Assessment of Learning 1 and 2

Which of the following is NOT a measure of central tendency?
Mode
Variance
Median
Mean
When is the median the most appropriate measure of central tendency?
Distribution is skewed; and number of samples is less than 30.
Variance is heterogeneous.
Distribution is normal; and number of samples is more than 30.
D. Variance is homogeneous
In which competency do my students find greatest difficulty? In the item with the difficulty index of ___.
.10
.90
1.0
50
A test item with a discrimination index of .10 is ____________.
very good
reasonably good
poor
neither good or bad
Which items do NOT affect the variability of test scores?
Test items that every examinee gets correctly
Test items that are a bit difficult
Test items that are a bit easy
Test items that are moderate in difficulty
Which applies when the score distribution is concentrated on the left side of the curve?
bimodal
positively skewed
bell curve
negatively skewed
Concurrent validity requires ________________.
peer consultation
item difficulty
correlation study
item analysis
The index of difficulty of a particular test item is .10. What does this mean? My students _________.
found that test item was neither easy nor difficult.
were hard up in that item
performed very well against expectation
gained mastery over that item
Which one describes the percentile rank of a given score?
The percent of cases of a distribution within the given score.
The percent of cases of a distribution above the given score.
The percent of cases of a distribution below and above the given score.
The percent of cases of a distribution below the given score.
Which statement about standard deviation is CORRECT?
The higher the standard deviation, the more spread the scores are.
It is a measure of central tendency.
The lower the standard deviation, the more spread the scores are.
The higher the standard deviation, the less spread the scores are.
For grades to be made valid indicators of students’ achievements, which process could be observed?
Defining the course objectives as intended learning outcomes.
Adopting letter grades such as A, B, C, D.
Giving objective type of test.
Explaining the meaning of grades.
To have a test with a wide coverage, power to test analytical thinking and ease of scoring, which type should teachers use?
Completion
Short answer
Alternate response
Multiple choice
Below is a list of methods used to establish the reliability of the instrument. Which method is questioned for its reliability due to practice and familiarity?
Test-retest
Split-half
Equivalent forms
Kuder-Richardson
Which is a major advantage of a curriculum-based assessment?
It is informal in nature.
It tends to focus on anecdotal information on student progress.
It connects testing with teaching.
It is based on a norm-referenced measurement model.
Which are direct measures of competence?
Personality tests
Performance tests
Paper-and-pencil tests
Standardized test
In the context on the theory on multiple intelligences, what is one weakness of the paper-pencil test?
It is not easy to administer.
It utilizes so much time.
It puts the non-linguistically intelligent at a disadvantage
It lacks reliability.
With synthesizing skills in mind, which has the highest diagnostic value?
Essay test
Performance test
Completion test
Multiple choice test
With specific details in mind, which one has (have) a stronger diagnostic value?
Multiple choice test
Restricted essay test
Non-restricted essay test
Restricted and non-restricted essay tests
Teacher F wanted to teach the pupils the skill to do cross stitching. Her check up quiz was a written test on the steps of cross stitching. Which characteristic of a good test does it lack?
Scorability
Reliability
Objectivity
Validity
If your Licensure Examination Test (LET) items sample adequately the competencies listed in the syllabi, it can be said that the LET possesses __________ validity.
concurrent
construct
content
predictive
In a criterion-referenced testing, what must you do to ensure that your test is fair?
Make all of the questions true or false.
Ask each student to contribute one question.
Make twenty questions but ask the students to answer only ten of their choice.
Use the objectives for the units as guide in your test construction.
Which test has broad sampling of topics as strength?
Objective test
Short answer test
Essay test
Problem type
Which is the first step in planning an achievement test?
Define the instructional objective.
Select the type of test items to use.
Decide on the length of the test.
Build a table of specification.
The first thing to do in constructing a periodic test is for a teacher to __________
decide on the number of items for the test
study the content
go back to her instructional objectives
decide on the type of test to construct
Which guideline in test construction is NOT observed in this test item: Jose Rizal wrote __________."
The central problem should be packed in the stem.
There must be only one correct answer.
Alternatives must have grammatical parallelism.
The alternates must be plausible.
Quiz is to formative test while periodic is to __________
criterion-reference test
Norm-reference test
Summative test
Diagnostic test
