Deck 8: Assessing and Evaluating Childrens Learning

Question 1

Which of the following should NOT be included in a portfolio?

A) Written work
B) Drawing and painting
C) Video- and/or audiotapes
D) Every anecdotal record

Answer 1

Every anecdotal record

Question 2

What is the advantage of observational assessment?

A) It is not intrusive.
B) It has on-the-spot utility for improving instruction.
C) Information cannot be gathered in natural settings.
D) It does not yield hypotheses that can be evaluated later on.

Answer 2

It is not intrusive.

Question 3

Which of the following is a necessary component in the responsible administration of tests?

A) Establishing good rapport with children before testing
B) Teaching the material exactly as it will appear on the test
C) Making sure that children have pencils with eraser
D) Allowing children to be able to use the internet as a reference

Answer 3

Establishing good rapport with children before testing

Question 4

What is the PRIMARY reason for teachers to collect assessment data?

A) Add to a child's portfolio
B) Prevent children from dropping out of school
C) Inform instruction
D) Preserve cultural bias.

Question 5

What is the best feature of using portfolios?

A) They allow teachers and parents to compare one child's progress against another's.
B) They clearly document what children have failed to learn.
C) They are less time consuming than giving a traditional paper/pencil test.
D) They focus on what children can do.

Question 6

Which of the following would be required in participation charts?

A) Time sampling
B) Event sampling
C) Dated work samples
D) Involving other adults in the classroom

Question 7

Which is true of rating scales?

A) They are essentially the same as time-sample participation charts.
B) They exist of frequency counts or behavior tallies of specific behaviors as they occur.
C) They always have an evaluative component qualifying behavior or skill acquisition.
D) They have built-in objectivity.

Question 8

Which of the following portfolios is passed from teacher to teacher at the end of the year?

A) Individual portfolio
B) Institutional portfolio
C) Teacher portfolio
D) Showcase portfolio

Question 9

In scoring an oral reading tape for the child's reading accuracy, which is the correct procedure?

A) Subtract the number of correct words read from the total. Divide the total number of words read.
B) Multiply the total number of words read by the number of uncorrected mistakes.
C) Subtract the number of uncorrected mistakes from the total. Divide by the total number of mistakes.
D) Subtract the number of uncorrected mistakes from the total. Divide by the total number of words read.

Question 10

In order to obtain good reliability in scoring comprehension when taking an oral reading sample, which of the following would be appropriate?

A) Structure several questions and ask the same questions of each child tested.
B) Structure individual, different questions for each child.
C) Ask closed-ended questions to cut down on ambiguity.
D) Ask another teacher to listen in.

Question 11

In standardized testing, what does the term validity mean?

A) Fifty percent of children will be above the mean and fifty percent will be below the mean.
B) The test measures what it is supposed to.
C) The child's score will be the same if the test is re-administered.
D) The test is timed.

Question 12

Which of the following is a true statement?

A) If a standardized test is valid and reliable, it can be used to place children in special settings.
B) The only problem with ongoing observational assessment is that it tends to be intrusive.
C) Observation of children can be seriously flawed if interpretation of the evaluator includes a leniency factor.
D) Time sampling is not helpful for instructional planning.

Question 13

Documentation boards:

A) Contain 3-dimensional artifacts produced by children.
B) Should contain a description of the goals and objectives of the project depicted.
C) Are an excellent technological source of information for parents.
D) Should contain only teacher narratives.

Question 14

You ask a child preparing his portfolio, "Tell me why you selected that piece." He answers, "I picked it because it was good." Your response to this is:

A) To teach the child additional self-reflection skills.
B) To accept the child's response without further comment.
C) To tell the child that his answer is not well thought out and ask for another response.
D) To encourage the child to also tell what is wrong with the piece.

Question 15

Which of the following is a true statement?

A) You must not place a student in a special setting on the basis of one test.
B) All assessment in an early childhood classroom should be standardized.
C) Teacher constructed tools usually lack validity.
D) Parents should have access to the scores of all children in a classroom for comparative purposes.

Question 16

Following completion of the kindergarten year:

A) Assessment data should be shredded so that objectivity is not hampered.
B) Assessment data should be shared with the grade 1 teacher.
C) All assessment data should be sent home to parents.
D) All assessment data should be maintained by the kindergarten teacher for future reference.

Question 17

To be most useful, assessment in an elementary school should:

A) Be carried out by the elementary curriculum director.
B) Be carried out by the classroom teacher.
C) Be diagnostic in nature and standardized.
D) Avoid an evaluative component.

Question 18

Assessment should:

A) Contain a halo effect.
B) Be limited to formal measures.
C) Be administered in a whole-group setting.
D) Be formative and summative

Question 19

Before selecting an assessment tool, you should:

A) Determine the purpose of the assessment
B) Use the one that will yield the best results for all children.
C) Always choose one that is unobtrusive
D) Never choose one that will result in a child doing poorly.

Question 20

Which of the following is true?

A) In order to preserve confidentiality, assessment data should never be shared with other teachers.
B) Assessment data should be limited to those developmental domains that fall in the academic realm.
C) Assessment data about a child's limitations can be shared with others if it will minimize learning difficulties.
D) As good as it is, authentic assessment is not useful for identifying children who need special services.

Question 21

In order to obtain the BEST response from a child in an assessment situation, what factors need to be considered?

Question 22

In what way can teachers use assessment data to successfully fulfill their responsibilities?

Question 23

Explain the difference between the "halo" effect and the leniency factor as described in your text.

Question 24

What is an ecomap?

Question 25

Describe the benefits of observational assessment.

Question 26

Explain what is meant by the concept "authentic assessment and evaluation" and describe how you would implement it in an early childhood classroom.

Question 27

Discuss the strengths and limitations of using standardized tests with young children.

Question 28

You've decided to do student-led conferences with your children. Discuss the steps you feel are necessary in structuring an effective experience for children and parents.