Principles of High Quality Assessment

Ms. Ortega tasked her students to show how to play basketball. What learning target is she assessing?

• Knowledge

• Reasoning

• Skills

• Products

What principle of high quality assessment is being described below?

When assessing learning, the information obtained should be worth the resources and time required to obtain it.

• Validity

• Fairness

• Practicality and Efficiency

• Appropriateness of Assessment Method

Mr. Ravelas made an essay test for the objective "Identify the planets in the solar system". Was the assessment method used the most appropriate for the given objective? Why?

• Yes, because essay test is easier to construct than objective test.

• Yes, because essay test can measure any type of objective.

• No, he should have conducted oral questioning.

• No, he should have prepared an objective test.

The students of Mrs. Valino are very noisy. To keep them busy, they were given any test available in the classroom and then the results were graded as a way to punish them. Which statement best explains if the practice is acceptable or not?

• The practice is acceptable because the students behaved well when they were given a test.

• The practice is not acceptable because it violates the principle of reliability.

• The practice is not acceptable because it violates the principle of validity.

• The practice is acceptable since the test results are graded.

Mr. Cidro wants to test students' knowledge of the different places in the Philippines, their capital and their products and so he gave his students an essay test. If you were the teacher, will you do the same?

• No, the giving of an objective test is more appropriate than the use of essay.

• No, such method of assessment is inappropriate because essay is difficult.

• Yes, essay test could measure more than what other tests could measure.

• Yes, essay test is the best in measuring any type of knowledge.