Deck 2: Assessment

Question 1

Condor is teaching a physics lesson on laws of motion. He knows that his students have a natural understanding of the topic going into it, and he wants to determine what they know before he begins the unit. He will use their prior knowledge to create activities to help them understand the physical laws. An assessment that would gather this information for him is a:

A)Formative Assessment
B)Authentic Assessment
C)Norms-based Assessment
D)Criterion-based Assessment

Answer 1

Formative Assessment

Question 2

Which of the following examples would be most appropriate for a teacher who wants to provide a formative assessment to her students prior to a social studies unit on current events in the Middle East?

A)Assigning students to bring in a newspaper article of current events in the Middle East
B)Asking students to write an essay on their thoughts about current events in the Middle East
C)Asking students to locate various Middle Eastern countries on a map
D)Asking students to come up with a project on Middle Eastern current events

Answer 2

Asking students to write an essay on their thoughts about current events in the Middle East

Question 3

A school is considering having all students complete a final project of their own design. These projects would be added to a portfolio that would be evaluated by three of their teachers. The students would have to ask permission and seek a teacher to serve as an advisor to them on the project. This type of assessment would be called:

A)Norms-based assessment
B)Standards-based Assessment
C)Formative Assessment
D)Authentic Assessment

Answer 3

Authentic Assessment

Question 4

A school wants to put students working at the same level in classrooms together. The goal is that advanced students can be given more complex learning experiences while students who are not up to grade level have the opportunity for remedial studies. The most appropriate type of assessment to gather this information would be:

A)Authentic Assessment
B)Standards-based Assessment
C)Summative Assessment
D)Norm-referenced Assessment

Question 5

Stevens teaches American History and has just completed teaching a unit on the Prohibition Movement. He wants to design an assessment that will utilize the objectives he designed for each lesson of his unit. This type of assessment would be called which of the following?

A)Formative Assessment
B)Summative Assessment
C)Criterion-based Assessment
D)Norm-referenced Assessment

Question 6

Broward wants to create small groups in his math class to work together throughout the year. His goal is to group people in the class by ability so that he can vary instruction for all the ranges and styles of learners while still providing students a chance to work at a pace similar to their own on certain projects. What would be the most appropriate type of assessment to gather this information?

A)Summative Assessment
B)Authentic Assessment
C)Norm-referenced Assessment
D)Criterion-referenced Assessment

Question 7

One important teaching goal In Mr. Broward's math class, is that all students come away with an understanding of how math impacts and affects their lives. He wants part of his assessment to be one that the students design by themselves to demonstrate the impact of math as they see it. The type of assessment he would be designing is called:

A)Formative Assessment
B)Authentic Assessment
C)Summative Assessment
D)Standards-based Assessment

Question 8

The teachers in the Science Department at Fair Ridge High often get together to discuss the progress of their students. They have noticed that the interest of their students in science has increased over the years. They think they might want to introduce other forms of assessment to the students so that the students may have a chance to explore their interests and demonstrate their knowledge. The most appropriate type of assessment for this would be which of the following?

A)Having students work in groups on lab activities
B)Having the science department plan a science fair
C)Having students design their own projects
D)Having a contest for best science experiment as voted on by the students

Question 9

Middle Vale High School is a small school where the students are competitive and parents are very concerned with test scores and report card grades. Shannon Marsh complained to her parents that her grade of a B on a paper was unfair because she put as much effort in as her friend who received an A. The parents chose to confront the teacher and demand an explanation as to the variance in grades. Which would be the most effective tool for the teacher to be able to demonstrate how she derived the grade?

A)A portfolio of student work
B)A collection of graded student papers
C)A rubric for the assignment
D)The assignment that was distributed

Question 10

At Middle Vale High School, a highly competitive school, the teachers are concerned that grades are inflated to meet parents' expectations for their children. Each department decides to formulate assessment standards that are used by the whole department to ensure that students are working to expectation and not receiving grades that are undeserved. The concept underlying what the teachers are trying to do with their assessment is which of the following?

A)The concept of validity
B)The concept of reliability
C)The concept of authenticity
D)The concept of error of measurement

Question 11

At Middle Vale High School, known for its competitive nature, the students generally perform well on standardized tests compared to other schools. The teachers decide that they should institute new performance standards so that all students have a chance to demonstrate mastery of a subject. One goal is to promote original scholarship. Which of the following assessment types would be most effective for this goal?

