Standardized Testing

Vocabulary: Finish each sentence using a word from the list (A-D). Standardized tests were first _____ in China over 2,000 years ago.

• administered

• determined

• continued

• evaluated

Vocabulary: Finish each sentence using a word from the list (A-D). Some standardized tests measure scores only in _____ to the results of other test takers.

• various

• subject

• relation

• result

Vocabulary: Finish each sentence using a word from the list (A-D). Others measure performances on how well test takers meet _____ criteria.

• evaluated

• comparing

• measured

• predetermined

Select the word with the similar meaning from the list below (A-D). Students with test angst may have trouble performing their best on a standardized test. [ angst ]

• dread

• anixety

• jitters

• reliable

Synonyms: Select the word with the similar meaning from the list below (A-D). Standardized tests can also have a hard time measuring abstract characteristics or skills. [ abstract ]

• interpreted

• objective

• philosophical

• appropriately

Grammar: Standardized tests _____ to be _____ around the world for the next two millennia.

• continue; used

• continued; used

• continuously; using

• are continuing; using

What is/are critical ideas for understanding standardized tests?

• validity

• reliablity

• proficiency

• anxiety

Synonyms: Select the word with the similar meaning from the list below (A-D). Although standardized tests are sometimes at issue, they're simply a tool. [ at issue ]

• experimental

• controversial

• usefulness

• expressed

There are three primary reasons for Standardized tests, except

• Comparing among test takers

• Improvement of ongoing instruction and learning

• Evaluation of instruction

• Validating

What are the advantages of standardized testing, except

• It has a positive impact on student achievement

• It is reliable and objective measuremen of achievement

• It allows school districts to discover their good teacher

• Standardized testing can be predictable