Question 77

According to the text,which is NOT a minimum education requirement of the Alabama State Department of Education in the area of language?

A) ability to complete common forms and applications
B) ability to correctly use nouns and verb forms
C) ability to identify correct business-letter format
D) ability to read a simulated restaurant menu.

Question 78

Evaluations of students using the peer appraisal method may be obtained by consulting

A) the student being evaluated, since this is a self-report measure.
B) the teacher, the parent, and family members of the student
C) individuals with whom the student attends classes with and socializes with.
D) Both b and c

Question 79

Which is an example of an aptitude test that can be used at the elementary school level?

A) Scholastic Aptitude Test
B) Metropolitan Readiness Test
C) Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children
D) KeyMath3

Question 80

Tests of achievement typically measure

A) innate potential.
B) informal learning based on life experiences.
C) learning that has occurred in formal and structured settings.
D) a combination of innate potential and learning that has occurred through everyday life experiences.