Assessment that is intended to inform day to day instructional decision-making in the classroom is referred to as:

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curriculum-based assessment.

formative assessment.

performance assessment.

summative assessment.

Flag question: Question 2Question 24 pts

Test misuse and abuse are most likely to occur whenever:

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assessment rather than testing is used.

"high-stakes" decisions are made based in part on test results.

standardized instead of teacher-made tests are used.

test users are unaware of the factors that influence test scores.

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Which of the following statement is true about the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and state high-stakes testing programs?

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Academic proficiency criteria for states are set under NCLB.

NCLB requires states to report high-stakes testing results separately for specific groups of students, such as minorities, economically advantaged, et.

NCLB requires states to use their high-stakes testing programs to make decisions about promotion, retention, and financial incentives or penalties for school staff.

State high-stakes testing programs were created by NCLB.

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To prevent states from violating federal law after the 2013-2014 school year; in return, states were required to:

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focus academic improvement efforts on thelowest performing 15% of schools

emphasize attain of college and career readiness standards

develop teacher evaluation plans based in part on student test performance

All of the above

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Universal screening is intended to:

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assess all students to identify those at educational risk.

be used to ensure that all students profit from Tier 3 instruction.

ensure that the use of screening measures is not discriminatory.

require the screening of interventions to be sure they are research-based.

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Progress monitoring involves the use of:

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frequent, brief assessments to monitor student responsiveness to instruction.

high-stakes tests to monitor student responsiveness to instruction.

the system-wide use of both summative and formative assessments.

universal screening to assess responsiveness to scientific instruction.

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According to the text, one of the challenges facing RTI is the lack of:

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appropriate summative assessment instruments.

culturally responsive measures and research-based interventions.

interest in implementation at the federal level.

norm-referenced trend lines for elementary age students.

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The main purpose of testing in education is to:

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assign student grades.

encourage students to study.

help determine the best types of curricula.

provide objective achievement data.

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A teacher has a new foreign student and wishes to obtain an estimate of the student's math skills. What kind of test should be used?

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Non-verbal

Objective

Subjective

Verbal

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Which of the following is a disadvantage of expressive objectives?

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They are difficult to evaluate objectively.

They describe educational encounters.

They encourage heterogeneous responses.

They specify observable behaviors.

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A well designed criterion-referenced test:

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depends on a predetermined standard associated with a educational objective.

compares a pupil's performance with that of other pupils.

has different content but the same purpose as a norm-referenced test.

yields little information about mastery levels.

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The term to describe the extent to which test items match a teacher's instructional objective is:

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content validity

funneling

three-stage model

none of these

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The essential difference between the knowledge level and the comprehension level of Bloom's Taxonomy is that at the knowledge level one is asked to

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apply information, but at the comprehension level one is asked to understand it.

generate information, but at the comprehension level one is asked to recall it.

interpolate information, but at the comprehension level one is asked to recognize it.

recognize information, but at the comprehension level one is asked to interpret it.