Educational Assessment Quiz Chap 1

Which type of assessment is used to recommend remedial or enrichment activities?

Who is credited with creating the first intelligence test?

• A) Lewis Terman

• B) David Wechsler

• C) Alfred Binet

• D) Charles Spearman; C) Alfred Binet

When is formative assessment conducted?

• A) Conducted throughout the teaching-learning process

• B) Conducted in the middle of the teaching-learning process

• C) Conducted only at the beginning of the teaching-learning process

• D) Conducted at the end of the teaching-learning process; A) Conducted throughout the teaching-learning process

What is the best definition of a Test?

• A) A set of tasks or questions to measure certain phenomenon

• B) Make a decision on the performance of students on a phenomenon

• C) The act of assigning of numbers to a phenomenon

• D) Process of collecting information to make decision about students on a phenomenon

• E) A method of evaluating student progress in a subject area; A) A set of tasks or questions to measure certain phenomenon

What is psychometrics?

• A) The science of measuring individual differences

• B) A, B and C

• C) The science of making decisions about mental abilities

• D) The science of measuring mental abilities; D) The science of measuring mental abilities

What is the aim of a criterion-referenced test?

• A) Compare a student’s performance with other students

• B) Compare a student’s performance using a rubric

• C) Compare a student’s performance against a set of criteria

• D) Compare a student’s performance using a global marking scheme

• E) Compare a student’s performance based on teacher's preference; C) Compare a student’s performance against a set of criteria

Which is the BEST definition of Measurement?

• A) Make a decision on the performance of students on a phenomenon

• B) The act of assigning of numbers to a phenomenon

• C) Process of collecting information to make decisions about students on a phenomenon

• D) A set of tasks or questions to measure certain phenomenon; B) The act of assigning of numbers to a phenomenon

When is summative assessment conducted?

• A) Conducted in the middle of the teaching-learning process

• B) Conducted throughout the teaching-learning process

• C) Conducted only at the beginning of the teaching-learning process

• D) Conducted at the end of the teaching-learning process; D) Conducted at the end of the teaching-learning process

What is the aim of a norm-referenced test?

• A) Compare a student’s performance against a set of criteria

• B) Compare a student’s performance with other students

• C) Compare a student’s performance using a global marking scheme

• D) Compare a student’s performance using a rubric

• E) Compare a student’s performance based on individual progress; B) Compare a student’s performance with other students

What is the purpose of educational assessment EXCEPT ____________?

• A) Formative and summative diagnosis

• B) Placement and counselling

• C) Informing parents and improving teaching

• D) Certification and diagnosis