Chapter 12 Flashcards
What are types of decisions made in the educational setting?
3pts
- Standardized and non-standardized
- MC tests and performance assessments
- Micro level and macro level
Which are used to determine the extent to which students possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to understand new material and how much of the material to be taught students already know.
What type of decision/assessment is this? When is this decision made?
Placement assessments
- Decisions made at the beginning of instruction
Help teachers determine what information students are and are not learning during the instructional process so that the teachers can identify where students need help and decide whether it is appropriate to move to the next unit of instruction.
What type of decision/assessment is this? When is this decision made?
- Formative assessment
- Decision made during instruction
An in-depth evaluation of an individual.
What type of decision/assessment is this? When is this decision made?
- Diagnostic assessments
- Decision made during instruction
Help determine what students do and do not know and to assign earned grades.
What type of decision/assessment is this? When is this decision made?
- Summative assessments
- Decision made at the end of instruction
What is an example of a test used for selection decisions?
- GRE
What is are 2 examples of tests used for placement decisions?
2pts
- Honors program
- Contingent program
Are standardized tests in which one test taker’s score is compared with the scores of a group of test takers who took the test previously.
What type of “referenced” tests is this?
Norm-referenced tests
Is assessing a student’s ability to perform real-world tasks by applying the knowledge and skills he or she has learned.
Authentic assessment
Are tests that compare a test taker’s scores with an objectively stated standard of achievement such as the learning objectives for this chapter.
What type of “referenced” tests is this?
Criterion-referenced test
