PPR Exam Questions with Correct
Answers
Ms. Lee is a third grade teacher at Eagle's Sky School. She has used portfolios to asses
her students' writing for the past two years. Every Friday she conducts short writing
conferences with each student about composition assignments for that week. She
discusses the strengths of each student's writing and makes suggestions for revisions.
Ms. Lee is using portfolios for what types of assessments? - Answer-formative
Children's internet protection act of 2000 - Answer-CIPA- protection measures must
block or filter access to pictures that are obscene, child porn, or harmful to minors.
Child's online privacy protection act of 1998 - Answer-COPPA- US Federal Law applies
to the online collection of personal info by persons/entities from children under 13.
Protect childrens privacy and safety online
Copyright laws and fair use - Answer-Fair use is any copying of copyrighted material-
defense against a claim of copyright infringement.
Acceptable use policies - Answer-AUP set of rules applied by the owner or manager of
a network, website, service, or large computer system that restricts the ways in which
these entities can be used. Written for schools, businesses, etc.
ASSURE model for tech integration - Answer-Analyze your learner, State your
instructional objectives, select the methods, media, and materials, Utilize the media,
materials, and methods, Require student participation, and evaluate/revise.
Types of formative assessments - Answer-Pretest, check student work while completing
an assignment, short quiz, assign homework
Summative assessments - Answer-given at the end of a course or unit. can be teacher
made or a standardized test. Used to summarize student learning and can provide data.
Test - Answer-measuring instrument
Measurements have 2 elements - Answer-number and scale
Evaluation - Answer-philosophical process
Measurement - Answer-mathematical process
, Test reliability - Answer-to be accurate, the test instrument must be reliable, which
means that a test must render the same results each time it is administered. If the
results are not the same each time, no value in measurement.
Ways of establishing test reliability - Answer-one group is tested and then tested again
(same test). Also, students who score well/poor the 1st time will score the same next
time. If pattern exists= test-retest reliability
Test validity - Answer-A valid test measures what it was designed to assess. For a test
to be valid, it must measure how well students mastered the content that was taught.
How can teachers construct tests that are valid and reliable? - Answer-Identify the
goals/objectives, build the test prior to teaching unit, and revise the test.
criterion referenced test - Answer-students grades are determined by how well each
student performs compared to the criterion. this determines if a student has mastered
the skills/concepts. Ex- 90-100
norm referenced test - Answer-students scores are compared to the norm= established
by the scores of their peers. it discriminates between high and low achievers. ex-
grading along the curve.
objective tests - Answer-multiple choice, true-false, matching
subjective tests - Answer-essay exams
work samples - Answer-collect samples of work to provide longitudinal record of their
progress. ex- reports, stories, projects, etc.
anecdotal records - Answer-keep written accounts of students performance /observed
behaviors; provides teachers with more info about student performance.
techniques used for informal assessment - Answer-check hw, summary writing, learning
logs, brainstorming, teacher observation, student portfolios
performance based assessments - Answer-referred to as authentic- require students to
solve problems/perform tasks
Accommodations - Answer-are teaching supports and services that special needs
students may require to learn successfully. Accommodations do not alter expectations
of students' respective grade or content area requirements and include taped books,
extra time, oral tests, preferred seating, study carrels, adapted keyboards, and
specialized software.
Modifications - Answer-are changes made in curriculum requirements to meet students'
needs, and modifications are used when academic expectations are beyond the ability
