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Alignment - correct answer ✔✔means that things are configured so that they reinforce and support each
other
High-stakes tests - correct answer ✔✔tests that have important consequences
Adequate yearly progress (AYP) - correct answer ✔✔a concept where states established increasingly
high percentages of students reaching the proficient level at each grade each year
Classroom assessment - correct answer ✔✔is gathering, interpreting, and using evidence of student
learning and motivation to support teacher decision making in a variety of ways
Preassessment - correct answer ✔✔is what you will do before instruction is to ascertain students'
knowledge, attitudes, and interests
Formative assessment - correct answer ✔✔occurs during teaching
Summative assessment - correct answer ✔✔is conducted after instruction primarily as a way to
document what students know, understand, and can do
Measurement - correct answer ✔✔is the process by which traits, characteristics, or behavior are
differentiated
Alternative assessments - correct answer ✔✔include authentic assessment, performance assessment,
portfolios, exhibitions, demonstrations, journals, technology-enhanced items, and other forms of
assessment that require the active construction of meaning rather than the passive regurgitation of
isolated facts.
,What is the difference between a test and an assessment? (ch.1 #3) - correct answer ✔✔A test is only
one part of assessment. Assessment refers to measuring something, evaluating what is measured, and
then using the information for decision making. A test is one way to measure.
Refer to Table 1.2. Identify each of the following examples as preassessment (P), formative assessment
(F), or summative assessment (S).
a. Giving a pop quiz
b. Giving a cumulative final exams
c. Praising students for correct answers
d. Using homework to judge student knowledge
e. Reviewing student scores on last year's standardized test
f. Changing the lesson plan because of student inattention
g. Reviewing student files to understand students' cultural backgrounds
(ch.1 #4) - correct answer ✔✔a. F
b. S
c. F
d. F
e. P
f. F
g. P
Identify each of the following quotes as referring to one of the four components of classroom
assessment: purpose (P), measurement (M), interpretation (I), and use (U).
a. "Last week I determined that my students did not know very much about the Civil War."
b. "This year I want to see if I can assess student attitudes."
c. "This test helped me to identify where students were weak."
d. "I like the idea of using performance-based assessments."
e. "I intend to combine several different assessments to determine the grade."
(ch.1 #5) - correct answer ✔✔a. I
b. P
,c. I
d. M
e. U
Standards - correct answer ✔✔are statements about what students should know and be able to do
Educational objectives - correct answer ✔✔are relatively specific statements of student performance
that should be demonstrated at the end of an instructional unit
Objective - correct answer ✔✔
Teaching objective - correct answer ✔✔what you plan to do as a teacher
Learning target - correct answer ✔✔is defined as a statement of student performance for a relatively
restricted type of learning outcome that will be achieved in a single lesson or a few days
Criteria - correct answer ✔✔are clearly articulated and public descriptions of facets or dimensions of
student performance that are used for judging the level of achievement
Exemplars or anchors - correct answer ✔✔an example of a finished student product or performance and
your evaluation of it
Reasoning - correct answer ✔✔involves some kind of mental manipulation of knowledge
Identify each of the following as a goal (G), standard (S), or learning target (LT):
a. Students will identify three different types of rocks from a display of 15 rocks and place them in like
piles.
b. Students will be familiar with global geography
c. Students will be able to write creative passages and critique other students' creative passages.
d. Students will answer 10 of 12 questions about ancient Egypt in 15 minutes without use of notes.
, (Ch.2 #1) - correct answer ✔✔a. LT
b. G
c. S
d. LT
What does the term criteria have in common with behavioral objectives? How is it different from what is
contained in objectives? (ch.2 #2) - correct answer ✔✔Criteria are part of what would be included in a
behavioral objective. Criteria, in contrast to objectives, contain descriptions of different levels of
performance.
Suppose a teacher pulls out a graded paper that was handed in by a student from a previous year's class
and distributes it to the class. What would the paper be called in relation to assessment?
a. Rubric
b. Anchor
c. Scoring criteria
d. Performance criteria
(ch.2 #3) - correct answer ✔✔b.
Identify each of the following as a knowledge target (K) or a deep understanding/reasoning target (DU).
a. Recalling historical facts from the Revolutionary War
b. Comparing vertebrates to invertebrates
c. Identifying the organs in a dissected frog
d. Explaining how and why recent U.S. recessions affected the world economy
(ch.2 #6) - correct answer ✔✔a. K
b. DU
c. K
d. DU
Why may Bloom's original taxonomy of educational objectives not be the best source for identifying
classroom learning targets?
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