Assessment Flashcards
Differentiate measurement, assessment, and evaluation
measurement = assigning numerical values
assessment = collecting information
evaluation = making judgments
Diagnostic exams and achievement test results from the previous year.
Is this assessment before, during, or after instruction?
Before
Formative assessments
Is this assessment before, during, or after instruction?
During
Summative assessment
Is this assessment before, during, or after instruction?
After
Prof. Remedios wants to use the traditional paper-and-pen test for the PSYNTRO final examinations because it’ll be easy for him to administer it to his students and later, grade it objectively.
However, what disadvantages should he be mindful of?
- Prep time is lengthy (seating arrangement, printing of test papers, developing items and answer key)
- Students may cheat
Instead of a traditional exam, Prof. Remedios wants his PERDEV students to do a performance in groups for their final examinations. He believes the preparation for it will be easy on his end, and students cannot cheat their way out of it.
However, what disadvantages should he be mindful of?
- They may be graded subjectively if the rubrics aren’t used
- Watching the performances will take too much class time
For their final exams, Prof. Remedios asks his GEUSELF students to submit a portfolio so that he can see the growth and development in their self-understanding.
What are the disadvantages of this assessment though?
- Making a portfolio is time-consuming
- Rating their portfolios may be subjective if rubrics aren’t used.
The Table of Specifications is a blueprint for selecting appropriate items.
What are its 4 parts?
- Weight/Time Frame
- Content Outline/Topics
- Learning Competencies
- No. of Items per Topic
In the TOS, what formula do you use to calculate a topic’s number of items per learning competency?
Ex: How many items for Remembering?
Items = Weight * Percentage of Learning Competency * Total Number of Test Items
True or False
The longer the test, the less reliable it is.
False. Longer = more reliable
True or False
In creating a test layout, it is recommended to weave difficult questions in between easy ones.
False. Arrange items from easy to difficult.
True or False
Items of the same type must be grouped together.
True
In scoring a test, using [blank] is easier for large group of examinees
separate answer sheets
In scoring a test, using a [blank] key covers all parts of the test except for the exact areas where the answers are written.
punched
In scoring a test, an [blank] key is placed on top of the answer sheet and makes the correct answer visible.
Overlay
In scoring a test, a [blank] key contains the correct answers that match the spaces where the answer is placed in the side of the test paper.
Strip
True/False; Yes/No; Fact/Opinion
These are examples of what type of test format?
binary choice
In providing a binary choice item, what disadvantage do you have to be mindful of?
There is a 50-50 probability of selecting the correct answer.
What are the two types of multiple choice questions?
- Choose the correct answer
- Choose the best answer
What are the three parts of a multiple choice item?
- Stem (the question or prompt)
- Answer
- Distractors
True or False
It is recommended that the stem of a multiple choice item be written in the positive form.
True
Matching type items are best to use when measuring the student’s ability to identify the relationship between a set of similar items.
What is one disadvantage of this item?
being able to guess correct answers through the process of elimination
In creating a matching type item, what do you put in Column A and Column B?
Column A: premises (usually in a logical order or alphebatized)
Column B: responses
What are the three Selective Type test formats?
Binary Choice
Multiple Choice
Matching Type
