Deck 14: Classroom Assessments

Question 1

Objective and rigorous methods for obtaining information about student learning.

A) formative assessments
B) informal assessments
C) formal assessments
D) summative assessments

Answer 1

formal assessments

Question 2

Multiple-choice, fill-in, sentence completion, matching, and essay forms are commonly used in this type of assessment.

A) traditional
B) contemporary
C) authentic
D) informal

Answer 2

traditional

Question 3

To avoid confusion, do not make matching lists longer than roughly

A) five items
B) seven items
C) twenty items
D) ten items

Answer 3

ten items

Question 4

When your teacher in tenth-grade math class announced, "You need to answer 90 percent of the test questions correctly to earn an A," he was using which of the following?

A) an informal assessment
B) a summative assessment
C) a norm-referenced grading system
D) a criterion-referenced grading system

Question 5

According to the text, what is the best way to ensure that the material on the test corresponds to the material taught?

A) write test questions as you go along
B) use the publisher's test questions
C) return to your set of instructional objectives
D) schedule more frequent tests

Question 6

This type of feedback consists of praise and encouragement, and is designed to give students confidence about their ability.

A) constructive
B) positive
C) unhelpful
D) helpful

Question 7

Observations teachers make of students in the classroom, doing work, and talking to the teacher or to other students; and information in written form that teachers obtain from some students.

A) objective tests
B) formal assessments
C) summative assessments
D) informal assessments

Question 8

Mr. Sanchez gives his class a cumulative final exam. He wants to determine what his students have learned in a particular area. Mr. Sanchez is using which of the following?

A) informal assessment
B) summative assessment
C) formal assessment
D) formative assessment

Question 9

Which of the following has research supported as the type of choice in objective tests?

A) fill-in-the-blank
B) matching
C) multiple-choice
D) true-false

Question 10

Classroom assessments consist of which of the following?

A) test results, grades on homework and class presentations, informal conversations teachers have with students
B) test results
C) test results and grades on homework
D) test results, grades on homework and class presentations

Question 11

In this type of assessment, there is a single, known, correct answer.

A) formative assessment
B) subjective test
C) authentic assessment
D) objective test

Question 12

Which question type is the best format for probing student understanding and reasoning at a complex level?

A) multiple choice
B) short answer
C) essay
D) matching

Question 13

The process of making judgments about individual students' learning and performance (and effort) based on the information, at hand.

A) formal assessments
B) measurements
C) evaluation
D) informal assessments

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT one of the goals of assessment as mentioned in the text?

A) to determine what students know
B) to provide feedback to students of their learning
C) to provide feedback to administrators of guidance counselors' performance
D) to provide feedback to teachers of their instruction

Question 15

Data on student performance and learning that you collect.

A) evaluation
B) measurements
C) formal assessments
D) informal assessments

Question 16

Which of the following was NOT listed as one of the guidelines about the best ways to help students benefit from the experience of taking tests?

A) schedule frequent and shorter tests
B) schedule a cumulative final exam
C) be attentive to the conditions students will face
D) be certain students understand the test directions

Question 17

This type of feedback is designed to show student specifically what aspects of their performance need improvement, and also to provide specific suggestions for how to improve.

A) positive
B) unhelpful
C) helpful
D) constructive

Question 18

When your teacher in twelfth-grade history said, "I grade on a curve, and 20 percent of you will get A's, 20 percent will get B's, and 40 percent will get C's and below," she was using which of the following?

A) a norm-referenced grading system
B) an informal assessment
C) a criterion-referenced grading system
D) a summative assessment

Question 19

In this type of assessment, there is no one correct answer; the quality of an answer is open to interpretation.

A) subjective test
B) formative assessment
C) short answer test
D) objective test

Question 20

On the first day of class each school year, Mrs. Diaz gives the students a test to determine the students' strengths and weaknesses in prior learning. Mrs. Diaz is using which of the following?

