Chapter 13: Assessing Student Learning
Study Helps



1.  

What is a statement of skills or concepts that students are expected to know at the end of some period of instruction?



2.  

The process of breaking assignments or objectives down into their simpler components is called



3.  

What term is used to describe a measure of the degree to which instructional objectives have been obtained?



4.  

Asking students to subtract 184 from 237 is an example of which type of objective?



5.  

What term is used to describe Bloom's ordering of objectives from simple learning tasks to more complex ones?



6.  

Objectives that have to do with student attitude and values are called



7.  

What term refers to all the means used in schools to formally measure student performance?



8.  

Assessments that focus on comparisons of a student's scores with those of other students are



9.  

Assessments that focus on assessing students' mastery of specific skills, regardless of how other students did on the same skills are



10.  

Student portfolios, performance assessments, and other evaluations that focus on real-life skills are



11.  

What is the purpose of constructing a table of specification?



12.  

What type of test item consists of a stem followed by a correct answer and several distractors?



13.  

In a multiple-choice test item, what term is used to describe the incorrect responses?



14.  

True-false items are a form of what other test item type?



15.  

What test-item type is best when there is only one possible correct answer?



16.  

What test item type is presented in the form of two lists, which are to be linked?



17.  

Which of the following test item types allow students to respond in their own words?



18.  

What type of assessment requires students to organize, select, and apply complex procedures that have at least several important steps or components?



19.  

Which of the following terms refers to a collection of a student's work in an area showing growth, self-reflection, and achievement?



20.  

Tests that involve actual demonstrations of knowledge or skills in real life are called

Note: answer choices in this exercise are randomized.
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