Educational assessment and evaluation questions.

What is the main goal of polling your class with a formative multiple choice questions?

1. To assess how students are interpreting the concepts presented and reconciling them with existing information
2. To identify the weakest students for extra help from helpers
3. To measure the fraction of the class who understand the lesson before moving on
4. To inform the most effective way of continuing the lesson

For a test designed for classroom use , which represents an advantage of using true-false over using multiple-choice items?

1. True-false items achieve acceptable levels of reliability
2. True-false items are easier to write
3. True-false items reduce the chances of guessing by the examinee
4. True-false items are applicable to a wider range of subject areas

What is the name of students` behavior to read and concentrate only in the areas of the curriculum where questions mostly emerge and leave other areas?

1. Question Spotting
2. Curriculum leakage
3. Question evasion
4. Question elimination

Which among the following entail a process of obtaining numerical description of the degree of which an individual possesses a particular characteristic or attribute?

1. Testing
2. Measurement
3. Assessment
4. Evaluation

Which of the following statements about tests is most accurate?

1. A test that measures what it claims to measure is deemed reliable
2. A test that produces consistent scores for persons who take it more than once over a period of time is said to be valid.
3. Factors such as student guessing , scoring mistakes by teachers , and a student`s feeling of well-being can contribute adversely to a test`s reliability
4. All of the the above statements are equally accurate

Which of the following is NOT one of the major purposes of a teacher`s classroom assessment system?

1. To provide corrective feedback to students
2. To diagnose a student`s prior knowledge
3. To evaluate student achievement
4. To assess a student`s native intelligence

Which of the following provides the best description of a norm-referenced grading approach?

1. All students can receive C grades
2. A student`s grade depends on how other students performed
3. Any student who exceeded the standard got an A
4. Grades were based on a departmental examination
5. A teacher does not know about how many students will receive each grade

Which of the following is the best description of a criterion-referenced grading approach?

1. Grades were based on pre-established standards of content mastery
2. A student`s grade depended on how other students performed
3. The tests on which the grades were based had high reliability
4. The grades were based on a departmental examination
5. The teacher knew approximately how many students would receive each grade

Which of the following produces the LEAST amount of subjectivity when figuring a student`s grade?

1. Student ability
2. Student achievement
3. Student improvement
4. Student needs

Which of the following statements about norm-referenced  grading is true?

1. Norm-referenced grading poses a lesser threat to the top students in the class
2. Norm-referenced grading poses a lesser threat to the lowest students in the class
3. Norm-referenced grading motivates students who score near the bottom of the class
4. Norm-referenced grading awards student cooperation and diminishes competition