Educational Concepts Quiz

What is the purpose of Formative Evaluation?

• To grade students at the end of a course

• To improve, modify, or revise a program to enhance student learning

• To measure the reliability of a test

• To predict future student performance

What does a Rubric typically include?

• A list of characteristics used as criteria for ranking the quality of students' work

• A collection of student products and performances

• A numeric rating scale of attitudes or values

• A test that assesses specific skills to determine individual strengths and weaknesses

What is the definition of Median?

• The difference between the highest and lowest scores plus 1

• A type of standardized score based on a scale of nine equal units

• The middle number where there is one-half above and one-half below

• A statistical measure of the dispersion in a set of scores

What is Portfolio Assessment?

• A test that measures what has been taught and learned

• A collection and evaluation of student products and performances

• A numeric rating scale of attitudes or values

• A systematic sample of student performance obtained under prescribed conditions

What does Reliability refer to?

• The extent to which scores, tests, programs, or assessments are accurate, dependable, stable, consistent, and free from error over time

• A relationship, correspondence, or connection between two things

• The difference between the highest and lowest scores plus 1

• An assessment that measures progress toward mastery of a given set of objectives

What is a Criterion-referenced assessment?

• An assessment that measures progress toward mastery of a given set of objectives

• A test that measures what has been taught and learned

• A type of standardized score based on a scale of nine equal units

• A numeric rating scale of attitudes or values

What is the purpose of a Diagnostic Test?

• To predict future student performance

• To assess specific skills to determine individual strengths and weaknesses

• To measure the reliability of a test

• To measure the dispersion in a set of scores

What is a Likert Scale used for?

• To measure the reliability of a test

• To measure the dispersion in a set of scores

• To assess specific skills to determine individual strengths and weaknesses

• To indicate attitudes about people, places, ideas, concepts, activities, or objects

What is a Stanine score?

• A type of standardized score based on a scale of nine equal units

• A collection and evaluation of student products and performances

• A numeric rating scale of attitudes or values

• A test that measures what has been taught and learned

What is the purpose of an Achievement Test?

• To predict future student performance

• To measure what has been taught and learned

• To assess specific skills to determine individual strengths and weaknesses

• To measure the reliability of a test