This item type must be presented as a statement that is either entirely true or false.
What is a True/False item?
100
A learning target that is a poor match for selected response assessment because selected response assessments cannot assess the quality of a product.
What is a Product Target?
200
Created by asking a question and leaving a space for a clear, short answer.
What is a Fill in the Blank?
200
Statements of important facts, concepts or understandings that students will be held accountable for leaning.
What are Propositions?
200
A learning target focused on thought processes that is a good match with selected response assessments.
What is a Reasoning Target?
300
A simple way to sample several interrelated or closely linked propositions.
What are Matching Items?
300
A specific type of proposition, corresponding to a kind of learning target, that must appear on the test as a novel (that is, new to the student) item.
What is a Reasoning Proposition?
300
An information and understanding focused learning target that is a good match with selected response assessments because selected response can assess isolated elements of information.
What is a Knowledge Target?
400
Used when a question has several plausible but incorrect alternatives to the answer.
What is a Multiple Choice Item?
400
A plan designed to ensure a match between instruction and assessment; it records learning targets, assessment method, and weight of each learning target in the overall score.
What is a Test Blueprint?
400
A good match with selected response assessment for some measurement targets within this learning target, but only a partial match overall.
What is a Skill Target?
500
A label used for those instances when we present students with a table of information, a diagram, or some other source of information and then ask them to use that information to figure out answers to reasoning questions.