D184 Key Terms: Review Resources

What is the definition of 'Standards-based grading'?

• Standards-based grading is an approach to grading that allows teachers and students to focus on continual growth and the achievement of clearly defined learning targets that come from academic standards.

• Standards-based grading is a system where grades are based solely on student participation and attendance.

• Standards-based grading is an approach that emphasizes grading on a curve to compare students against each other.

• Standards-based grading is a method where students are graded only on their homework completion, not on assessments.

What is the definition of 'Criterion-referenced assessments'?

• Criterion-referenced tests compare a person’s knowledge or skills against a predetermined standard, learning goal, performance level, or other criterion.

• Criterion-referenced tests compare a person’s knowledge or skills against the performance of other test-takers.

• Criterion-referenced assessments are used only for grading on a curve.

• Criterion-referenced assessments focus solely on subjective teacher opinions.

What is the term for the following definition? The skills, strategies, and processes that students should demonstrate.

• Procedural knowledge

• Declarative knowledge

• Metacognitive knowledge

• Conceptual knowledge

What is the term for the following definition? Proficiency scales are tools that help teachers measure and articulate student progress and indicate the learning targets for each stage on the learning continuum for a particular standard.

• Proficiency scales

• Rubrics

• Benchmarks

• Learning objectives

What is the term for the following definition? An assessment blueprint represents the specifications for the assessment and provides the teacher with guidance for developing the individual assessment items.

• Assessment blueprint

• Formative assessment

• Summative assessment

• Rubric

What is the term for the following definition? Parallel assessments are multiple assessments given to the same students over time, assessing the same discrete concepts and skills included in the standards.

• Parallel assessments

• Formative assessments

• Summative assessments

• Diagnostic assessments

Fill in the blank: The point-scoring method involves determining what percentage of available points a student earned on each section of a test and then translating these findings into a score on a ________ scale.

• proficiency

• temperature

• weight

• distance

Fill in the blank: The response-code scoring method involves the teacher marking each response on a student’s test with a designated code and then examining the pattern of responses to determine the student’s level of ________.

• proficiency

• attendance

• motivation

• punctuality

Fill in the blank: A true score is an estimation of a student's actual score on an assessment if there were to be no ________.

• error

• grading

• teacher

• student

Fill in the blank: A structured process for teachers to estimate summative scores at different points in time, using multiple indicators to find patterns of student achievement and determine students' summative scores is called the method of mounting ________.

• evidence

• grades

• assignments

• projects