Test One Flashcards
Chapters 1-3 Vocabulary Definitions
Educational assessment
attempt to determine students’ status with respect to educational variables of interest
Variables
things that vary
Formative assessment
used to improve instruction
Summative assessment
end of the unit or year
High stakes tests
test with important consequences that ride on results
Behavioral objective
Audience, Behavior, Criteria, Degree
Cognitive assessment
students’ intellect
Affective assessment
students’ attitudes, interests, values
Psychomotor assessment
gross and fine motor skills
Content standard
knowledge/skills educators want students to learn
Performance standard
desired level of proficiency at which a content standard is mastered
NAEP
National Assessment of Educational Progress
Assessment blueprint
two way tables, one representing curricular aims for assessment, the other is levels of cognitive functioning being sought
Norm-referenced test
student performance in relation to other students
Criterion-referenced test
absolute interpretation, hinged on extent to which criterion (represented by test) is actually mastered
Selected response
T/F, multiple choice –students choose from pre-determined answers
Constructed response
essays, projects –students constructed own answer from background knowledge
Reliability
= consistency
Stability (test-retest)
consistency of results among different testing occasions
Alternate form
consistency of results among two or more different forms of a test
Internal consistency
consistency in a way an assessment instrument’s items function
Correlation coefficient
reflects degree of similarity between scores on multiple tests
Classification consistency
same test given on two occasions to determine % of consistent students. Decide which can be exempt from extra test on a certain topic
Alternate form reliability
if two or more allegedly equivalent test forms are equivalent
Internal consistency reliability
extent to which the items function in a consistent fashion
Homogeneously
the same
Standard Error of Measurement
the consistency of a particular person’s performance
Dichotomous
test items scored right or wrong
Polytomous
test items that yield multiple scores
Kuder-Richardson
test containing items on which a student can be right or wrong
Conbach’s coefficient alpha
test containing items on which students can be given different numbers of points
