Unknown Vocabulary

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Those properties that provide evidence of validity and reliability within an assessment

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technical adequacy

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how well a test user understands the purpose of an assessment

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test user competency

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significant, systemwide changes that have the potential to undo practices or policies that have been in place for years, decades, or generations

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sea change

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the tendency for teachers to assign higher grades today than in the past for the same performance

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grade inflation

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decisions made about a student’s strengths and weaknesses and the reasons for them

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diagnostic decisions

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the most frequently made decision in the classroom; involves such things as last minute changes in instruction and contemplative referrals for more intense instruction

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instructional decisions

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take into account such factors as test grades and daily class assignments

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grading decisions

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the extent to which a test actually measures the teacher’s instructional objectives or the CCSS

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content validity

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a precise statement of the behavior to be exhibited, the criterion by which mastery is to be judged, and a statement of the conditions under which the behavior must be demonstrated

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behavioral objective

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no specific behavioral objective stated, no specific criterion; is usually an experience or educational activity to be undertaken

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expressive objective

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technique of test planning that helps ensure that objectives and test items are written at different difficulty levels and that some of them require higher-thinking skills; also called a table of specifications

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test blueprint

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test question without faults such as grammatical hints, redundancies, wordiness, clarity issues, etc.

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fault-free objective test item

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essay question in which the student determines the length and complexity of the answer

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extended response essay question

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essay question in which a specific problem is given for the student to consider and respond to appropriately for a specified length of time or certain number of pages

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restricted response essay question

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uses a checklist to score given task: yes/no, present/absent, o pt/1 pt. Typically used to score complex behaviors or performances

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primary trait scoring

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used when rater is more interested in estimating the overall quality of task and assigning a numerical value to the effort than assigning points for addition or omission of specific aspects. Typically used for extended essays, term papers, and some artistic performances

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holistic scoring

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incorrect option in a multiple-choice item

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distractor

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reflects how difficult a test item is: formula for determining is P= (Total # students selecting correct answer) /( Total # students attempting item)

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difficulty index

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measures the extent to which a test item discriminates between students who do well on it versus those who do not: formula for finding D=[(# students in upper half that got item right)-(# students in lower half that got item right)] /# of students in largest group

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discrimination index

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the difference between the lowest score and the highest score

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range

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the estimate of variability that accompanies the mean in describing a distribution; S D = √ (Σ x 2 N)

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standard deviation