Deck 6: Curriculum-Based Assessment and Other Informal Measures

Question 1

Norm-referenced testing generally includes items that represent the content accurately for all school systems.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

A teacher analyzes the classroom assignments of her students to determine what type of mistakes the students are making. This is an example of error analysis.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

A task analysis of a chapter quiz is performed as a method of standardized assessment.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The goal line against which progress is measured in applying CBM is known as the

A) aimline
B) trendline
C) error line
D) CBM line

Question 5

When measuring student progress against a standard or objective, which of the following is the teacher using?

A) checklists
B) worksamples
C) criterion-referenced assessment
D) norm-referenced assessment

Question 6

Non-standardized methods of assessment are called

A) formal assessments
B) informal assessments
C) CBAs
D) CBMs

Question 7

Portfolio assessments are a good standardized measure to be used as the sole criterion for eligibility in specialized programs.

Question 8

When a teacher monitors progress several times each week to determine the level of skill acquisition, the teacher is using

A) summative evaluation
B) norm-referenced evaluation
C) formative assessment
D) standardized assessment

Question 9

Both norm-referenced assessment and informal methods of assessment may have problems with cultural fairness.

Question 10

In order to determine the exact point where a student begins to perform a math operation incorrectly, the teacher may choose to use which of the following?

A) checklists
B) error analysis
C) portfolio
D) task analysis

Question 11

When a reading assessment involves a passage with words omitted and that the student is required to complete, which of the following methods is being employed?

A) maze
B) cloze
C) miscue analysis
D) retell

Question 12

A writing sample from a fifth-grade student is an example of

A) permanent product
B) work sample
C) direct measure
D) All of the above

Question 13

Conducting a task analysis allows the teacher to do which of the following?

A) Learn new teaching methods.
B) Determine prerequisite skills the student may not know.
C) Compare the learner against established norms.
D) Determine the exact errors a student is making.

Question 14

Portfolio assessment is a method of comparing a student with the performance of students in a national sample.

Question 15

Writing educational objectives for skills to be tested is an example of criterion-referenced assessment.

Question 16

When teachers use the content of a classroom social studies text to design a test for their students, the teacher is using a formalized assessment measure.

Question 17

With which of the following should the teacher become familiar in order to complete task analyses of students' work?

A) scope and sequence
B) grade criterion
C) error analysis
D) worksamples

Question 18

In order for informal assessment measures to maintain curriculum validity, the teacher must insure that an adequate representation of the current curriculum is included.

Question 19

To determine a baseline, teachers should administer three grade/instructional level probes and use the median score.

Question 20

A student who is reading with 95% accuracy is at what level?

A) mastery
B) instructional
C) difficult
D) failure

Question 21

If you were the teacher of this student, your next action should most likely be:

A) Refer the student for an evaluation
B) Call the parents
C) Analyze the instructional methods, perform error analyses and adapt the instructional techniques that are being used
D) Continue for several more days and see if the student begins to make progress again

Question 22

Which of the following represents ways that spelling errors may be evaluated?

A) Phonetic ability
B) Visualization
C) Linguistic performance
D) All of the above

Question 23

Which of the following is not a valid way to assess reading comprehension?

A) Paraphrase a story.
B) Answer questions about a story.
C) Conduct a miscue analysis.
D) Cloze and maze.

Question 24

Informal reading assessments take place in which domains of reading?

A) decoding
B) fluency
C) comprehension
D) All of the above

Question 25

Which of the following is not an example of a something you might find in a portfolio assessment?

A) artwork
B) journal entries
C) reading response log
D) None of the above

Question 26

This line shows average performance on a graph and changes every time data are entered.

A) aimline
B) trendline
C) error line
D) CBM line

Question 27

Discuss the four design criteria that should be inherent in effective CBMs?

Question 28

Describe how an aimline would be constructed for a progress monitoring graph.

Question 29

When a teacher evaluates her students' ability to read a map of bus routes while the class is in the bus terminal, the teacher is using what type of assessment to evaluate these skills?

A) Portfolio assessment
B) Criterion-related assessment
C) Authentic assessment
D) Curriculum-based assessment

Question 30

When are summative assessments given?

A) At the end of an instructional period.
B) In the middle of the instructional period.
C) Each week during the instructional period.
D) At the end of the academic year.

Question 31

The Contemporary Model of Assessment is focused on which of the following?

A) Prevention and early intervention
B) Prevention of students falling behind.
C) Closely monitoring student performance
D) All of the above.

Question 32

A curriculum-based measurement evaluates student performance against

A) an achievement goal for the year.
B) the criterion established for the test.
C) the content taught prior to the test.
D) None of the above.

Question 33

Use the graph below to answer the following questions:

According to the graph, it could be said that on days 1-6:

A) The student was not responding to the instruction.
B) The student was maintaining progress toward the goal.
C) The student was achieving above the level expected.
D) The student was achieving below the level expected.

Question 34

What type of data gathering tool would a teacher use if they wanted to find out what types of books their students like to read?

A) CBA
B) CBM
C) questionnaire
D) task analysis

Question 35

Create a Maze for the following passage:
The dog and cat lived at the farm. The dog lived inside and the cat lived in the barn. One day, the dog was left outside and it started raining. The dog decided to go into the barn. The cat was not happy.

Question 36

What is the difference between a CBA and a CBM?

Question 37

Create a Cloze for the following passage:
The dog and cat lived at the farm. The dog lived inside and the cat lived in the barn. One day, the dog was left outside and it started raining. The dog decided to go into the barn. The cat was not happy.

Question 38

What type of data is typically acquired from a fluency probe?

A) words correct per minute
B) accuracy
C) prosody
D) All of the above.

Question 39

Which of the following is not a valid way to assess decoding?

A) Retelling a story.
B) Reading isolated words.
C) Reading nonsense words.
D) Reading new words in sentences.

Question 40

Which of the following is a problem related to norm-referenced testing?

A) They are culturally and linguistically biased.
B) There are problems with the administration and interpretation of results.
C) They are not sensitive to small gains in academic growth.
D) All of the above.

Question 41

Given the following information, what is the expected weekly rate of increase in reading for this student?
2nd grade
Baseline = 55
25 weeks of school left
Aimline = 93

Question 42

What criterion are often used when developing criterion-referenced assessments?

Question 43

Discuss the criterion that teachers should consider when developing criterion-referenced tests and what the established levels of proficiency indicate.

Question 44

Explain how a teacher knows when they should adjust instruction for a student.

Question 45

Describe the function of the trendline.