Validity
A compiliation of student work
What is a portfolio?
This test section requires connectiin info from one column to another
What is matching?
This question type requires changing the form of a sentence
What is a transformation item?
This type of test measure a student's overall ability in a subject, e.g., TOEFL
What is a proficiency test?
Refers to the teacher collecting data during the course
What is assessment?
includes knowledge and skills that it is supposed to measure
refers to how consistent a test is
What is reliability?
Refer to the combination of summative and formative tests in a course
What are achievement exams?
Refer to items that are interpreted by the teacher (e.g., essay)
What are subjective items/questions?
When the teacher collects data to judge and report student learning (grading)
What is evaluation?
Appears to measure what it is supposed to
What is face validity?
They compare students with a fixed level of mastery
What are criterion-referenced tests?
Refer to the tests given at the end of a course
What are summative exams?
A tool with categories and points to score a subjective test item
What is a rubric?
When students find (and fix) a mistake
What is error correction?
When results correspond to a different test of the same thing
What is concurrent validity?
They compare students' scores against other students' scores.
What are norm-referenced tests?
Refer to items that are either right or wrong
What are objective items/questions?
What is a multiple choice item/question?
This instrument identifies what students know and need to learn
What is a diagnostic test?
The extent that a test measures a psychological variable
What is construct validity?
Evaluations given during the course
What are formative tests?
This type of item includes a space that students need to fill
What is a cloze item/question?
When students take tests that society considers very important
What is high-stakes testing?
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How old is Peter?