Chapter 4 Flashcards
What can curriculum generally be defined as?
Everything that students experience in school.
What is formal curriculum
What is explicitly taught, such as the teachers goals in English or Math classes
What are the four kinds of curricula?
Null, formal, informal, extracurricular
Content standards are best described as
What student should know and be able to do at specific grade levels
Mrs. Jones decided not to include a unit about evolution in her science class because she is concerned that it is too controversial. This is an example of?
Null curriculum
The common core state standards were organized by the?
NGA and CCSSO
Does the constitution specifically address education
No
The type of standardized assessment that indicates levels of student mastery of a subject is referred to as?
Criterion referenced
Mr. Gomez teaches middle school mathematics. Before beginning a unit of study, he gave his students a pretest . Which form of assessment is Mr. Gomez using?
Diagnostic
Effective monitoring a student progress during an instructional unit is an important component of which type of assessment?
Formative
What is a good example of a summative assessment
A social studies post test
What is a good example of a forced-choice form of an assessment?
A matching exam
What is not a good reason for teachers to use a rubric
Rubrics provide less paperwork and require less effort for teachers
Which type of rubric uses a single scale for an entire project?
Holistic rubric
An assessment that measures what it is intended to measure is
Valid
Mrs. Jackson uses grades as a way to inform parents about student achievement. This an example of which purpose of grading?
Communication
What best describes administrative reasons for grading
Promotion, graduation, honors, eligibility
What are three purposes of the TIMSS
- Provides achievement data to show trends in performance over time
- Fosters public accountability
- Allows achieving comparisons among countries
What grade level is NAEP administered annually a sampling of
4th, 8th, 12th
The NAEP report all the following: Race, grade level, state, schools… except for?
Schools
What is not a benefit of standardized testing?
Pressure from high-stakes tests can undermine productivity
Mr. Huey is concerned that he will have no “teach to the test” and will not have the opportunity present his students with hands on learning experiences. With which drawback of standardized testing is Mr. Huey most concerned?
Standardized testing often reduces the curriculum
Mr. Fairbanks plans the school year using a document that dictates the timing of contact coverage. He is most likely using a?
Pacing guide
What is not a positive way to “teach the test”
Emphasizing particular content and limiting exposure to untested subjects
What is curriculum?
A term for what is students experience in schools
What is formal curriculum?
What teachers are expected to teach, what students are expected to learn
Common core state standards
Initiated by the national governors association and the council of chief state school officers
What is integrated curriculum?
Includes content and skills from a variety of subjects in lessons, weaving them together in meaningful ways
What is culturally responsive curriculum
Purposefully includes contributions and viewpoints from different perspectives
What is art infused curriculum
Purposeful inclusion of music, theater, dance, and visual arts
What is informal curriculum
What teachers teach and what students learn that is not part of a lesson plan
What is extra curriculum
Activities sponsored by the school but outside the limits of formal curriculum
What is null curriculum?
What isn’t taught
What is diagnostic assessment
Pre-testing
What is formative assessment?
A variety of formats that gauge students progress
What is summative assessment
Most often used to gauge students achievement at the end of a unit
What is performance assessment?
Students actually show what they know and can do without paper and pencil test
What is portfolio assessment
Put a variety of assessments together to reflect student learning
What is assessment
Gathering evidence of student learning
What is evaluation
Making judgments about, and assigning values to, the results of assessments
What is a rubric
Makes explicit what is being assessed
What is a holistic rubric
Uses one scale for an entire project
What is TIMSS
International test of math and science
What is the NAEP
The nation’s report card
What are standards?
They define what students should know and be able to do at specific grade levels
Name and briefly describe the three basic categories of assessments
- Diagnostic: assessment of student knowledge and skills before beginning a unit of study
- Formative: ongoing assessment of student progress
- Summative: evaluating student achievement
