Chapter Nine

Question 1

Performance Test

Answer 1

best assess independent judgment, critical thinking, and decision making skills

Question 2

Performance Testing

Answer 2

use direct measures of learning rather than indirect measures that simply suggest cognitive, affective, or psychomotor processes have taken place

Question 3

Performance test allow teachers to

Answer 3

observe achievements, mental habits, ways of working, and behaviors of value in the real world

Question 4

checklist

Answer 4

measures performance test with yes or no questions

Question 5

rating scales

Answer 5

judging elements of the skill or assignment

Question 6

ease of construction

Answer 6

the time involved in generating a comprehensive list of the important aspects of successful/unsuccessful performance

Question 7

scoring efficency

Answer 7

refers to the amount of time required to score various aspects of the performance and sum the overall scores

Question 8

Reliability

Answer 8

refers to the likelihood of two raters independently coming up with the same score on two separate occasions

Question 9

defensibility

Answer 9

refers to the ease with which you can explain your score to a student or parent who challenges it

Question 10

quality of feedback

Answer 10

refers to the amount of information that the scoring system gives to learners or parents concerning strengths and weaknesses of the learners performance

Question 11

most common forms of test constraints

Answer 11

time, reference/resource material, other people, equipment, prior knowledge of the task, scoring criteria