Assessment Terminology and Concepts - Kristy Bass

Which word describes the difference between the highest and lowest scores plus 1?

• median

• range

• deviation

• correlation

What do you call information and data gathered along the way that is used to improve, modify, or revise a program, curriculum, or unit to enhance student learning?

• correlation

• reliability

• formative evaluation

• content validity

What do you call the middle number; the point where there is one-half above and one-half below, thus dividing the group into two equal parts: the 50th percentile…..

• median

• range

• criterion

• evaluation

What is a collection and evaluation of student products and performances selected for inclusion based on agreed-upon criteria called? These generally illustrate a range of abilities and special talents showing growth, self-reflection, and achievement. They may be composed of the student's best work or work that shows improvement over time.

• portfolio assessment

• evaluation

• rubric

• aptitude

What do you call a combination of natural and acquired talents, interests, and abilities that a student may innately possess or have learned. These usually indicate the ability to learn more and develop proficiency in a given area, subject, or skill.

• standards

• content validity

• aptitude

• diagnostic test

What do you call a A teacher-constructed list of characteristics used as criteria for ranking the quality of students' work, along with some type of guide for scoring or grading? Usually, this guide describes the criteria along with a numerical range or scale to indicate the degree of quality or mastery shown by the work. There are many different types of these, all of which are useful for the project or performance assessment.

• evaluation

• median

• formative evaluation

• rubric

(a)   is the extent to which scores, tests, programs, or assessments are accurate, dependable, stable, consistent, and free from error over a period of time. This includes the way they are administered, implemented, and scored.

(a)   is theoretically, an average score at a given grade level. This score relates a student's raw score to the average scores obtained by norming groups at different grade levels. This score is often greatly distorted because there are so many variations in what is actually taught at each grade level.

What is extent to which a score differs from a certain reference point, usually the norm, midpoint, or average?

• deviation

• range

• standards

• correlation

What describes the degree to which a given test measures what it says it is measuring?

• aptitude

• standards

• content validity

• diagnostic test