Assessment in Teaching-Gifted Endorsement

The process of gathering and using qualitative and quantitative data to make a judgment of value, worth, merit or effectiveness.

• Correlation

• Evaluation

• Content Validity

• Accountability

The extent to which scores, tests, programs or assessments are accurate, dependable, stable, consistent and free from error over a period of time.  This includes the way they are administered, implemented and scored.

• Accountability

• Deviation

• Objectivity

• Reliability

Bias is a learning or inclination giving an unfair advantage or disadvantage. 

• True

• False

Mental age is the age for which a given score on an intelligence test is considered below average or abnormal.

• True

• False

The extent to which a score differs from a certain reference point, usually the norm, midpoint or average.

• Grade Equivalent

• Range

• Quartile

• Deviation

Doing the same thing every time.  Accuracy and predictability in measurement over a period of time with different students and different scorers in different environments.

• Objectivity

• Consistency

• Norms

• Validity

A test is a sample obtained from some systematic procedure which is assumed to have all the characteristics of the whole. ests are used for gathering data, making comparisons and recording progress.

• True

• False

A measurement is the process of gathering data and quantifying something according to a numerical scale or standard and assigning numbers to process events and objects.

• True

• False

Responsibility for student learning based on agreed-upon criteria such as rubrics or test scores.  It includes being responsible for and being able to document results. 

• Reporting

• Rubric

• Aptitude

• Accountability

A teacher-constructed list of characteristics used as criteria for ranking the quality of students’ work along with some type of guide for scoring or grading.

• Indicators

• Formative Evaluation

• Standards

• Rubric