A)Standards-based Assessment
B)Portfolio-based Assessment
C)Summative Assessments
D)Formative Assessments

Question 12

Atkins' English class students have just finished reading the novel Of Mice and Men. Throughout the year, Ms. Atkins tries to vary the type of assessments she uses so that students have a variety of ways in which to demonstrate their knowledge. For this novel, she plans to use a summative assessment. Which of the following would be the most appropriate for a summative assessment?

A)Having students perform skits of various scenes from the play
B)Providing a multiple-choice exam on the plot of the novel
C)Having students design a poster-board about the themes of the novel
D)Providing an end of unit exam with multiple choice and essay questions

Question 13

80% of the students in Mr. Ellison's Physics class fail their third-quarter exam. He realizes that he needs to analyze both his instruction methods and assessment methods. What would be an appropriate first step to determine if what he is teaching is also what he is testing?

A)Review everything that he has covered in the course so far and find any non-covered material on the exam
B)Review his lesson objectives and determine if his test was referenced to them
C)Regrade the exams on a curve so that the material learned earlier in the year counts less than than the material learned more recently
D)None of the above

Question 14

100% of the students get an A in Mr. Ellison's Physics class second exam. He realizes that he needs to analyze both his instruction methods and assessment methods more thoroughly. What would be an appropriate action to determine if what he is teaching is also what he is testing?

A)Determine if the students were cheating
B)Re-grade the test on a curve
C)Review his course objectives and determine what may have been too easy about the test
D)Consult a colleague about whether the test was fair

Question 15

Early in the school year, Mr. Mann wants to determine what his students enjoy most about their English classes. His interest is in the natural talents the students bring to the class. He designs an assessment instrument that will measure students' authentic reactions to different styles of literature. This assessment would be measuring which of the following?

A)Achievement
B)Ability
C)Aptitude
D)Authenticity

Question 16

Campanella uses a variety of assessment styles throughout her course. She also tries to use her assessment tools as an individual teaching opportunity. Which of the following may serve that purpose of being an individualized teaching opportunity?

A)Informal Assessment
B)Standardized Assessment
C)Conferencing
D)Performance-based Assessment

Question 17

Campanella uses a variety of assessment styles throughout her course. As a History teacher, she wants to see whether her students have been able to take in both the facts and the concepts of the history she teaches. She understands that this sort of learning is a process and wants to have an assessment tool that monitors students' conceptual growth throughout the year. Which of the following would be the most appropriate style of assessment for this purpose?

A)Authentic Assessment
B)Portfolio-based Assessment
C)Summative Assessment
D)Standardized Assessment

Question 18

Addison seeks to use informal assessments in her teaching. This means that she does which of the following: I) Has occasional one-on-ones with her students to check-in
II) Occasionally gives a pop quiz
III) Has students journal daily
IV) Asks questions to individual students to gauge their understanding

A)I and II
B)II and III
C)I, III and IV
D)I, II, III and IV

Question 19

At the end of Mrs. Addison's first unit of Geometry, she plans to give a formal assessment. She has a variety of students with different learning styles and wants to have an assessment tool that is geared towards her kinesthetic learners. An appropriate assessment tool for this purpose would do which of the following?

A)Asking students to research the history of a building with interesting geometric principles
B)Asking students to use manipulatives to demonstrate a geometric principle on a portion of the assessment
C)Asking students to give an oral report on a famous place that uses geometric principles
D)Asking students to devise a scavenger hunt to locate geometric features of the school

Question 20

Due to the highly competitive nature at Middle Vale High School, the test scores and grades of each student are determined by standards set across the departments. The exact same end-of-quarter tests are given to all students taking that course. Student rankings are then calculated from this information. Parents have been complaining however, that this does not take into account the personal and academic growth of their children throughout the school year. They want to see more information about how their children are doing on their report cards. An effective way to provide this information would be through which of the following?

A)Informal assessments
B)Conferences
C)Anecdotal notes
D)Analytic checklists

Question 21

A lot of writing is assigned in Mr. Johnson's 10th grade English class. He uses a workshop method and seeks to involve students in the reflective nature of the writing process. One element of this is to have students do a lot of peer reviewing of other students' works. Which of the following reasons may limit the effectiveness of this practice? I) Students may not be able to identify problem areas
II) Students may be shy about giving feedback
III) Students can see what they like about other student's writing

A)I only
B)II only
C)I and II
D)I, II and III

Question 22

There is a substantial amount of writing done in Mr. Johnson's 10th grade English class. He is thorough in his instruction of the writing process and all his students maintain portfolios. At the end of the year he asks his students to review their portfolios and assess the growth in their writing. This type of activity would generate which type of the following thought processes?