A) formative assessments
B) informal assessments
C) formal assessments
D) summative assessments

Question 21

System in which a grade represents a specific set of accomplishments, which can be identified for one student independently of the performance of other students (for example, getting 80 percent of the questions right).

A) criterion-referenced grading system
B) relative improvement grading system
C) absolute performance grading system
D) norm-referenced grading system

Question 22

A public performance before an audience that may involve people who will judge the performance.

A) work-sample assessment
B) simulated performance
C) exhibition
D) portfolio

Question 23

Which of the following asks students to use skills and knowledge to solve problems in the same manner as if the students were completing real-world tasks?

A) formative assessment
B) authentic assessment
C) subjective test
D) objective test

Question 24

Ms. Joel uses real-world performance assessments. Today, her students are giving a musical performance before an audience. This type of authentic assessment is known as which of the following?

A) the paper-and-pencil test
B) the identification test
C) the simulated performance
D) the work-sample assessment

Question 25

Mr. Roberts is creating a grading system for his class and he is concerned about the impact of it on the students' learning. What should Mr. Roberts emphasize?

A) objective tests
B) authentic assessments
C) varying proportions of work and performance
D) essay tests

Question 26

Mr. Davis is struggling with the grades of two students in his class. Diane, who performed poorly at the beginning of the term but rose to doing the same level of above-average work by the end of the term, and Melody, who began by doing above-average work and ended by doing the same level of above-average work. Mr. Davis isn't sure if both students deserve the same grade or not. With which of the following is Mr. Davis struggling?

A) the intelligence levels of Diane and Melody
B) relative improvement versus absolute performance
C) formative versus summative assessment
D) formal versus information assessment types

Question 27

Jackie is taking a test and has been asked about the uses of different tools for a sculpting. Which of the following of Gronland's authentic assessments is Jackie taking?

A) the paper-and-pencil test
B) the identification test
C) the simulated performance
D) the work-sample assessment

Question 28

Raul's teacher requires his class to give oral book reports. Raul's teacher is using which of the following?

A) exhibition
B) work-sample assessment
C) simulated performance
D) portfolio

Question 29

Criterion-referenced grading system in which the teacher creates a contract with the class in which specific standards are established that correspond to specific final grades.

A) relative improvement grading system
B) absolute performance grading system
C) norm-referenced grading system
D) contract system

Question 30

With which of the following groups is norm-referenced grading systems more common?

A) kindergarten through second grade
B) third through fifth grade
C) college level
D) middle school

Question 31

Which of the following is the least like real-world performance?

A) the paper-and-pencil test
B) the identification test
C) the simulated performance
D) the work-sample assessment

Question 32

Which of the following is NOT one of the general grading guidelines outlined in the text?

A) Base grades on multiple sources of information.
B) Grade only when you have determined a grade is really necessary.
C) Explain the grading system clearly to the students.
D) Stress test performance so students understand their importance.

Question 33

A good authentic assessment is graded on which kind of criteria?

A) criteria the students perceive as being meaningful to th performance
B) criteria the teachers have developed prior to the performance
C) criteria based on learning objectives developed at the beginning of the semester
D )norm-referenced criteria are the best for authentic
Assessments.

Question 34

Which of the following is potential problem with using relative improvement as part of a grade?

A) not every student improves in a semester
B) grades can be biased against students the teacher doesn't know well
C) grades can be biased against students who are really trying, but do not understand the material
D) not every student test well

Question 35

A type of authentic assessment which is also a method of instruction that assists students in their learning and development.

A) paper-and-pencil test
B) exhibition
C) simulated performance
D) portfolio

Question 36

According to the text, what is the key to a successful contrast system?

A) intelligence level of a group of students
B) specific guidelines about quality and quantity of student work
C) parental involvement with writing the contracts for the students
D) having the principal's support in changing requirements of he class.

Question 37

According to the text, it is possible for every student in the class to receive an "A" grade in which of the following?