Out of 3 distracters in a multiple choice test item, namely B, C, and D, no pupil chose D as answer. This implies that D is _________
an ineffective distracter
an effective distracter
a vague distracter
a plausible distracter.
In his second item analysis, Teacher April found out that more from the lower group got the test item # 6 correctly. This means that the test item __________.
has a negative discriminating power
has a positive discriminating power
has a lower validity
has a high reliability
NSAT and NEAT results are interpreted against set mastery level. This means that NSAT and NEAT fall under ____.
intelligence test
criterion-referenced test
aptitude test
norm-referenced test
Teacher Y does norm-referenced interpretation of scores. Which of the following does she do?
She describes group performance in relation to a level of mastery set.
She uses a specified content as its frame of reference.
She compares every individual students' scores with others' scores.
She describes what should be their performance.
Test norms are established in order to have a basis for
establishing learning goals
computing grades
interpreting test results
identifying pupils' difficulties
Are percentile ranks the same as percentage correct?
It cannot be determined unless scores are given.
No
It cannot be determined unless the number of examinees is given.
Yes
Which measure(s) of central tendency separate(s) the top half of the group from the ¬bottom half?
Mean
Median
Mean and Median
Mode
Which applies when skewness is zero?
Mean is greater than the median.
Scores have three modes.
Median is greater than mean
Scores are normally distributed.
Standard deviation is to variability as mode to __________.
level of difficulty
discrimination
correlation
central tendency
What measure of central tendency does the number 16 represent in the following data: 14, 15, 17, 16, 19, 20, 16, 14, 16?
Mode
Median
Mode and median
Mean
Which one can enhance the comparability of grades?
Using common conversion table for translating test scores into ratings.
Formulating tests that vary from one teacher to another.
Allowing individual teachers to determine factors for rating.
Individual teachers giving weights to factors considered for rating.
Two students are given the WISC II. One has a full scale IQ of 91, while the other has an IQ of 109. Which conclusion can be drawn?
The second student has significantly higher intellectual ability.
The first student is probably below average, while the second has above average potential.
Both students are functioning in the average range of intellectual ability.
Another IQ test should be given to truly assess their intellectual potential.
Which type of report refers to "on-the-spot" description of some incident, episodeor occurrence that is being observed and recorded as being of possible significance?
Autobiographical report
Value and interest report
Biographical report
Anecdotal report
Teacher B is researching on family income distribution which is quite symmetrical. Which measure/s of central tendency will be most informative and appropriate?
Mode
Mean
Median
Mean and Median
The difficulty index of a test item is 1. What does this imply? The test item must be _______________.
moderate in difficulty
very difficult because only 1 got the item correctly
Very easy because everybody got the test item correctly
neither difficult nor easy
Which assessment tool will be most authentic?
Short answer test
Essay test
Alternate-response test
Portfolio
Which of the following is a “fact” question?
What are some of the ways in which you have used the word ancient?
What are the effects of the invention of electricity on the life of the people?
What is the function of a CPU in a microcomputer?
What would be one of the first things we have to do to clean the air we breathe?
Which does not belong to the group?
Completion
Alternate response
Multiple choice
Matching type
The following are trends in marking and reporting systems EXCEPT
conducting parent-teacher conferences as often as needed.
indicating strong points as well as those needing improvement.
supplementing subject grades with checklist on traits.
raising the passing grade from 75 to 80.
A class is composed of academically poor students. The distribution would be most likely to be ____.
skewed to the right
a bell curve
leptokurtic
skewed to the left
Which characteristic of a good test is threatened when significantly greater number from the lower group gets a test item correctly?
Objectivity
Scorability
Administrability
Reliability
Teacher Charlene administered only true-false and multiple choice tests during the midterm. The students did well on these tests. He decides to make the final exams consist of five essay questions. Which of the following is the most likely effect of this decision?
The students will do better than they had in the previous test.
The students will not do as well as in the previous test.
There will be no correlation between the final and the midterm tests.
The students will do as well as in the previous test.
Under what value measurement instrument does sentence/story completion fall?
Moral dilemma
Opinionaire
Observation guide
Projective technique

What is/are important to state when explaining percentile-ranked tests to parents?

