Question 1

What are the sources of human judgments to improve teacher's assessments?

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self, colleagues, students

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colleagues, students, district

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self, colleagues, textbook

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students, textbook, curriculum

Question 2

Judgement by students is helpful in finding problems with directions.

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true

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false

Question 3

The item difficulty index explains:

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the % of students who got the item correct.

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the number of students who took the test.

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whether high scorers outperformed low scorers.

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the difference in high and low groups.

Question 4

A positive discriminating test item

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is preferred over a negatively discriminating item.

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occurs when low scorers outperform high scorers.

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accounts for item difficulty.

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reveals test bias.

Question 5

Distractor items are important to determine an item's reliability.

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false

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true

Question 6

Formative assessment can occur during learning.

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true

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false

Question 7

The type of observational assessment that can only determine whether a student "has" or "has not" met an objective is a:

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<P>checklist</P>

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holistic rubric

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analytic rubric

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rating scale

Question 8

A learning progression in formative assessment contains:

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higher-order aims and lower-order aims.

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only lower-order aims.

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higher-order aims only.

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collaborative and group activities.

Question 9

Which one is considered a challenge of observational assessments?

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It is difficult to assess all students all of the time.

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Checklists cannot be used for all students.

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Teachers cannot combine checklists and rubrics.

Question 10

If an item reveals that the point biserial index is .25, what should you do?

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Keep the item.

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Throw out the item.

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Examine the item.

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Ask for feedback on the item.

Question 11

Looking at Question 1, what can you conclude?

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This was a relatively easy item.

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The standard deviation shows students responses were very spread out.

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The discrimination index shows that the item is a good item.

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The point biserial index indicates that this is a poor item.

Question 12

Looking at Question 8, what can you conclude?

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The discrimination index shows that the item is a very good item.

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This was a relatively easy item.

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The standard deviation shows students responses were clustered.

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The point biserial index indicates that this is a poor item.

Question 13

The purpose of distractor items is:

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to ensure validity of the item.

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to trick students from choosing the correct response.

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to distract students from their friends.

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to increase the item discrimination.

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