When does formative assessment support students to learn and practice?

• only at the beginning of the course

• at the end of the instructional period

• throughout the course

Which type of assessment should an instructor administer to collect evidence of learners' knowledge, skill, or proficiency?

• FORMATIVE

• SUMMATIVE

• DIAGNOSTIC

An instructor has asked learners to keep a journal based on personal learning goals for the course including the learners' progress toward meeting those goals.

Which assessment strategy does this activity use?

• TRADITIONAL

• NORM-REFERENCED

• STANDARDS-BASED

• IPSATIVE

A learning experience designer is asked to design a fill-in-the-blank vocabulary test for nursing students who are studying for a licensing exam. Each item has one right answer, and students receive a final score based on the number of correct answers.

Which assessment strategy is being used?

• TRADITIONAL

• NORM-REFERENCED

• STANDARDS-BASED

• IPSATIVE

What is an example of indirect assessment?

• observation notes made by a mentoring teacher of a teacher-candidate

• formative performance task scores

• multiple choice test at the end of the unit

• a course survey

An English Literature instructor has just finished a lesson on Romeo & Juliet, which has this learning objective: Students will demonstrate the ability to apply a literary theory explored in the course in a critical analysis of Romeo & Juliet.

Which direct assessment would allow the learner to show an ability to meet this learning objective?

• an essay analyzing the play

• a multiple-choice test on Shakespeare's plays

• online discussion board activity about modern remakes of Romeo and Juliet

• a survey of students' reactions to characters in the play

An instructor in a digital art course is seeking a summative assessment that aligns to a course learning goal: "Learners will demonstrate the skills of visual design, applying color theory, fonts and layouts, and information to successfully communicate with a variety of digital media contexts." The instructor consults with a learning experience designer and decides to require students to create a personal website e-portfolio of original designs created in the course. Each design will include a student annotation about the design's origin, how it meets the requirements of the learning goal, peer reviews of other students' work. In a review with the department chair, the instructor is asked to explain the reasons for this assessment task.

Which reasons justify the instructor's assessment strategies based on the learning goal? (CHOOSE TWO)

• the web portfolio gathers artifacts that demonstrate a range of media types.

• a portfolio website requires students to apply the skills the learning goal measures.

• the project is engaging

• the project will benefit students after the course.

• students will get to see classmates' work during peer review.

A music composition teacher has completed a lesson where the learning objective is "Students will learn the cadence variations of four-four time by composing a single two-minute piece that can be played at both a waltz and polka tempo."

Which assessment method aligns with this learning objective?

• ask the students to compose a single piece and to perform it.

• survey students' confidence on composing for different instruments.

• administer an audio matching test where students listen to music clips and mark the tempo as polka or waltz.

• present students with a multiple-choice test on famous waltz composers.

An instructor has asked students to engage with three different sources that discuss an environmental issue. The students have read the sources, and the instructor wants to assess students’ ability to synthesize the information.

Which assessments would demonstrate the students' ability to synthesize?

(CHOOSE TWO ANSWERS)

• create a presentation highlighting ideas where the sources are in agreement.

• take a multiple-choice test on each assigned reading.

• write a blog post explaining a new perspective based on the three sources.

• complete a matching test connecting the sources to the corresponding perspectives.

• make flashcards for unfamiliar vocabulary words identified in the readings.

Which characteristics describe effective formative assessment practices?

(CHOOSE THREE ANSWERS)

• aligns to a specific learning objective.

• determines whether mastery is achieved.

• informs instruction.

• helps students learn during a course.

• analyzes student ability before a course begins.