Assessment Vocabulary Quiz for Gifted Educators

A broad general term of making a determination by gathering data from systematic testing, measuring and evaluating.

• instruction

• assessment

• explanation

• qualification

This term refers to the extent to which a test does the job for which it is used

and measures what it is supposed to measure.

• Accuracy

• Reliability

• Fidelity

• Validity

This term is the extent to which scores, tests, programs and assessments are accurate, dependable, stable, consistent,

and free from error over a period of time.

• Accuracy

• Dependability

• Reliability

• Consistency

This term describes the degree to which a given test

measures what it is intended to measure.

• Content Mastery

• Content Reliability

• Content Validity

• Content Bias

True or False:

Bias within a test exists only when factors specifically related to the test influences the scores, giving an unfair advantage/disadvantage.

• True

• False

A process of gathering and using qualitative and quantitative data to make a judgment of value, worth, merit or effectiveness is known as

• Evaluation

• Education

• Determination

• Adjudication

IQ tests which predict how well a student will do in school,

SAT's, ACT's and GRE's which predict success in college or graduate school are all examples of what type of test?

• Personality Inventories

• End of Course Tests

• Aptitude Tests

• Mastery Tests

Which of the following tests are most helpful for teachers when planning instruction for a specific group of students?

• Mastery Tests

• Formative Evaluations

• Diagnostic Tests

• All of the above

The process of gathering data and assigning a quantitative value according to a numerical scale or standard, then assigning numbers to process events and objects is known as what?

• Evaluation

• Measurement

• Algorithm

• Prediction

Which word best fills in the blank?

A ___________ __________ is criterion-referenced assessment that gives teachers information about what the student already knows, what he's learned in a given amount of time, and what he still needs to know.

• IQ Test

• High Stakes Test

• Benchmark Test

• Mastery Test