A)Meta-cognition
B)Validity
C)Authenticity
D)Reliability

Question 23

There is a substantial amount of writing done In Mr. Johnson's 10th grade English class. He is thorough in his instruction of the writing process and all his students maintain portfolios. At the end of the year he asks his students to review the portfolio pieces of two other students. He assigns groups of three based on writing groups established throughout the year. This type of assessment would be which of the following?

A)Authentic Assessment
B)Peer Assessment
C)Peer Conference
D)Norm-based Assessment

Question 24

Addison has started a unit on fractions. She wants to know how much knowledge her students are bringing to this topic. She decides to give a quiz to the class that will not be graded, but will gather this information. She tells her students the quiz will not count towards their grade, but that they should try their best. This type of assessment would be an example of which of the following:

A)Authentic Assessment
B)Formative Assessment
C)Standards-based Assessment
D)Informal Assessment

Question 25

Stevens is teaching American History and utilizes a variety of assessment tools. His department has a policy that 25% of the assessments given are criterion-based assessments. At the end of his unit on the American Revolution, which of the following would be the most appropriate criterion-based assessment to give his class?

A)A test designed by the publisher of the textbook he used during this unit
B)A performance based American History test
C)An essay and multiple choice test
D)A project based assessment

Question 26

Washington High School has almost 250 students in its 12th grade. The English department has set strict standards that the students must pass in order to pass their senior English class. At the end of the year, all seniors take the same examination and are ranked accordingly. This ranking will show which of the following?

A)Aptitude
B)Ability
C)Achievement
D)Authentic Learning

Question 27

Which of the following is the definition of a standard deviation on the scores of an assessment?

A)It is the statistical measure of the degree by which the scoring distribution is spread amongst the test-takers
B)It is the statistical measure of how far from the norm a student is
C)It is the statistical measure of how a child's test taking scores deviate over the years
D)It is the statistical measure of how a child does on certain types of questions

Question 28

Which of the following uses can be made from age-equivalent derived scores on a test taken amongst students within an entire grade?

A)Appropriate tracking of students
B)Appropriate determination of students ability compared to others of their age
C)Appropriate promotion or determination of remedial requirements of a student
D)Appropriate determine of students aptitudes compared to others of their age

Question 29

When a state administered standardized achievement test is given, which of the following describes the process of holistic scoring?

A)Grading for all the structural elements of writing
B)Grading for the overall effectiveness of the writing
C)Grading for the overall information provided by the writing
D)Grading the structure and grammar of the writing

Question 30

On an essay examination, which of the following tools would support a teacher in the process of analytical scoring of the essay?

A)A rubric
B)A scaled deviation
C)An grade-equivalent expectation
D)An age-equivalent expectation

Question 31

There are many writing assignments in Mrs. Olivo's class. She works hard on teaching grammar, organization of writing, and idea development among other traits. When she grades a piece of writing she uses a rubric so that it is clear to students where they are succeeding and where they need to focus more effort. The type of score she is providing to her students is which of the following?

A)Norm-based score
B)Holistic score
C)Analytic Score
D)Standardized Score

Question 32

Jose Paz is a foreign-born student taking regular education classes at Washington High School. He has good grades, enjoys his classes and works hard. In his English class, the end of unit exam tends to be both multiple-choice and essay questions. He does very well on his essays, but does very poorly on the multiple-choice section. Which of the following might be the cause of the problem?

A)He devotes little time to the multiple choice question because he prefers writing essays
B)He does not pay attention to all the answers in the multiple-choice section
C)He has difficulties with the wording and format of multiple choice questions
D)He has not mastered the content

Question 33

Atkins' English class has finished a unit on persuasive writing. As a teacher who uses multiple assessment tools, she wants to incorporate both self-assessment and peer-assessment in how the students assess their ability to write persuasively. Which of the following would most effectively accomplish that goal?

A)Pair students up and provide self-assessment and peer-assessment scoring guidelines
B)Have students choose a partner to work with on editing their persuasive essays
C)Ask students to grade their work and submit their assessment
D)Ask students to grade the work of others compared to their own work and submit their assessment

Question 34

An example of a summative assessment in a History class would be which of the following?

