Education tests

Question 1

Tests before instruction

Answer 1

Placement test, pre-tests (are students ready to learn this material?…)

Question 2

Testing during Instruction

Answer 2

Formative assessment and diagnostic assessment

Question 3

what is formative assessment for?

Answer 3

What are students learning and not learning? Teacher and students can adapt based on results

Question 4

what is diagnostic assessment for?

Answer 4

assessing an individual (not a class), Checking for learning disabilities or other learning problems, VERY thorough and specific – usually done by a psychologist.

Question 5

Tests at the end of Instruction

Answer 5

Summative assessment (Have students mastered the material? What grade does each deserve?)

Question 6

Benefits of testing students

Answer 6

tests increase motivation, improve retention and transfer of learning, help students self-assess, and they give information about teaching effectiveness

Question 7

Achievement tests

Answer 7

Specifically focused on acquired skills or information (what have you accomplished), often combined into test batteries, can be broad or specific

Question 8

Approaches to achievement testing

Answer 8

norm-referenced, criterion reference, or authentic assessment

Question 9

authentic assessment

Answer 9

assessment based on a complex behavior (Can the student apply knowledge in a real-world setting?)
ex: Portfolio, essays, oral reports, dioramas

Question 10

advantages to authentic assessment

Answer 10

• Does capture real behavior.
• Less anxiety-provoking for many
  students.

Question 11

Disadvantages to authentic assessment

Answer 11

• Seldom have well-defined
  scoring criteria.
• Reliability & validity unknown –
  very subjective.
• Hard to administer on a large
  scale!

Question 12

Aptitude test

Answer 12

used to predict future learning

Question 13

Example of educational test

Answer 13

GRE

Question 14

You are a teacher. Halfway through the semester, you give your class a midterm. You give the results to the students to help them figure out areas of weakness to focus on for the final, and also you look for trends of harder topics to cover again in the back half of the class. What type of assessment have you given?
A. Placement Test
B. Diagnostic Test
C. Formative Assessment
D. Summative Assessment

Answer 14

C: formative = during the process

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of testing students?
A. Tests increase motivation
B. Tests improve retention and transfer of knowledge
C. Tests help students assess their own learning
D. Tests ensure standardized teaching practices across classrooms

Answer 15

D

Question 16

You complete an achievement test which asked you to present your 3 most significant essays from college for evaluation of your overall writing proficiency during your past time in college. What test have you taken?
A. A norm-referenced test
B. A criterion-referenced test
C. An authentic assessment
D. An aptitude assessment

Answer 16

C - authentic assessment: Portfolios: multiple samples of a student’s work completed over a specific period.