Excercises from Ch. 1

Question 1

Pressures for accountability have resulted in increased school testing (T/F)

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The rapid growth of minimum-competency testing requirements in the 1970s and early 1980s was stimulated by widely-help beliefs that high school graduates often lacked essential skill (T/F)

Answer 2

True

Question 3

There is public support for the use of test results to compare schools (T/F)

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Concerns that accountability leads to teaching to the test have contributed to calls for increased reliance on performance-based assessments.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Content standards specify the minimum score required to pass a test.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Define content standards

Answer 6

Specify “what the student needs to learn”

Question 7

Define performance standards

Answer 7

Specify “how well” something is accomplished

Question 8

The belief that testing and assessment shapes instruction has led to increased emphasis on performance assessments (agree or disagree)

Answer 8

Agree

Question 9

Authentic assessment is routinely achieved by the introduction of performance standards (agree or disagree)

Answer 9

Disagree

Question 10

Many proponents of performance assessments accept the idea that “what you test is what you get” (agree or disagree)

Answer 10

Agree

Question 11

Tasks requiring extended responses have been the target of most criticisms of testing and assessment (agree or disagree)

Answer 11

Disagree

Question 12

Anything that can be measured by a performance assessment task could also be measured by a multiple-choice test (agree or disagree)

Answer 12

Disagree

Question 13

Advantages of performance based tasks

Answer 13

Demand more than simple memorization. Help the teacher decide if they are actually learning opposed to making the correct guess on a multiple choice test

Question 14

Disadvantages of performance based tasks

Answer 14

They aren’t able to test as much material as well as the performance based tests are more time consuming.

Question 15

The National Assessment of Educational Progress enables schools to compare the performance of their students to the nation as a whole (True/False)

Answer 15

False

Question 16

NAEP provides a means of monitoring trends in the achievement of student over 25 years (T/F)

Answer 16

True

Question 17

In addition to national results, NAEP now provides results for state-by-state comparisons on a voluntary basis (T/F)

Answer 17

True

Question 18

NAEP collects achievement data for students by both age and grade level (T/F)

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Comparisons of nations based on international assessments are as trustworthy as comparisons of regions of the country based on NAEP (T/F)

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Comparability of results in an international assessments is assured by translating assessments to the languages spoken in different countries (T/F)

Answer 20

False

Question 21

Briefly describe the actions of federal government that are likely to influence testing and assessment in the future

Answer 21

Will help lead schools to become technologically advanced - will help students access to use problem solving activities

Question 22

Computers are especially useful for adaptive testing (Agree/Disagree)

Answer 22

A

Question 23

Computer-administered simulations of problems enable the measurement of complex skills not readily measured by paper and pencil tests (Agree/Disagree)

Answer 23

A

Question 24

Despite concerns about the quality of school programs, there has been a demand for :LESS testing and assessment (Agree/Disagree)

Answer 24

D

Question 25

Computerized adaptive tests increase efficiency by reducing the number of items that need to be administered to achieve reliable measurement for a given test taker (Agree/Disagree)

Answer 25

D

Question 26

The focus on the consequences of testing and assessment has decreased in recent years (Agree/Disagree)

Answer 26

D

Question 27

The computer provides the potential to present simulations that can measure the process that students use to solve problems (Agree/Disagree)

Answer 27

A

Question 28

Advantages of expanded use of computer based programs

Answer 28

Allows for tests to be changed depending on the type of student that you are trying to test

Question 29

Dis - Advantages of expanded use of computer based programs

Answer 29

Any change in schools, especially those on the more technological side have the downfall of increased cost

Question 30

Many of the criticisms if testing are the result of misinterpretation and misuse of test and scores (Disagree/Agrees)

Answer 30

A

Question 31

A common misinterpretation of scores on tests and assessments is to assume they measure more than they do (Disagree/Agrees)

Answer 31

A

Question 32

Testing does NOT have any desirable effects on students (Disagree/Agrees)

Answer 32

D

Question 33

If a particular group receives lower scores on a test, it means the tests is biased against member of that group (Disagree/Agrees)

Answer 33

D

Question 34

It is good practice to post scores on a test, it means the test is biased against member of that group (Disagree/Agrees)

Answer 34

D

Question 35

Test anxiety may lower the performance of some students (Disagree/Agrees)

Answer 35

A

Question 36

Advantages of legal requirements

Answer 36

The advantage is that everyone involved in the education of that child has easy access to view whether or not they’re struggling

Question 37

Dis-Advantages of legal requirements