MEC1 WGU Questions and Answers
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2. What is the purpose of construct validity? Correct Answer- Identify whether the assessment
measures the intended concept and not an unintended variable.
3. What is the
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MEC1 WGU Questions and Answers
Latest Update
2. What is the purpose of construct validity? Correct Answer- Identify whether the assessment
measures the intended concept and not an unintended variable.
3. What is the purpose of content validity in objective assessments? Correct Answer- Determine
how closely the assessment represents the material that should be assessed
4. What is the purpose of criterion-related validity? Correct Answer- Measure the degree of
correlation between an assessment and second assessment
6. How do you ensure validity of a test? Correct Answer- The scoring procedures are evaluated
for objectivity
Test is evaluated for evidence of bias
Test is evaluated for content consistency
7. What are threats to validity? Correct Answer- Subjective scoring methods
Cheating by students
Ambiguous test directions
Compare/contrast constructed response tests with selected response test. Correct AnswerSelected response -choose an answer; easier to grade; higher reliability
Constructed response- construct an answer; higher order skills measured; harder to grade;
lower reliability.
Concurrent Correct Answer- degree an assessment correlated with an existing measure of that
performance
Consequential Validity Correct Answer- degree which results of an assessment is used for a
particular purpose and has social consequences
Construct Correct Answer- degree it measures what the specifications indicate it is intended to
measure
To measure the degree of agreement between a theoretical concept and an assessment
Content Correct Answer- what is being measured is consistent with the exam's purpose
to measure how well an assessment device measures what it was designed to measure
Criterion-related validity Correct Answer- degree of correlation between results of one
assessment and another
Equivalency Correct Answer- The degree in which two tests measure the same content
Equivalency Correct Answer- The extent in which 2 or more forms of a test are consistent and
the degree in which two tests measure the same content
Formative assessment is used? Correct Answer- During instruction to check for understanding
and adapt instruction as needed.
Formative evaluation Correct Answer- An evaluation that leads to the improvement of a
program or produ
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