Mr. Clayborne wants to gather information about Charity's progress in reading to help him target
her small group instruction. Which assessment is most appropriate for him to use?
a. state standardized test
b. aptitude test
c. anecdotal records
d. intelligence test - ✔✔C; anecdotal records are an informal assessment that helps guide instruction.
Miss Randle is gathering information about her students at the beginning of the school year to
determine their reading levels. She wants to find out what skills they are entering school with.
Which assessment tool should she choose?
a. diagnostic assessment
b. formative assessment
,c. summative assessment
d. aptitude test - ✔✔A; diagnostic assessments pre-test students before a learning experience.
Mr. Ferguson's students are taking an end-of-course exam that they must pass as a graduation
requirement. Which type of assessment are they taking?
a. diagnostic assessment
b. formative assessment
c. summative assessment
d. intelligence test - ✔✔C; summative assessments evaluate what students have learned.
Mrs. Franco's students meet with her individually so that she can ask them questions about what they
have learned. Which assessment format is Mrs. Franco using?
a. performance
b. observation
c. conference
d. portfolio - ✔✔C; conferences are meetings between teacher and student in which learning is
orally assessed and evaluated.
,Mr. Diego the history teacher, will be giving a final test the day before grades are due for the semester.
He needs an assessment that will cover all of the information that has been learned so far this year in a
format that will be quick and easy to grade. Which format would work best for Mr. Diego?
a. essay
b. selected response
c. conferences
d. portfolios - ✔✔B; selected response are easy to grade and cover a breadth of information.
Ms. Frisillo notates the progress of her kindergarten students by indicating the date at which a child is
able to master skills such as writing his or her name, identifying basic shapes, and memorizing his or her
phone number. Which assessment tool is Ms. Frisillo using?
a. rubric
b. checklist
c. anecdotal notes
d. portfolio - ✔✔B; checklists outline student performance criteria that teachers mark as students
show mastery or each required skill.
, Mr. Armendt, the English teacher, provides students with detailed descriptins of criteria that define each
level of writing performance. Students use the descriptions to learn what they can do to be better
writers and then the student's level of performance is graded according to the criteria. Which
assessment tool is Mr. Armendt using?
a. rubric
b. selected response
c. checklist
d. anecdotal notes - ✔✔A; rubrics are a fixed scale that measures performance with
detailed descriptions of criteria that define each level of performance.
Ms. DiCristafaro is considering using peer assessment to help students edit their writing assignments.
Which of the following steps should she take first?
a. establish a safe learning environment
b. pair students by ability level
c. teach students active listening skills
d. remind students of the importance of grades - ✔✔A; students must feel safe and trust their peers
to be able to participate in peer assessment.
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