Effective Assessment Practices

Which of the following is a statement of skills or concepts that students are expected to know at the end of some period of instruction?

• Instructional objective

• Learning objective

How many steps of task analysis are there?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

True or False:

Backward planning is writing broad objectives for the class, then objectives for large units, and then specific behavioral objectives.

• True

• False

The following are key concepts in what type of objective?

knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation

(four words)

A chart that shows how a particular concept or skill will be taught and assessed at different cognitive levels is called a what? (three words)

True or False:

An instructional goal related to attitudes and values is called a behavior objective.

• True

• False

What is an evaluation?

• All the means used in schools to formally measure student performance.

• A series of tests

• An observation of classroom behaviors

True or False:

A formative evaluation is designed to tell teachers whether additional instruction is needed and to tell students whether additional learning is needed.

• True

• False

What are tests of student knowledge at the end of instructional units, such as final exams, called?

(two words)

What are distractors/foils?

• Short essays

• Fill-in-the blank questions

• Wrong but plausible answers used on multiple choice tests