Vocabulary

Question 1

Validity

Answer 1

Does the test measure what it is supposed to measure?

Question 2

Objective Tests

Answer 2

Tests that can be scored consistently and objectively. These usually include multiple choice, true/false, and matching formats.

Question 3

Norm-Referenced Tests

Answer 3

Standardized tests developed by commercial test publishers or some state education agencies. They are used to compare the current performance of students to performance of students who took the same test in the past.

Question 4

Range

Answer 4

The range is determined by subtracting the lowest score from the highest score.

Question 5

Cognitive Domain

Answer 5

How we acquire, process, and use knowledge.
Bloom's Taxonomy: 
Create
Evaluate
Analyze
Apply
Understand
Remember

Question 6

Affective Domain

Answer 6

Attitudes, thoughts, or feelings that we have about something; part of Bloom's Taxonomy:
Characterizing
Organizing
Valuing
Responding
Receiving/Attending

Question 7

Psychomotor Domain

Answer 7

Physical movement, coordination, and the use of motot skills areas; part of Bloom's Taxonomy:
Naturalization
Articulation
Precision
Manipulation
Imitation

Question 8

Criterion Referenced Tests

Answer 8

Tests designed to measure a student’s academic performance against some standard or criteria.
Most tests and quizes made by teachers are criterion referenced tests.

Question 9

Interim/Benchmark Assessments

Answer 9

Tests administered at different intervals during the school year to check students’ grasp on content and guide future instruction. They usually fall between formative and summative assessments during the school year.

Question 10

Formative Assessments

Answer 10

Tests that provide feedback to improve teaching and learning.
These monitor progress and improve learning.
Evaluation during learning and monitor the learning process. Examples:
Exit Tickets
One Minute Papers
Drawing a Map to Represent Understanding

Question 11

Summative Assessments

Answer 11

Tests at the end of units that allows a teacher to measure a student’s understanding. These often have high points value. Examples:
Midterm Project
Paper
Final Project

Question 12

Performance Based Assessments

Answer 12

Measures a student’s ability to apply skills and knowledge learned from a unit or units of study. These usually involve a higher-order thinking to create a product or complete a process.

Question 13

Instructional Objectives

Answer 13

A statement that specifies exactly what is supposed to be learned.

Question 14

Behavioral Objective

Answer 14

A behavioral objective is a learning outcome stated in measurable terms, which gives direction to the learner’s experience and becomes the basis for students’ evaluation.

Question 15

Objective Items

Answer 15

These include multiple-choice, true-false, matching and completion.

Question 16

Curriculum-Based Assessments

Answer 16

An evaluation process that makes use of academic content selected directly from the material taught.

Question 17

Standard Deviation

Answer 17

Used to establish a scale for determining the significance of differences between scores. The differences are used to determine whether scores are average or above or below average. This is most commonly used in norm-referenced assessments (standardized tests).

Question 18

Range

Answer 18

The difference between the largest and the smallest values.

Question 19

Measures of Central Tendency

Answer 19

Typical value for a probability distribution.

The most common measures of central tendency are mean, median, and mode.

Question 20

Normal Distribution

Answer 20

(Also known as bell curve) An arrangement of a data set in which most values cluster in the middle of the range and the rest taper off symmetrically toward either extreme. The peak is always in the middle and the curve is always symmetrical.