  1. What group took the test
  2. That the scores show how students performed in relation to other students
  3. That the scores show how students performed in relation to an absolute measure
i and ii
ii only
i and iii
iii only
Aby is one-half standard deviation above the mean of her group in arithmetic and one standard deviation above the mean in spelling. What does this imply?
She is better in arithmetic than in spelling when compared to the group.
She excels both in spelling and arithmetic.
In comparison to the group, she is better in spelling than in arithmetic.
She does not excel in spelling nor in arithmetic.
In taking the test not one examinee approached the proctor for clarification on what to do. This implies which characteristic of a good test?
Scorability
Administrability
Objectivity
Economy
Which of the following is NOT a factor in errors in measurement?
The practice effect may increase a student’s score.
The test questions may get outdated.
The student may take the test for granted.
Administering the test twice may measure different attributes.
Which characteristic of a good test will pupils be assured of when a teacher conducts a table of specifications for test construction purposes?
Construct validity
Reliability
Scorability
Content validity
The Thematic Apperception Test is an example of a/an _________.
projective technique
sociometric technique
self-report technique
interest inventory
“If all the passers of 2013 Licensure Examinations for Teachers will turn out to be the most effective in the Philippine school system,” it can be said that this LET possesses __________ validity.
construct
content
predictive
concurrent
Which is a characteristic of an imperfect type of matching test?
An item may have no answer at all.
An answer may be repeated.
There are two or more distracters.
The items in the right and left columns are equal in number.
Which will be the most authentic assessment tool for an instructional objective on working with and relating to people?
Writing articles on working and relating to people
Home visitation
Organizing a community project
Conducting mock election
While she is in the process of teaching, Teacher Marie finds out if her students understand what she is teaching. What is Teacher Marie engaged in?
Criterion-reference evaluation
Formative evaluation
Summative evaluation
Norm-reference evaluation
With types of test in mind, which does NOT belong to the group?
Restricted response essay
Multiple choice
Completion
Short answer
Teacher Abby constructed a matching type test. In her columns of items are a combination of events, people, circumstances. Which of the following guidelines in constructing matching type of test did she VIOLATE?
List options in an alphabetical order.
Make list of items heterogeneous.
Make list of items homogeneous.
Provide three or more options.
Which improvements should be done on this completion test item: An example of mammal is ____.
The blank should be longer to accommodate all possible answers.
The blank should be at the beginning of the sentence.
The question should have only one acceptable answer.
The item should give more cues.
A test item has a difficulty index of .89 and a discrimination of -.44. What should the teacher do?
Make a bonus item.
Refrain the item.
Reject the item.
Make it a bonus item and reject it.
The test item has a discrimination index of -.38 and difficulty index of 1.0. What does this imply to test construction? Teacher must ____.
Recast the item
reject the item
shelve the item for the future
retain the item
The computed r for English and Math score is -.75. What does this mean?
The higher the scores in English, the higher the scores in Math.
The scores in Math and English do not have any relationship.
The higher the scores in Math, the lower the scores in English.
The lower the score in English, the lower the school in Math.
The discrimination index of a test item is + .48. What does this mean?
More from the lower group got the item correctly
An equal number from the lower and upper group got the item correctly.
More from the upper group got the item correctly.
More from the upper group-got the item wrongly.
Which is true when standard deviation is big?
Scores are concentrated.
Scores are spread apart.
Scores are not extremes.
The bell curve shape is steep.
Which statement is true in a bell-shaped curve?
There are more high scores than low scores.
Most scores are high.
The scores are normally distributed.
There are more low scores than high scores.
Is it wise practice to orient our students and parents on our grading system?
No, this will court a lot of complaints later.
Yes, but orientation must be for our immediate customers, the students.
Yes, so that from the very start student and their parents know how grades are derived.
No, grades and how they are derived are highly confidential.
With the current emphasis on self-assessment and performance assessment, which is dispensable?
Numerical grading
Letter grading
Paper-and-pencil test
Scoring rubric
With grading practice in mind, what is meant by teacher’s severity error? A teacher ______.
tends to look down on student’s answers
tends to give extremely low grades
uses tests and quizzes as punitive measures
gives unannounced quizzes
With projective personality test in mind, which does NOT belong?
Word Association test
Sentence completion task
Interview
Thematic Apperception test
Teacher A wrote of Henry: “When Henry came to class this morning, he seemed very tired and slouched into his seat. He took part in class discussion and seemed to have no interest in what was being discussed. This was very unusual, for he has always been eager to participate and often monopolizes the discussion time. What Teacher A wrote is an example of an
observation report
anecdotal report
incidence report
personality report
Teachers are encouraged to make use of authentic assessment. Which goes with authentic assessment?
De-contextualized drills
Answering multiple choice items
Unrealistic performances
Real world application of lessons learned
Can paper-and-pencil tests diagnose students’ ability to organize thoughts?
Yes, by way of the essay test.
No, unless the multiple choice type of tests is made situational.
Yes, by way of the selected response type of test.
No, they are limited only to simple recall.
To what extent were the objectives of the course met? This is the concern of the process of _______ evaluation.
norm-referenced
criterion-referenced
authentic
Which assessment tool can diagnose more specific learning difficulties?
Sociogram
Analytic rubric
Journal entry
Holistic rubric
Teacher G has NOT to wait for the end of the term to find out how much his students learned? With which does Teacher G agree?
Authentic evaluation
Norm-referenced evaluation
Formative evaluation
Summative evaluation

