Chapter 14: Standardized Tests and Grades
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1.  

The SATs and other college entrance examinations are examples of which of the following types of tests.



2.  

What term is used to describe standards that are derived from test scores of a sample of people who are similar to those who will take the test and that can be used to interpret scores of future test takers?



3.  

Criterion-referenced tests that focus on important skills students are expected to have mastered to qualify for promotion or graduation are called



4.  

What term is used to described tests that measure general abilities and predict future performances?



5.  

Achievement tests are used to predict students' future performance in a course of study, diagnosis learning difficulties, serve as formative tests of students' progress, and



6.  

What term is used to describe a general aptitude for learning?



7.  

The age of an person in years is called



8.  

Which of the following terms is used for tests of specific skills to identify students' learning weaknesses and to guide instruction?



9.  

Percentiles and grade equivalents are examples of which of the following types of scores?



10.  

What term is used to describe a student's rank among the norming group on a standardized test?



11.  

What term is used to compare a student's score to the average score obtained by students at a particular grade level?



12.  

A frequency graph of a normal distribution produces a



13.  

What is the term for a statistical measure of the degree of dispersion in a distribution of scores?



14.  

What term is used to describe a measure of the degree to which a test is appropriate for its intended use?



15.  

School personnel would want readiness tests to have a high degree of which of the following validity types?



16.  

A test that purports to measure mechanical ability should be strongly related to a student's ability to build things. What validity type is being described here?



17.  

A measure of the consistency of test scores obtained from the same students at different times is called



18.  

What term is used to describe an undesirable characteristic of tests in which item content discriminates against a certain group of students?



19.  

Which of the following terms is synonymous with "relative grading standard"?



20.  

Absolute grading, based on some criteria or standard, is also called

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