Deck 14: How Do I Teacher Students to Learn Through Multiple Assessment and Evaluation

Question 1

Summative assessments are appropriately used in the expansion phase of the learning cycle, but not in the development phase.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Which of the following statements is NOT appropriate about rubrics?

A) Students need to know the criteria on the rubric before they begin work.
B) Rubrics identify individual strengths and weaknesses.
C) Rubrics can be easily developed because scoring criteria are obvious.
D) Students can suggest a list of criteria to include in the rubric.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

A teacher's action research can begin with an examination of a students' work and test scores. Such an examination would result in which of the following actions?

A) Noting whether a pattern exists in students' alternative conceptions, constructing a classroom activity to learn if the conception is used consistently, analyze results.
B) Identifying a strategy to try out to find out whether you can help this student reconstruct the alternative conception, and setting up a different intervention for each student in class.
C) Noting whether a pattern exists in students' alternative conceptions, identifying a strategy to try out in the classroom to find out whether the alternative conception can be reconstructed, and deciding whether students enjoyed the activity.
D) Identifying a general topic area in which the student is demonstrating several alternative conceptions, selecting three to five teaching activities that you use in teaching the topic, and noting whether students overall score on a test is above 75 percent.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The NCSS position statement on testing and evaluation identifies which of the following as
NOT being a proper characteristic for the evaluation instruments?
A. Focus only on the stated curriculum goals and objectives.
B. Take only a short amount of time from the curriculum.
C. Measure both content and process.
D. Reflect a high degree of fairness to all people and groups.

Question 5

Having clearly stated objectives and matching them to the content taught in a lesson or unit is the key to being able to write good test questions that are fair to all learners.

Question 6

Which statement best differentiates assessment from evaluation?

A) Assessment is aligned with the objectives of a lesson and the instructional strategies while evaluation is not.
B) Assessment is the collection of data documenting learning while evaluation is the interpretation of how much accomplishment is shown by the data and whether it meets our expectations.
C) Evaluation is the testing students undergo both before and after a unit or lesson.
D) Assessment criteria are not established while evaluation criteria are established.

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT a guideline recommended by NCSS concerning the use of student's achievement results?

A) Match the objectives and classroom experiences of students
B) Be used solely to improve teaching and learning
C) Involve a variety of instruments and approaches
D) Be averaged into the student's class work to determine the final course grade

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT an example of formative evaluation?

A) Observations
B) Checklists
C) Standardized tests
D) Practice activities

Question 9

According to the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), evaluation instruments should do all of the following except:

A) focus on stated curriculum goals and objectives.
B) be used to improve the classroom curriculum and instructional methods used.
C) measure content but also processes.
D) set the same standard for all students so that each is expected to achieve the same level of success.

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT a guideline for writing an essay question for a test?

A) Specifies the process skills students use in answering the question
B) Specifies clear tasks to be completed in the answer
C) Asks for more that a restatement of information learned
D) Requires a long response

Question 11

Failure to assess the range of social studies content and skills is likely to contribute to an attitude that social studies is not relevant and important to the lives and futures of students.

Question 12

Performance testing in social studies is done to measure students':

A) ability to recall specific knowledge.
B) value preferences and dispositions.
C) abilities to perform and use skills.
D) level of moral development.

Question 13

An activity or creative project can be used as a tool for evaluation if the activity's objectives reflect the knowledge and skills that the students have learned.

Question 14

Performance assessments can authentically examine students' learning when they do all EXCEPT:

A) focus on teacher assessment of the task and not include the student's own assessment.
B) select assessment tasks that are connected to what has been taught.
C) share scoring criteria with students before they work on the task.
D) provide students with a clear set of standards or models of acceptable performances before they try the task.

Question 15

Alternative assessments:

A) use text materials rather than activities.
B) are independently performed activities that require quiet classroom time.
C) do not necessarily require students to sit quietly for extended periods of time.
D) provide for passive involvement of students with special needs.

Question 16

A major complaint from social studies educators concerning standardized tests is that they only assess a limited range of what needs to be assessed for outcomes in social studies.

Question 17

The use of parent-family conferences:

A) should not include students to avoid increasing student stress.
B) is a process in which teachers need training if they are to both share information and set goals for students with family members.
C) shows that the teacher does not need the family's ideas.
D) is viewed as a fact finding not a goal setting experience.

Question 18

Assessment is the process of interpreting evidence and making judgments and decisions on the quality of the classroom instruction.

Question 19

Evaluation is performed during the students' progression toward meeting the objectives of the lesson.

Question 20

Which type of evaluation is performed to check on how well students are doing while engaged in a lesson or unit?

A) Summative
B) Formative
C) Formal
D) Informal

Question 21

Since teachers assign grades for a course, it is best if they prepare and decide on the rubrics.

Question 22

Interviews are uniquely different from other modes of assessment in that students select what samples of their work they want the teacher to examine and tell the teacher about it.

Question 23

Rubrics are used to identify both the content and the quality of the performance or presentation to be included in a completed presentation or project.

Question 24

For an evaluation to be fair, students need to know the criteria used to evaluate before they begin their work.

Question 25

Student-produced projects that use technology can be a form of authentic assessment.

Question 26

Self-evaluation reports are especially appropriate to use when students engage in small-group activities.

Question 27

According to publishers of standardized tests, it is possible to include "open-ended"
questions on standardized test and social studies content lends itself well to such questions.