A 5th grade English assessment contains an essay question that asks students to compare the main character in the book to the Greek god, Zeus. What type of bias may be present?

If Mr. Higgins, a 4th grade teacher, tries to evaluate his major exams by determining the degree to which his test's items are functioning in a similar manner. If he has an item that seems to be producing different results than the other items, what kind of reliability evidence is this?

How does assessment bias interfere with validity?

The 4th grade science department held an invention convention and students brought their inventions to be scored before being displayed. The teachers score 20 projects each and must score them using the rubric. The decide to collaborate to make sure they score in the same way. What type of reliability is this?

Which of the following could be an example of disparate impact?

Which one of the following is NOT a type of accommodation recommended in the textbook?

A self-report inventory intended to measure students' confidence that they are "college ready" will be given to 500 high school students in January and then to the same students in February. What type of reliability should be considered?

What is the most useful component related to reliability that teachers are likely to share with parents when explaining a student's individual test score?

The Texas Education Agency has recently established a policy that, in order for students to be promoted to the next grade level, those students must pass a state-supervised English and language arts (ELA) exam. Administered at the end of grades three, eight, and ten, the three new grade-level exams are intended to determine a student's mastery of the official state-approved ELA TEKS for those three grades. What type of validity evidence would be appropriate for test administrators to determine whether these tests are valid?

Colton, a 10th grader, has demonstrated high cognitive abilities and performs well above his peers in English Language Arts. The grade-level STAAR test does little to suggest Colton’s academic aptitude, so the school counselor recommends that Colton take a college level ELAR test. The counselor feels that the results of Colton's performance on the college test will provide her teacher’s with a better understanding of his ability. Which type of validity evidence is appropriate for determining whether the college-level test is accurate in measuring Colton’s true ability?

During the 2nd grade STAAR mathematics exam, students are required to show their work for calculating the answer to a problem. In order to determine whether students’ planning is a valid predictor of their final mathematics answer, which form of validity evidence would be appropriate to consider?

Which of the following best describes validity?

A 5th grade science teacher intends to determine whether the district's six week exam is a valid measure of the TEKS that she has been teaching in class. She creates a table of specifications to determine whether or not the items on the exam adequately represent the objectives she has taught. What type of validity evidence would be appropriate for her to consider?

Which one of the following should NOT be considered as assessment bias?