Study this group of tests which was administered with the following results, the answer the question.

         Subject

           Math

         Physics

         English

         Mean

            56

            41

            80

         SD

         10

           9

1         6

   Soc’s  Score

             43

             31

            109

  On the basis of Soc’s score, what type of learner is Soc? More of the ______________.

kinesthetic
linguistic
spatial
logial

STUDY THE TABLE BELOW THEN ANSWER THE QUESTION:

                 Scores

         Percent of Students

                  0 – 59

                60 – 69

                70 – 79

                80 – 89

                90 – 100

                      2%

                      8%

                     39%

                     38%

                     13%

What percent of the students’ scores are below 70?

10%
28%
2%
8%
Which graph suggests the relationship that exists between two sets of data?
Histograph
Scattergraph
Pictograph
Frequency polygon
Here are the computed means of a hundred-item test: Social Studies, 38; Math, 48; English, 33. From these data, can we conclude that the students excel in Math?
No, we need to know other information like standard deviation (SD) to be more conclusive.
Yes, knowing that Math is the most difficult subject among the three.
Yes, the mean in Math in comparison with the other subjects shows it.
No, because we don’t know the number of examinees who took the test.
I have computed the mean and I want to get more information about the distribution of scores. Which measures of variability is most appropriate?
Range
Semi-interquartile range
Standard deviation
Any of the three.
I like to compare individual students’ test performance with that of the group with extremely high and extremely low performance. Which measure of central tendency is most reliable?
Median
Mode
Mean
Cannot be identified unless individual scores are given
Which is claimed to be a disadvantage of our current practice of giving numerical or letter grade?
They are perceived to be absolute measures of intelligence.
They don’t give feedback on students’ specific strengths and weaknesses.
They are seen as exact measures of achievement.
They are traditional ways of grading.
Teacher U asked her pupils to create a story out of the given pictures. Which projective technique did Teacher U use?
Rorschach Test
Narrative
Reflective
Thematic Apperception Test
The main purpose in administering a pretest and a posttest to students is to _____________. +measure the value of the material taught
keep adequate records
measure gains in learning
accustom the students to frequent testing
Which group of scores is most varied? The group with ____________.
0.90 SD
0.50 SD
0.10 SD
0.75 SD
An examinee whose score is within x ̅ + 1 SD belong to which of the following groups?
Above average
Below average
Needs improvement
Average
In a 50-item test where the mean is 20 and the standard deviation is 8, Soc obtained a score of 16. What descriptive rating should his teacher give him?
Average
Below average
Poor
Above Average
The score distribution of Set A and Set B have equal mean but with different standard deviations (SD). Set A has a SD of 1.7 while Set B has SD of 3.2. Which statement is TRUE of the score distributions?
Majority of the scores in Set B are clustered around the mean.
Scores in Set A are more widely scattered.
Majority of the scores in Set A are clustered around the mean.
The scores of Set B has less variability than the scores in Set A.
How many percent of the cases fall between – 1 and + 1 SD units from the mean?
38%
99%
68%
95%
Suppose that in September 2012 LET the mean in the professional education test for the secondary group was 52.4. What does this mean?
