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SeEd 417 -- Classroom Assessment

Final Exam Review - Chapters 4 & 5 - Comprehensive concepts

Study guide questions. The format of the test will be the same as the mid-term exam with approximately the same number of questions.

1. What is the difference among formative, summative, and official assessment?

2. What is the difference between good teaching and effective teaching?

3. Answer the four questions in the text on pages 100 through 103.

4. Should students be prepared for achievement tests? If so, how? What is the most important preparation for formal achievement testing?

5. Should students be taught test taking skills? Should you consider these in test preparation?

6. What factors should be considered when scheduling a test?

7. Be able to select or name the different types of test questions for paper and pencil tests, the advantages and disadvantages of each type of question, and the scoring procedures.

8. What is the difference between holistic and analytical scoring of an essay? Which is better?

9. Be able to select or name the six rules for writing simple and clear test items.

10. In supply test items how should the grading of spelling and grammar be handled?

11. What is the relationship between the words used in the objective and the type of question used?

12. According to the text, what is the best single piece of advice to improve classroom tests?

13. What are the factors a teacher should consider when administering a test and how could he/she deal with each factor?

14. What are the essential characteristics of good performance assessment?

15. What are the guidelines a teacher should use in developing good performance criteria?

16. How may a performance assessment be recorded/scored? (List or describe the types.) Be able to describe the differences between these methods. What are some ways of improving performance assessments?

17. What is portfolio assessment? How may it be used to provide information about student achievement?

18. What three factors determine the quality of assessment information?

19. What at the two views of performance assessment as described in the ERIC Review? What were their concerns about performance assessment?

20. What does ERIC mean by “high-stakes” performance tests?

21. What is a teacher’s moral and ethical responsibility?

22. How can you make your classroom practices accomplish the above (#21)?

23. What are different quiz formats and administration procedures used in class? Which one(s) is (are) best? Worst?

24. Reviewing the evaluations you did in this class, how will you grade (easy, hard, unbiased, give what is deserved, etc.)? Were the ones that graded your assignments easy, hard, unbiased, etc.? On what criteria do you base your answer?