Category 1: Validity
A teacher creates a reading test, but most questions measure vocabulary memorization instead of comprehension.
What is low validity?
A student takes the same spelling test twice and earns almost the same score both times.
What is high reliability?
A bathroom scale gives the same weight every time but is five pounds off.
What is reliable but not valid?
A teacher gives students a short quiz during a lesson to check understanding before moving on.
What is formative assessment?
A student understands the material but fails the test because the questions are confusing.
What is a validity problem?
A math test measures students' ability to solve multiplication problems exactly as taught in class.
What is high validity?
Two teachers grade the same essay and give nearly identical scores.
What is reliable scoring?
A test measures the exact skill students were taught but scores vary widely each time it is given.
What is valid but not reliable?
A teacher uses exit tickets to quickly see if students understood the lesson.
What is checking for understanding?
Two teachers grade the same essay and give very different scores.
What is a reliability problem?
A science test claims to measure knowledge of magnets, but most questions are about electricity.
What is lack of validity?
Students take a reading test one day and get very different scores the next day even though nothing changed.
What is low reliability?
A benchmark reading test measures comprehension and produces consistent scores.
What is both valid and reliable?
A teacher reviews student test results to decide which reading skills need to be retaught.
What is using assessment data?
A reading test includes difficult vocabulary that students have never learned.
What is threat to validity?
Before giving a test, a teacher checks whether the questions truly measure the learning standard being taught.
What is establishing validity?
A test produces consistent results every time it is given.
What is reliability?
A teacher gives a math test with confusing directions that causes students to misunderstand the questions.
What is low validity?
A teacher compares student performance on an assessment to the learning standards taught in class.
What is aligning assessment with standards?
Students receive very different scores on the same test taken on different days without additional learning.
What is low reliability?
An assessment measures exactly what it was designed to measure.
What is validity?
A teacher uses a detailed rubric so that essays are graded consistently.
What is improving reliability?
A test must first measure the correct skill before consistency becomes meaningful.
What is validity comes before reliability?
A teacher creates questions directly from the Georgia Standards of Excellence being taught.
What is standards-based assessment?
An assessment accurately measures reading comprehension and produces consistent scores each time it is given.
What is high validity and reliability?