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What is wrong with the MC item below?

Which of the following cities is a provincial capital?
a. Regina
b. Houston
c. Manitoba
d. British Columbia

A. Stem points to answer
B. There is no single answer
C. Distractors are not plausible
D. Stem does not contain sufficient information
What is C: Distractors are not plausible?
100
This is more likely to occur in selected-response items compared to constructed-response items.
What is guessing?
100
This is the main source of bias in classroom performance assessments.
What is a teacher's scoring?
100
When evaluating performance assessments, checklists can be better than anecdotal notes if

A. The assessment requires a set of sequential tasks
B. The assessment focuses on observable, simple tasks
C. The classroom size is big
D. The teacher intends to quantify student performance
E. All of the above
What is E: All of the above?
100
This type of rubric summarizes student performance using a single judgement.
What is a holistic rubric?
200
"Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit is noted for_____________.
a. discovering radioactivity
b. inventing the steam engine
c. discovering the planet Saturn
d. inventing the Fahrenheit scale"

What is wrong with the following MC item?
A. Stem contains a clue
B. There is no single answer
C. Grammatical errors hinder understanding
D. Stem does not contain sufficient information
What is A: Stem contains a clue?
200
This effect happens when extraneous factors (i.e., student behaviours) influence the teacher's scoring of constructed-response items.
What is the halo effect?
200
Which of the following would NOT reduce the validity and reliability of performance assessments?

A. Broadly stated performance criteria
B. Teachers' prior perceptions of students
C. A large number of performance criteria to observe
D. Performance criteria matched to students' performance level
What is D: Performance criteria matched to students' performance level?
200
An advantage of this performance assessment method over checklists is that it allows the teacher to evaluate the degree of the performance rather than its completion.
What is a rating scale?
200
Name two common elements of holistic and analytic rubrics.
What are scoring categories and descriptors?
300
This property of a high-quality restricted constructed-response item is used to clarify expectations.
What is the use of guiding words?
300
Which performance assessment method is not well suited for large classes?
What is an anecdotal note?
300
Similar to rating scales, this performance assessment method could be used for self-assessment and peer assessment in large classrooms.
What is a checklist?
300
Rating scales can be used for complex tasks, whereas checklists typically focus on these types of tasks.
What are simple and observable tasks?
400
Similar to rating scales and checklists, this performance assessment method can be used for both self-assessment and for peer assessment.
What is a rubric?
400
Both these performance assessment methods are practical to use in a class with many students.
What are rating scales and checklists?
500
Checklists, rating scales, and rubrics should be created based on these factors.
What are learner outcomes and standards?