Standardized Testing

A standardized test is

• an assessment aligned to standards.

• an assessment sold by the government.

• an assessment designed to be administered, scored, and interpreted in a consistent way across many classrooms and schools.

• an assessment designed to be administered, scored, and interpreted in a consistent way across states in the country.

Which of the following is NOT a purpose of Standardized Tests?

• To compare the objectives of the curriculum to student achievement.

• To compare the performances of local students to students nationwide.

• To provide developmental information about students' achievement over time.

• To identify areas of students' strengths and weaknesses.

Which of the following are the first three steps, in order, in making a standardized test?

• 1.) Write out test items. 2.) State educational objectives. 3.) Try out test items on a national sample.

• 1.) State educational objectives. 2.) Write test items. 3.) Try out test items on a national sample.

• 1.) Develop test norms. 2.)Sell test for school use. 3.) Try out test items on a national sample.

• 1.) Write out test items. 2.) Try out test items on a national sample. 3.) State educational objectives.

Which of the following are the 4 criterion used to judge adequacy of test norms?

• Sample Size

• Validity

• Representativeness

• Description of Procedures

• Recentness

Which of the following is not a type of Standardized Test Score?

• Raw Score

• Percentile Rank

• Stanine

• Developmental Quotient

What is a norm-referenced test?

• Compares the results from the current curriculum to the previous year.

• Test scores that compare students’ grades within the class in the same year.

• Compares the performances of local students to students nationwide.

• Final scores that determine whether the student is eligible to move on to the next grade.

Which is of the following is NOT a criterion used to judge adequacy of test norms?

• Sample size

• Description of procedures

• Representativeness

• Test length

True or False: Standardized tests do not identify areas of students’ strengths and weaknesses; they are more designed for school district administrations to focus on updating their curriculum.

• Ture

• False

True or False: Test norms are developed before administration of the final version.

• True

• False

True or False: The most commonly used scoring for standardized testing is stanine scoring.

• True

• False