A) relative improvement grading system
B) criterion-referenced grading system
C) absolute performance grading system
D) norm-referenced grading system

Question 38

Students in Mr. Kim's class perform under conditions created to simulate the real world. Today, his students are learning CPR on a dummy. This type of authentic assessment is known as which of the following?

A) the paper-and-pencil test
B) the identification test
C) the simulated performance
D) the work-sample assessment

Question 39

How can a teacher help each student feel that he or she is capable of working toward learning goals?

A) by stressing effort and improvement and by being encouraging
B) by stressing test performance as the most important part of the grading system
C) by explaining the grading system clearly to the students
D) by basing grades on multiple sources of information in the classroom

Question 40

On what should the evaluation of either a portfolio or an exhibition be based?

A) criteria the teachers have developed prior to the performance
B) criterion-referenced criteria are the best for authentic assessments
C) criteria based on learning objectives developed at the beginning of the semester
D) norm-referenced criteria are the best for authentic assessments.

Question 41

Which of the following is another term for norm-referenced grading systems?

A) criterion-referenced grading system
B) curving the grades
C) contract systems
D) grading on the curve

Question 42

A precise way to accomplish the goal of matching assessment to instruction is to use a behavior-content matrix.

Question 43

Essays are best used for measuring high-level, complex learning.

Question 44

Ms. Johnson announces to the class that 40% of the students will receive a "C" in the class and that the top 10% of the students will receive "A's", the next 20% of the students will receive "B's", the bottom 10% of the class will receive "F's" with the final 20% of the class receiving "D's." How can this be?

A) Ms. Johnson uses norm-referenced grading.
B) Ms. Johnson is a psychic.
C) Ms. Johnson has been teaching so long, she knows this is how grades always turn out.
D) Ms. Johnson uses criterion-referenced grading.

Question 45

In a normal curve for standardized assessment., what percentage of test-takers falls within one standard deviation of the mean?

A) 32%
B) 55%
C) 768%
D) 75%

Question 46

Formative assessment is the typical final exam type of assessment you are used to -a final test of student learning in a particular area.

Question 47

The incorrect options in multiple choice questions are called stems.

Question 48

Authentic assessments usually involve working against the clock.

Question 49

The entire picture of the ways you gather information on your student constitutes your assessment system.

Question 50

Authentic assessments are best graded on a norm-referenced system.

Question 51

Grading system in which final grades are based on the total number of points a student has earned in a class.

A) criterion-referenced
B) norm-referenced
C) summative grading system
D) total-point system

Question 52

Theoretically, on what principle is norm-referenced grading systems based?

A) a clear idea of how students typically perform
B) the normal curve
C) a collection of student data across the school.
D) a collection of student data across a given state

Question 53

Grading system in which grades are assigned on the basis of the percentage of the material a student has learned

A) contract system
B) summative system
C) percentage grading system
D) total point grading system

Question 54

Multiple-choice items should be used sparingly.

Question 55

Multiple-choice items can be used to measure higher order learning and reasoning.

Question 56

Mr. Thomas has designed a grading system whereby each student has a chance to earn an "A" in his class. Each student earns points for not only exams, but for attendance, participation, and book reports. Mr. Thomas then just adds up the points to assign grades. Mr. Thomas is using which of the following grading systems?

A) contract system
B) percentage grading system
C) summative system
D) total point grading system

Question 57

Reliability describes the consistency of a measurement

Question 58

The total-point system most resembles which of the following grading systems?

A) contract system
B) norm-referenced system
C) summative system
D) formative system

Question 59

Assessments are objective and rigorous methods for obtaining information about students.

Question 60

Ms. Green has designed a grading system whereby each student has a chance to earn an "A" in her class. Each exam, book report, and homework assignment is graded based on the how much total knowledge a student has mastered in that particular area. Ms. Green then just takes an average of all the smaller grades to assign overall grades. Ms. Green is using which of the following grading systems?

A) contract system
B) percentage grading system
C) summative system
D) total point grading system