Psych: Chapter 15 Quiz

Ms. Beloit wants to describe her students' performance on a classroom achievement test in a way that her students can understand, so she scores it in terms of the percentage of correct items. Which type of score is Ms. Beloit using?

• a norm-referenced score

• a percentile rank

• a true score

• a raw score

When we say that an assessment instrument has norms, we mean that it:

• can be interpreted with reference to others who have taken the assessment.

• has a manual that provides information about reliability and validity.

• has cutoffs regarding what is acceptable performance.

• has a distribution of test scores that fit a bell curve.

You receive the standardized test scores for Muhammed and learn that he has gotten a percentile rank of 75 on the geography subtest. You should conclude that Muhammed:

• performed better than 75% of the students at all grade levels who took the test

• performed better than 75% of the students at his grade level who took the test

• answered 75% of the questions on the subtest correctly

• responded to only 75% of the questions on the subtest

Which one of the following statements best describes how a standard score is derived?

• by identifying the grade level to which the student's test performance is most similar.

• by counting the total number of points the student has earned on all test items.

• by determining how far from average the student's raw score is in terms of standard deviation units

• by finding out how many students at the same age or grade level obtained lower scores.

Greg took the district-wide achievement test and got a stanine score of 9. Which one of the following is closest to Greg's percentile rank?

• 14

• 16

• 84

• 98

If you implemented a mastery learning program in your classroom, the most appropriate types of test scores to use when assessing students' achievement would be:

• norm-referenced scores

• criterion-referenced scores

• raw scores

• subjective scores

For which one of the following classes would it be most helpful to create an electronic portfolio rather than a paper portfolio?

• a middle school geography class

• a middle school math class

• a high school debating class

• a high school creative writing class

With the major use of the following questions is more likely to be found on a scholastic aptitude test than on an achievement test?

• What's missing in this picture of a chair?

• Of what two elements does water consist?

• How is the circumference of a circle calculated?

• What significant historical event happened at Waterloo, Belgium, in 1850?

Which one of the following is an example of accountability as educators most often use the term?

• Making teachers' future salaries contingent on their students' standardized test scores

• Asking test publishers to justify the specific items they include on their standardized achievement tests

• Reporting standardized test results only within the context of information about the amount of error that might be affecting each test score

• Making sure that a standardized achievement test is a good reflection of the local school curriculum

Which one of the following is probably the best alternative to high-stakes testing?

• convincing lawmakers that standardized tests are essentially useless

• using only performance assessments when making important decisions

• using teacher-developed assessments that have reasonably high reliability

• using multiple measures whenever important decisions are to be made