52.4 is the best single value that represents the performance of the secondary teacher examinees as a whole.
Most of the secondary teacher examinees obtained a score of 52.4.
50% of the secondary teacher examinees got a score of at least 52.4.
None of the secondary teacher examinees got a score below 52.4.
Other than the numerical grades found in students’ report class, teachers are asked to give remarks. On which belief is this practice based?
Numerical grades have no meaning.
Giving remarks about each child is part of the assessment task of every teacher.
Remarks, whether positive or negative, motivate both the parents and learner.
Grades do not reflect all developments that take place in every learner.
The computed r for scores in Math and Science is +0.92. What does this mean?
Math score is positively related to Science score.
The higher the Math score, the lower the Science score.
Math score is not only in any way related to Science score.
Science score is slightly related to Math score.
With the assessment of affective learning in mind, which does NOT belong to the group?
Cloze test
Moral dilemma
Reflective writing
Diary entry
If a teacher wants to measure her students’ ability to discriminate, which of these is an appropriate type of test item as implied by the direction?
“Outline the Chapter on The Cell”
“Summarize the lesson yesterday”
“Group the following items according to shape”
“State a set of principles that can explain the following events”
The criterion of success in Teacher Kelly’s objective is that “the pupils must be able to spell 90% of the words correctly”. Shakira and 24 others in the class spelled only 40 out of 50 words correctly while the rest scored 45 and above. This means that Teacher Kelly ______________.
attained her lesson objective
did not attain her lesson objective because of the pupils’ lack of attention
failed to attain her lesson objective as far as the 25 pupils are concerned
attained her lesson objective because of her effective spelling drill

Situation 1  – Study the matching type of test then answer the question that follow:

                Column A                                                               Column B

  _____________1. equilateral triangle                           A. With 3 equal sides

  _____________2. right triangle                                    B. With 5 equal sides

  _____________3. octagon                                           C. Has a 90-degree angle

  _____________4. pentagon                                         D. means many

  _____________5. heptagon                                         E. With 7 sides

  _____________6. poly                                                 F.  With 8 sides

 
How can you make the items homogenous?
Remove the word triangle in items #1 and #2 in Column A.
Increase the number of items in Column B.
All the items should be on polygon
The word “gon” must be included in Column B

Situation 2  Below is a template for Scoring Rubric.

     5 – Demonstrate complete understanding of the problem. All requirements of task are in response.

     4 – Demonstrate considerable understanding of the problem. All requirements of task are included.

     3 – Demonstrate partial understanding of the problem. Most requirements of tasks are included.

     2 – Demonstrate little understanding of the problem. Many requirements of tasks are missing.

      1– Demonstrate no understanding of the problem.

      0 – No response/task not attempted.
 
Which statement is TRUE of the rubric?
It is developmental
It is both holistic and developmental
It is analytical
It is holistic
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