Chapter 8

Evaluation differs from measurement in that evaluation

• involves the collection of data; measurement involves the planning of evaluation.

• involves making a formal judgment; measurement involves making an informal judgment.

• involves making a judgment; measurement provides data for making a judgment.

• is competitive assessment; measurement is noncompetitive.

Which of the following might be used for an assessment of pupils' strengths and weaknesses?

• Personal contact.

• Tests.

• Analyses of written work.

• All of these.

Questionnaires

• call on students to examine themselves and react to a series of statements.

• gather information about physical kinds of learner behavior.

• are open-ended questions that require a student response.

• consist of a specific set of characteristics or qualities that are arranged in order of quality.

Performance assessment differs from traditional paper-and-pencil assessment in that

• students must verbally state their answers when performance assessment is used.

• students assist in the construction of test items with performance assessment.

• students must create answers or products that demonstrate their acquisition of knowledge or skill when performance assessment is used.

• there are no judgments to be made when performance assessment is used.

Sometimes Mary gets very high scores on intelligence tests. Sometimes her scores are very low. Also, from time to time, she gets an average score for someone in her age group. In Mary's case, the tests are best described as

• both reliable and valid.

• reliable, but not valid.

• not reliable, but valid.

• neither reliable nor valid.

Which of the following describes a major benefit of using portfolios as tools for assessment?

• Simplicity of establishing criteria and assigning grades

• Opportunity to evaluate students' improvement

• Ease of comparing one student's work with another student's work

• Ability to treat skills in isolated contexts

Which of the following statements about tests is most accurate?

• A test that measures what it claims to measure is deemed valid.

• A test that produces consistent scores for persons who take it more than once over a period of time is said to be reliable.

• Factors such as student guessing, scoring mistakes by teachers, and a student's feeling of well-being can contribute adversely to a test's reliability.

• All of the above statements are equally accurate.

Which of the following is NOT one of the major purposes of a teacher's classroom assessment system?

• To provide corrective feedback to students

• To evaluate student achievement

• To assess a student's nature intelligence

• To diagnose a student's prior knowledge

Which of the following is a strength of using portfolios for student assessment?

• Portfolios show growth over time.

• Portfolios demonstrate current abilities.

• Portfolios involve students in reflecting on their work.

• All of the above.