What is the purpose of the Code of Professional Responsibilities in Educational Measurement?
To provide guidance for test development and administration
Which legislation required setting challenging standards fo
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What is the purpose of the Code of Professional Responsibilities in Educational Measurement?
To provide guidance for test development and administration
Which legislation required setting challenging standards for student achievement and developing and administering assessments to measure student progress toward those standards?
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
A group of teachers based the new curriculum for their high school English class off of content found on previous standardized assessments.
Why was this action inappropriate, according to the Code of Professional Responsibilities in Educational Measurement?
Because it compromises the integrity of the assessment.
A second-grade teacher needs to assess a guided reading text. The teacher finds an assessment that appears to meet the needs of most of the class but would not be appropriate for two students who are English language learners (ELL). The teacher decides to adjust assessment preparation strategies and still use the test.
Which assessment preparation strategy is appropriate for the teacher to provide the ELL students?
Bilingual flashcards
A third-grade teacher prepares an end-of-chapter assessment covering double-digit addition for mathematics. The teacher wants to align the assessment with both the content standards and the needs of the students.
What is an appropriate strategy for this teacher to implement in preparation for the assessment?
Plan accommodations for students with exceptionalities using manipulatives from the lesson
A fourth-grade teacher has a student who struggles with fine motor functioning, making handwriting difficult. The Individualized Education Program (IEP) states that the student is allowed accommodations. During administration of an assessment, the students are given an essay prompt about why the U.S. Constitution is important.
What are two reasonable accommodations for a student with this disability?
Allow the student to have an extended period of time
Allow the student to use a word processor to type the response
A third-grade teacher is organizing an oral, vocabulary assessment for a class. The class includes two students who are hard of hearing.
How can the teacher ensure that the assessment is fair for all students?
Allow sign language interpreters to assist with the test for the students who are hard of hearing
What are two appropriate ways for students to self-assess the work on a project?
Use a checklist
Complete a scoring rubric
A language arts teacher is beginning a new unit on figurative language. The teacher wants to organize a series of assessments to check students' progress through the unit.
Which type of assessment should be used?
Formative assessment
After completing a unit on endangered animals, students organized three-minute videos encouraging animal conservation. The students were graded using a rubric.
Which two assessment categories does this represent?
Formal assessment
Performance assessment
A teacher has prepared a series of objectives for an instructional unit. The objectives will be used to prepare the unit assessments for the students.
Which two recommendations should be made to the teacher?
Use various types of assessments to appropriately assess complex learning
Consider how the assessment results will be used in the instructional program
A new sixth-grade teacher is planning a unit on invertebrates. The teacher wants to incorporate a variety of assessments and asks a mentor teacher how this might be done.
What are two suggestions the mentor teacher might make regarding the system of assessment?
Use a variety of formal and informal assessments
Ensure alignment between learning objectives and assessment
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