A)A quiz on the previous night's assignment
B)An in-class essay on the causes of a major war
C)An end-of-unit exam
D)A questionnaire that determines what pre-knowledge students have before beginning a unit

Question 35

Dickens is teaching math to 10th graders. Early in the year he wants to understand how his students learn best. He chooses an assessment tool that is not intended to produce a grade, but rather to determine what his students know, what errors of knowledge exist and if any students are in need of remedial instruction in some areas. The type of assessment he would be giving is which of the following?

A)Summative Assessment
B)Standard-based Assessment
C)Criterion-based Assessment
D)Diagnostic Assessment

Question 36

Johnson teaches English at Middle Vale High School,. The school boasts an impressive statistic that over 80% of its graduates attend four-year colleges. Because instruction is highly standards-based, and the students are frequently asked to prove their abilities to learn the information instructed on assessments, he wonders if students are getting a chance to create original work. Mr. Johnson believes that a key to success in post-secondary education is the ability to write originally and so he assigns such opportunities. To assess his student's ability to do original work, which of the following would be the most appropriate type of assessment?

A)Peer Assessment
B)Self-Assessment
C)Summative Assessment
D)Portfolio-based Assessment

Question 37

Students are assigned lab partners for the quarter in Mr. Condor's Physics class. At the end of the quarter, Mr. Condor asks his students to reflect on how the students and their partners worked together. He uses this statement as a part of the lab grade, which is 50% of the grade for each quarter. Using a peer assessment like this might create which of the following problems? I) Students may be unable to properly assess what their lab partner should be doing
II) Students may inflate the role of their partner in hopes that their partner gets a good grade
III) Students may write a negative review of their partner if there are social issues

A)I and II
B)II and III
C)I, II and III
D)III

Question 38

A formative assessment is to accomplish which of the following goals? I) To gather information about student ability prior to instruction
II. To plan appropriate lessons
III. To determine what students have learned from a unit
IV. To determine best instructional methods

A)I and II
B)I, II and III
C)I, II and IV

Question 39

One of Ms. Allison's objectives in her Civics class, is to teach her students the logic behind how government works. An appropriate assessment to determine if the students understand the logic of how government functions would be which of the following?

A)A quiz on how government works
B)Group-based project on government functions
C)An explanatory essay on how government works
D)A textbook publisher text on how government works

Question 40

Wallace teaches Geometry to 10th graders. He is aware that his students have a variety of learning styles and that geometry requires the ability to manipulate forms. Throughout his teaching, he provides as many hands-on opportunities for his students to learn from. As he considers which assessment tools to use, he should incorporate which of the following types of assessments into his instruction?

A)A textbook publisher test
B)A hands-on individual project
C)A group project
D)A formative assessment

Question 41

At Washington High School, each grade level has 250 students. The academic departments have a policy that all students be instructed and assessed with the same materials using the textbooks adopted by the school district. To determine students' grades each quarter, which of the following assessments would be most appropriate?

A)A Portfolio assessment
B)A Formative assessment
C)A Standardized assessment
D)A Norm-referenced assessment

Question 42

Redstone wants to determine how her students learn prior to beginning instruction. She will use this information to tailor her instructional methods. She gives a learning style inventory on the first day of class. Which of the following type of assessment would this be?

A)Summative assessment
B)Norm-referenced assessment
C)Criterion-based assessment
D)Diagnostic assessment

Question 43

The state of Rhode Island utilizes a common assessment that determines if a student is prepared to progress to the next grade. The assessment is high stakes and occurs each year in March. One of the school districts in Rhode Island feels that their students start to under-perform following the March assessment. Which of the following would be an appropriate additional type of assessment to use to determine if a student is ready to progress to the next grade?

A)Observation
B)Portfolio
C)Performance
D)Conferencing

Question 44

At the end of the first quarter, Mr. Joyce wants to perform an informal assessment with each of his students. He feels that a personal, one-on one interaction will help and motivate his students in the coming quarters. Which of the following would be the most appropriate form of informal assessment for his goal?

A)Conference
B)Performance
C)Observation
D)Group project

Question 45

Marx gives his math students a pop quiz three days a week. His goal is to check that students are learning what he taught in the previous days. Another means to accomplish this goal would be which of the following:

A)Using a portfolio
B)Grading homework
C)Assigning group projects
D)Conferencing

Question 46

The bulk of student grades in Mr. McCann's History class are derived from the textbook published tests he gives. The students begin to protest that the tests are too hard and they do not have a chance to do as well as they want. Which of the following would be an appropriate assessment tool to use in conjunction with his tests?

A)A conference
B)A performance
C)An aptitude test
D)An essay