Classroom Assessment

What term refers to the degree of consistency among test scores?

• objectivity

• validity

• reliability

• balance

Which of the following reasons why teachers administer tests?

I. To diagnose student's strengths and weaknesses.

II. To assess the students' mastery of particular skills.

III. To discriminate among students who demonstrated various levels of achievement.

• I, II

• II, III

• I, III

• I, II, III

The following statements exhibit fairness and appropriateness of test items except ________.

• The test should avoid ambiguous items.

• The test should be impartial to all levels of students.

• The length of the test should be reasonable.

• The level of difficulty should be fair.

Which refers to the consistency and relevance of a test, how well a test measures what it is supposed to measure?

• validity

• reliability

• objectivity

• balance

Which of the following should be considered in test construction?

I. testing time

II. test item form

III. test length

IV. test maturity of teachers

• I, II

• III, IV

• II, III, IV

• I, II, III

Which of the following is a disadvantage of a multiple-choice test item?

• It can assess a variety of learning targets.

• It provides wide content sampling and coverage.

• It gives students practice for standardized tests.

• It is influenced by reading ability and testwiseness.

In the multiple-choice test item, what part identifies the question or problem?

• stem

• alternative

• distractor

• discriminant

In the multiple-choice test item, what term represents the potential answer option?

• stem

• alternative

• distractor

• discriminant

In the multiple-choice test item, what term refers to the incorrect alternatives?

• stem

• alternatives

• distractors

• discriminant

The following guidelines should be followed and considered in constructing multiple-choice test items except ____________.

• Make multiple-choice tests to measure certain skills like writing.

• Make every distractor appealing to the students who do not know the correct answer.

• Make the distractors possible and homogeneous.

• Make the options of similar length.