EDU450

Question 1

RTI

Answer 1

is a tiered system designed to integrate assessment, research-based instruction, and data-based decision making to improve educational outcomes for all students in both regular and special education classrooms.

Question 2

NRTs

Answer 2

Norm-referenced tests

Question 3

An instructional objective

Answer 3

An instructional objective should be a clear and concise statement of the skill or skills that your students will be expected to perform after a unit of instruction.

Question 4

Performance tests

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Two categories of performance skills are typically identified from such questions:

Answer 5

1. Skills related to acquiring information.

2. Skills related to organizing and using information.

Question 6

Portfolio assessment

Answer 6

is based on the idea that a collection of a learner’s work throughout the year is one of the best ways to show both final achievement and the effort put into getting there.

Question 7

Quantitative item analysis

Answer 7

A numerical method for analyzing test items employing student response alternatives or options.

Question 8

Qualitative item analysis

Answer 8

A non-numerical method for analyzing test items not employing student responses, but considering test objectives, content validity, and technical item quality.

Question 9

Key

Answer 9

Correct option in a multiple-choice item.

Question 10

Distractor

Answer 10

Incorrect option in a multiple-choice item.

Question 11

Difficulty index (p)

Answer 11

The proportion of students who answered the item correctly.

Question 12

Discrimination index (D)

Answer 12

The measure of the extent to which a test item discriminates or differentiates between students who do well on the overall test and those who do not do well on the overall test.

Question 13

What are the three types of discrimination indexes:

Answer 13

1. Positive discrimination index: Those who did well on the overall test chose the correct answer for a particular item more often than those who did poorly on the overall test.
2. Negative discrimination index: Those who did poorly on the overall test chose the correct answer for a particular item more often than those who did well on the overall test.
3. Zero discrimination index: Those who did well and those who did poorly on the overall test chose the correct answer for a particular item with equal frequency.

Question 14

Descriptive statistics

Answer 14

are simply numbers, for example, percentages, numerals, fractions, and decimals.

Question 15

Inferential statistics

Answer 15

are more complicated and are best taught in more advanced courses.