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Chapter 4 Flashcards

1
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What can curriculum generally be defined as?

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Everything that students experience in school.

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What is formal curriculum

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What is explicitly taught, such as the teachers goals in English or Math classes

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What are the four kinds of curricula?

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Null, formal, informal, extracurricular

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4
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Content standards are best described as

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What student should know and be able to do at specific grade levels

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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?

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Null curriculum

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The common core state standards were organized by the?

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NGA and CCSSO

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7
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Does the constitution specifically address education

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No

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The type of standardized assessment that indicates levels of student mastery of a subject is referred to as?

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Criterion referenced

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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?

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Diagnostic

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Effective monitoring a student progress during an instructional unit is an important component of which type of assessment?

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Formative

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What is a good example of a summative assessment

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A social studies post test

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What is a good example of a forced-choice form of an assessment?

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A matching exam

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13
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What is not a good reason for teachers to use a rubric

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Rubrics provide less paperwork and require less effort for teachers

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Which type of rubric uses a single scale for an entire project?

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Holistic rubric

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An assessment that measures what it is intended to measure is

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Valid

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Mrs. Jackson uses grades as a way to inform parents about student achievement. This an example of which purpose of grading?

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Communication

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17
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What best describes administrative reasons for grading

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Promotion, graduation, honors, eligibility

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18
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What are three purposes of the TIMSS

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  1. Provides achievement data to show trends in performance over time
  2. Fosters public accountability
  3. Allows achieving comparisons among countries
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What grade level is NAEP administered annually a sampling of

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4th, 8th, 12th

20
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The NAEP report all the following: Race, grade level, state, schools… except for?

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Schools

21
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What is not a benefit of standardized testing?

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Pressure from high-stakes tests can undermine productivity

22
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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?

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Standardized testing often reduces the curriculum

23
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Mr. Fairbanks plans the school year using a document that dictates the timing of contact coverage. He is most likely using a?

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Pacing guide

24
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What is not a positive way to “teach the test”

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Emphasizing particular content and limiting exposure to untested subjects

25
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What is curriculum?

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A term for what is students experience in schools

26
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What is formal curriculum?

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What teachers are expected to teach, what students are expected to learn

27
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Common core state standards

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Initiated by the national governors association and the council of chief state school officers

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What is integrated curriculum?

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Includes content and skills from a variety of subjects in lessons, weaving them together in meaningful ways

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What is culturally responsive curriculum

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Purposefully includes contributions and viewpoints from different perspectives

30
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What is art infused curriculum

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Purposeful inclusion of music, theater, dance, and visual arts

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What is informal curriculum

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What teachers teach and what students learn that is not part of a lesson plan

32
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What is extra curriculum

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Activities sponsored by the school but outside the limits of formal curriculum

33
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What is null curriculum?

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What isn’t taught

34
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What is diagnostic assessment

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Pre-testing

35
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What is formative assessment?

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A variety of formats that gauge students progress

36
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What is summative assessment

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Most often used to gauge students achievement at the end of a unit

37
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What is performance assessment?

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Students actually show what they know and can do without paper and pencil test

38
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What is portfolio assessment

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Put a variety of assessments together to reflect student learning

39
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What is assessment

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Gathering evidence of student learning

40
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What is evaluation

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Making judgments about, and assigning values to, the results of assessments

41
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What is a rubric

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Makes explicit what is being assessed

42
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What is a holistic rubric

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Uses one scale for an entire project

43
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What is TIMSS

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International test of math and science

44
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What is the NAEP

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The nation’s report card

45
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What are standards?

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They define what students should know and be able to do at specific grade levels

46
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Name and briefly describe the three basic categories of assessments

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  • Diagnostic: assessment of student knowledge and skills before beginning a unit of study
  • Formative: ongoing assessment of student progress
  • Summative: evaluating student achievement

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