This is a test created for diasabled Georgia students who cannot perform on the CRCT.
What is the Georgia Alternative Assessment?
100
"_______ ______ is not the devil, test prep is the devil." -Robert Pondiscio
What is "Standardized testing?"
100
True or false: If a student taking the CRCT is stuck on a word and asks for help, it is acceptable for the teacher/proctor to define that word.
What is false.
100
True or false: It is acceptable practice to have an uneven number of answer choice on your multiple choice test (ie, some answers are A, B, C and some are A, B, C, D).
What is true
100
An assessment activity using handheld clickers would be an assessment for learning, or a/an ________ assessment.
What is formative.
200
This test assesses a representative sample of students in each state, for the purpose of learning what American students know and are able to do at grades 4, 8 and 12. Also offers state-to-state comparisons.
What is NAEP?
200
True or false: Having students take a few practice tests before a high stakes test is a waste of time, and harmful to them.
What is false
200
Activites that that are extremely criminal in nature, or exhibit "shameful wickedness" are considered to involve "______ _______."
What is "moral turpitude?"
200
A scientific experiment would be an example of this type of task.
What is a performance task.
200
The Russian word "otlichno" means...
What is "great."
300
This is a norm-referenced test that many schools use when they want to learn how their students abilities compare to a national smaple of students.
What is ITBS?
300
The New York Times found that this was the least effective method of studying for a test and for information retention.
What is cramming.
300
True or false: having a few margaritas and then attending a basketball game at your teacher friend's middle school would not be a risk to your certificate.
What is false
300
When developing a performance assessment, the most important thing to develop first is a/an _______....
What is a rubric?
300
When you succeed at a task, and subsequently feel more able to complete that task in the future, you have increased your _______.
What is self efficacy?
400
This is the test required in Georgia by No Child Left Behind, though it was created before NCLB.
What is the CRCT?
400
When a teacher praises a student for working hard to get a good test score, she is praising effort, not _______.
What is ability.
400
If a Teacher A sees Teacher B changing answers on a CRCT, Teacher A's responsibility is to _______.
What is report Teacher B.
400
This type of test is the best method for assessing students' factual knowledge on a very broad range of topics.
What is multiple choice?
400
According to Ken Robinson, ___% of kindergarten-age children test at the genius level on assessments of creativity.
What is 98.
500
This is an international test that is administered every few years in Math and Science and allows comparisons among nations.
What is TIMSS?
500
According to a Wall Street Journal book review, what is the term for the best way to approach profit-making in business?
What is "obliquity?"
500
A teacher is hired in the spring and works at one school in the fall, then leaves to take a position in another school system, against her principal's wishes. the principal could report her for ______.
What is abandoning her contract.
500
A grade is an example of a/an ________ assessment.
What is summative.
500
According to the GACE practice materials, "strong" responses on the written part of the test include 1. a restatement of the theory described in the question, and 2. _____.