To quantify what they have learned and what skills they have developed.
100
Merit pay began in the year 1833 (True or False)
True
100
How do accountability, assessment, and test relate to one another?
Accountability = Requirement; Assessment = Measurement;
Test = Tool;
All are needed to quantify what they have learned and what skills they have developed (pg. 4-6)
100
Should student state mandated test scores be used as evidence when determining student retention?
Bonus: Discussion Question
If you believe, No, then what should be done with low performing children on the state test?
100
Accountability refers to the linkage and balance between the outcome of an enterprise and the efforts and resources used to achieve the outcome (True or False).
True (pg. 4)
200
What does NCLB stand for?
No Child Left Behind - 2002 revision of ESEA (Elementary and Secondary Education Act) of 1965
200
Why is merit pay unfair?
Merit pay is unfair due to student population(s) when using student achievement tests (pg.8)
200
What time did you get up today?
Freebie!
200
A test developer assumes that tests "cover it all" but in truth it only covers small sample (True or False)
True (pg. 16)
200
Should there be an alternative way for students to take a standardized test with the same objectives of a multiple choice test?
Congrats, it's bonus time! Class discussion.
Think about the use of portfolios, written, oral, etc. options.
300
Multiple choice paper/pencil tests are the most economical to score (True or False)
True
300
What source can you utilize to access an achievement test?
Teachers, Department of Education, or Commercial Establishments (pg. 13).
300
A test developer assumes the Empirical data can be used to make an informed conclusion (True or False)
True (pg.16)
300
Has "case law" impacted the practice of educational testing and assessment (Yes or No)
Yes
Case Law has provided the following:
Fed. Gov.: IDEA (1997); IDEAIA (2004); FER & PA (1974); Shaped testing policy by approving the use of high stakes assessment for graduation and grade level promotion (pg. 36).
300
A test developer assumes that all tests and assessments represent one moment in time (True or False)
True (pg.16).
400
What is the first assessment a child is exposed to?
An Apgar
400
Do you think there should be specific steps taken to account for the diversity within a student body in order to ensure proportionality for student selection into special programs or college admissions?
You got it! Discussion time!
400
What is academic red-shirting?
Parents hold their children back from enrolling in kindergarten to be a year older and more mature than their peers entering school. (pg. 11)
400
What type of assessment is used to measure whether a student has reached a required level or standard of achievement?
Criterion Referenced Test (pg. 14)
400
Do you think using test scores to place students into advanced programs results in equality? (Yes or No)
No
Wessman vs. Gittens (1998): Case corrected imbalance of racial and ethnic disparities in enrollment.
500
What assessment measures student achievement state by state?
The NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress)
500
Assessment provides and accounting of how much children learn in school and what resources are expended on achieving those ___________ outcomes.
learning (pg. 5)
500
How has the educational world been changed forever?
Technology (pg. 18)
500
Are college admissions based on qualifications only?
No
Brown vs. Board of Ed. (1954): Case decision did away with the concept of separate but equal in all matters of public accommodations including education (pg. 26)
500
What type of assessment is used to compare a student's current scores to a sample of past scores?