AOL exam

What is the basic feature of summative assessment?

A. It is used for evaluating student learning and effectiveness of instruction.

B. It marks student performance before and after instruction.

C. It is basically utilized for monitoring learning of students.

D. It is used for making instructional decisions.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Assessment is important to teachers because of the decisions they will make about their students when teaching them. For teachers, which of the following is NOT among the functions of assessment?

A. Identify learner’s needs and abilities

B. Monitor and improve the learning-teaching process

C. Make decisions about how to implement learning activities.

D. Make policy decisions regarding what is and is not appropriate for learners

• A

• B

• C

• D

Juanito discovered that some students had difficulty applying mathematical procedures to solve various word problems because of their lack of knowledge and skills of basic algebraic concepts and operations. What form of assessment did he use?

A. Diagnostic

B. Formative

C. Placement

D. Summative

• A

• B

• C

• D

Through observation technique, an English teacher learned that students are non-participative during interactive lecturing or lecture-demonstration. Consequently, the teacher adopted collaborative learning like jigsaw learning method. What form of assessment prompted him/her to do so?

A. Diagnostic

B. Formative

C. Placement

D. Summative

• A

• B

• C

• D

While on the process of teaching, Teacher Kim finds out that her students understand what she is teaching. What is Teacher Kim engaged to?

A. Diagnostic Assessment

B. Formative Assessment

C. Placement Assessment

D. Summative Assessment

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which is WRONG to assume about traditional assessment?

A. It can assess individuals objectively.

B. It can assess individuals at the same time.

C. It can be administered more easily than performance test.

D. It can assess fairly all the domains of intelligence of an individual.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which of the following is difficult to be assessed by selected-response items?

A. Creative thinking

B. Decision making

C. Problem solving

D. Reasoning skill

• A

• B

• C

• D

Is there one best mode of assessment?

A. Yes and it’s the performance-based because it can assess authentic skills.

B. Yes and it’s the performance-based because it can assess both the process and product.

C. No. It depends on the familiarity of the teacher on a particular assessment method.

D. None. Every mode has limitations.

• A

• B

• C

• D

When teachers use a norm-referenced framework in interpreting student performance, what does it mean?

A. A student’s performance is compared to his/her learning potential.

B. A student’s performance is compared to other students in the group.

C. A student’s performance is compared to specified standards of mastery.

D. A student’s performance is compared to clear descriptions of specific tasks.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Teacher Paul interpreted the scores of his students using criterion-referenced testing. All the statements below are correct EXCEPT:

A. Develop test items in terms of instructional objectives

B. Determine the acceptable level of mastery in advance

C. Describe group performance in relation to a level of master set

D. Compare individual students score with other scores in the group

• A

• B

• C

• D