Classroom Measurement

Scores from large scale examinations are used by education ministries for different purposes. Which of the following describes one purpose of large scale assessment to the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information in Jamaica?

• Evaluating of individual student’s needs

• Evaluating individual teacher’s instruction

• Evaluating the National Standards Curriculum

• Evaluating decisions about appointment of new teachers

The Grade 4 Literacy and Numeracy tests are part of the group of large scale examinations administered by the Ministry of Education. Which of the following describes their purpose?

• Evaluating readiness for PEP

• Identifying the need for school support

• Deciding Grade 5 placement of students

• Determining how much learning has taken place

Which of the following is an example of testing for summative purposes at a teachers’ college? Determining:

• students’ aptitude for the subjects they want to specialize in

• strategies to employ to close students’ knowledge gaps

• students’ readiness for practising as a teacher

• support needs for incoming students

Which of the items is the most difficult?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Which of the following items has an incorrect discrimination index?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

When an item discrimination is a negative number, which of the following does it signify?

• Mostly the lower performing students got it right

• Mostly the stronger performing students got it right

• The item is too difficult for the population of student

• The item is too easy for the population of students

Students selected all four options (A, B, C, D) on a multiple choice test with the same frequency. What does the students’ actions signify?

• Guessing

• Ambiguity

• Miskeying

• Poor distractors

A test question that requires that students write a step-by-step procedure to solve a problem falls in which of the Revised Bloom’s taxonomy level?

• Analyse

• Evaluate

• Remember

• Understand

A test question that requires that students assess a theory to inform the use of a new product falls in which of the Revised Bloom’s taxonomy level?

• Understand

• Evaluate

• Create

• Apply

A test question that requires students to carry out or use a procedure in a given situation falls in which of the Revised Bloom’s taxonomy level?

• Remember

• Analyse

• Create

• Apply