Standards, Assessment, and Accountability
Quiz by Ana Figueroa
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- Q1
What are standards?
Descriptions of desired student learning
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What are policymakers concerned about?
Graduates having the knowledge and skills that will help the United States maintain its competitive edge in the global economy.
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What are business leaders willing to do and not do?
Provide specific job training, but they do not want to teach what they consider the basic skills that all students should have before entering the world of work.
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Which are the various subgroups in schools?
Socioeconomic status, ethnicity, race, first language, disability, migrant status, and gender.
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How are students diverse?
They provide a unique set of background experiences, prior knowledge, and cultural perspectives to learning.
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How do we know an assessment has validity?
The assessment items measure what they are intended to measure.
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How do we know when an assessment is reliable?
The consistency of information about student learning results from repeated use of each assessment item or tasks.
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Why are real-world standards significant?
They set the expectation that students learn the basic skills of reading, writing, and computing that allow them to balance checkbooks, prepare for job interviews, manage their daily lives, and maintain employment.
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What is the purpose of Diagnostic Assessments?
They provide an array of questions and tasks for a student to perform in a specific area, such as reading, writing, mathematics, or motor skills.
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How are Norm-referenced assessments measured?
The individual’s performance is compared with that of a norm group of similar individuals. Often these are referred to as “standardized tests.”
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How are Criterion-referenced assessments measured?
They compare a student’s performance with a specific type of accomplishment or criterion. Capstone assessments are typically developed to assess a milestone accomplishment or to demonstrate how well a person has mastered something.
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