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Another term we could use for the norm group is the ______.


A) respondents
B) testing participants
C) comparison group
D) test taker group

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Which one of the following is TRUE about authentic assessment?


A) It is most valuable for measuring application of learning.
B) It is a norm-referenced test.
C) It is more reliable than criterion-referenced and norm-referenced tests.
D) It often includes more than one measure of performance.

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Explain why educational professionals are test users and why it is so important for most educators to follow professional practice standards. Include discussion of when it might be difficult to follow all professional practice standards.

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Professor Washington asks the students in his class to take a short quiz at the end of every 2-week period during the semester. He assures the students that the quiz results are for him to better understand what they are and are not learning--not for grading purposes. He is using the test results as what type of assessment?


A) diagnostic
B) formative
C) placement
D) summative

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What type of decisions are specialists in educational settings making when they use the results of psychological tests to ensure students are registered for the most appropriate math course?


A) grading
B) diagnostic
C) placement
D) program and curriculum

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If we use a test to determine what information students are and are not learning during the instructional process, we are conducting a ______.


A) diagnostic assessment
B) formative assessment
C) placement assessment
D) summative assessment

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What type of tests allows us to say things like "John scored better than or equal to 40% of college-bound seniors?"


A) population-referenced
B) norm-referenced
C) criterion-referenced
D) sample-referenced

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When is it appropriate for teachers and professors to use summative assessments?


A) at the beginning of the school year or semester
B) at specific intervals during the school year or semester
C) any time during the school year or semester
D) upon concluding the school year or semester

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What are tests we use to determine whether students have mastered the learning objectives for a course and to determine what grade each student has earned?


A) diagnostic assessments
B) formative assessments
C) placement assessments
D) summative assessments

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Twyla's score report for the SAT included an interpretation of her performance using percentiles. Which one of the following types of tests did she take?


A) norm-referenced
B) criterion-referenced
C) formative assessment
D) diagnostic assessment

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According to your textbook, what popular assessment tool is used as an alternative for making admission selection decisions and evaluating performance and potential?


A) traditional interviews
B) video assessments
C) portfolios
D) group interviews

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Mariana takes a test 4 times a year to understand the learning objectives she has mastered. Which one of the following types of tests is Mariana taking?


A) criterion-referenced
B) norm-referenced
C) diagnostic referenced
D) objective referenced

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What type of decisions are classroom teachers in educational settings making when they use the results of psychological tests to understand student strengths and difficulties?


A) instructional
B) diagnostic
C) grading
D) placement

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What type of tests allows us to say things like "Salina learned 80% of the material she must know to demonstrate proficiency in math?"


A) population-referenced
B) norm-referenced
C) criterion-referenced
D) sample-referenced

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Which one of the following is TRUE about traditional assessments?


A) They focus more on performing a task than authentic assessment.
B) They are more real life than authentic assessment.
C) They are more teacher-structured than authentic assessment.
D) They are more focused on application than authentic assessment.

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Whereas ______ tests measure broad knowledge and skills that come from academic textbooks and teacher syllabi and that are based on the judgments of curriculum subject matter experts, ______ tests measure narrow knowledge and skills taught in a specific educational curriculum or unit of instruction as defined by specific instructional objectives.


A) norm-referenced; portfolio
B) portfolio; criterion-referenced
C) norm-referenced; criterion-referenced
D) criterion-referenced; norm-referenced

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Who is most likely to use psychological tests in an educational setting to make program and curriculum decisions?


A) administrators at the school level
B) administrators at the state level
C) administrators at the district level
D) administrators at the national level

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According to your textbook, which one of the following would be least likely to have scoring key or scoring guidelines?


A) a portfolio
B) an authentic assessment
C) an essay question
D) a classroom test

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What are criterion-referenced tests?


A) tests with evidence of validity based on relations with other variables
B) tests where scores are interpreted by comparing a score with an objectively stated standard of achievement
C) tests where scores are interpreted by comparing a score with a large group of test takers
D) tests that distinguish between high and low achievers

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When do teachers and professors use formative assessments?


A) during the first week of the class
B) at the end of the class
C) sometime after the class is finished
D) anytime while the class is in session

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