GACE Reading Study.com Guide 4

How can you ensure that your instruction covers the important skills students will need on standardized tests?

• Research which skills appear on the tests

• Read through previous years' tests

• All of the answers are correct

• Adjust teaching to include skills that aren't in your curriculum

Which is a good test-taking strategy you should teach your students?

• Reading each question and answer carefully

• Reviewing answers at the end

• Skipping and going back to difficult questions

• All of the answers are correct

Which of the following is NOT a good way to prepare your students for standardized testing?

• Giving them practice tests

• Surprising them with the tests during test day

• Aligning your instruction with the tests

• Teaching them test-taking strategies

What is a standardized test?

• A test the teacher writes to monitor progress

• A test given to every student at the end of a unit

• A test that is written, administered, and scored in the same way in every classroom and school

• A test teachers take about state standards

How can increasing student confidence help them do better on the standardized tests?

• By helping to reduce stress that can distract them during the test

• By helping them get through the tests faster

• By helping them learn the material better throughout the year

• None of the answers are correct

Three raters compared their individual scores in order to assess ____ reliability.

• parallel-form

• internal-consistency

• inter-rater

• test-retest

A school wants to determine if an assessment has reliability over time. They administer the same assessment at the beginning of a school year and at the end. The school is assessing ____ reliability.

• test-retest

• inter-rater

• internal-consistency

• parallel-form

Which of the following is a method to obtain a reliability coefficient?

• Parallel-form

• Test-retest

• Internal-consistency

• All the answers are correct.

Which of the following is most likely an acceptable reliability coefficient for a standardized assessment?

• +0.49

• +0.23

• +0.84

• -0.15

A teacher includes three test items that assess the same concept. This teacher is attempting to assess ____ reliability of the instrument.

• inter-rater

• internal-consistency

• parallel-form

• test-retest