Question 1
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For the following, select the type of technology use illustrated by the question below.
A high school uses scanning and scoring software to score final examinations and report the results.
Supporting routine assessment tasks
Creating new learning networks
Developing collaborative technologies
Question 2
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Tasks on a summative assessment should yield information about
student achievement of intended learning outcomes.
student engagement and involvement in instructional activities.
student aptitude in the topic area studied.
Question 3
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A strength of teacher-made tests is that they can assess
the specific knowledge and skills taught in a unit of instruction.
general knowledge that is useful in life.
both verbal and quantitative reasoning.
IncorrectQuestion 4
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Before you teach a unit, it is useful to understand students' current thinking about the concepts you
intend to teach.
True
False
Question 5
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For the following, select the type of technology use illustrated by the question below.
A college professor posts a video on her online course, then has students submit a one-paragraph
response and take a quiz on the material, also on the online course site.
Supporting routine assessment tasks
Creating new learning networks
Developing collaborative technologies
Question 6
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Which of the following assessment methods is most closely associated with formative evaluation of
students?
Classroom questioning strategies
Multiple-choice tests
Culminating projects
Question 7
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Why are most standardized achievement test not very useful for providing diagnostic information to the
teacher?
They result in scores that most teachers can't interpret.
They usually cover a very broad range of learning objectives.
They are closely tied to the curriculum.
Question 8
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In general, which of the following assessment alternatives would yield the most valid results for
purposes of formative assessment of students?
Interviewing students individually
Questioning students during instruction
Best work portfolios
Question 9
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What does a learning progression do?
It describes typical development of understanding of a particular concept or skill.
It assesses student abilities regarding a particular concept or skill.
It helps students see that making mistakes is part of the learning process.
Question 10
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The table below shows the results (fraction of items correct) of a diagnostic test for five primary school
students.
Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division
Anita 12/12 14/15 14/16 13/20
Brad 9/12 15/15 14/16 18/20
Cora 11/12 14/15 13/16 12/20
Doug 11/12 13/15 13/16 10/20
Refer to the table above. According to the mastery approach to diagnosis, which student has a weakness
in subtraction?
Anita
Brad
Cora
Doug
None of the students
Question 11
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A diagnostic test of deficits in mathematics could also be used to assign students' grades in mathematics.
True
False
IncorrectQuestion 12
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Well-written rubrics are all students need for self-evaluation of projects and other performance
assessment.
True
False
Question 13
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The analysis of knowledge structure approach to diagnosis requires the student to understand her own
error patterns.
True
False
Question 14
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Which of the following would be an effective formative assessment technique for a class doing individual
seatwork in mathematics?
Thumbs up/thumbs down
Red light/green light teacher alerts
Peer assessment
Question 15
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The table below shows the results (fraction of items correct) of a diagnostic test for five primary school
students.
Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division
Anita 12/12 14/15 14/16 13/20
Brad 9/12 15/15 14/16 18/20
Cora 11/12 14/15 13/16 12/20
Doug 11/12 13/15 13/16 10/20
Refer to the table above. According to the mastery approach to diagnosis, which student has a weakness
in addition?
Anita
Brad
Cora
Doug
None of the students
IncorrectQuestion 16
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Should you keep records of formative, ungraded assessment information?
Yes
No
IncorrectQuestion 17
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You teach seventh grade social studies. You would like your students to give each other peer feedback on
the first drafts of their reports on the American Revolution. Which of the following lessons is most likely
to prepare students to do this effectively?
Give the students your grading criteria and ask them to apply these criteria to their partners' papers.
Have students write written comments on sticky notes and affix them to the draft reports in spots
where they want to make comments.
Develop a checklist of peer editing strategies and have students role-play good and poor examples of
each.
Question 18
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Why are describing work and making suggestions for improvement usually the most powerful feedback?
They help students predict their grades.
They help students understand their own learning.
They show students you care about their work.
Question 19
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Which of the following comments is an example of self-referenced feedback?
Your assignment isn't complete.
This paragraph is so much clearer than last time.
You need to work on punctuation.
Can you find and fix three spelling mistakes?
Question 20
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What is a common problem teachers face when giving feedback to struggling students?
Teachers hardly know where to begin writing feedback.
Feedback looks like a long list of things to "fix."
The students are not bright enough to use the feedback.
Question 21
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Which of the following is most likely to help students learn to use feedback to improve?
Show students some examples of how other students revised their work.
Ask students to take their feedback home and revise their work for homework.
Tell students that most great inventions were the result of several tries.
Question 22
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A middle school social studies class did individual reports on the contributions of different explorers to
European expansion into the New World. Which of these scenarios uses timing most effectively?
Students get feedback on final, graded reports.
Students get feedback on a first draft of their final reports.
Students get feedback on their observational notes.
Question 23
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You are a middle school mathematics teacher. Your students are learning about exterior and interior
angles. One student has all the problems wrong on his homework assignment What should you do?
Reteach.
Give very brief feedback.
Give extended feedback.
Question 24
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The classroom learning environment affects how students use feedback.
True
False
