Professional Education

Assessment of Student Learning

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1) Task analysis involves the breaking down of a learning task into subtasks or subskills. Given a task to retell a story, which of the following skills is NOT needed?

a) to outline a selection

b) to disseminate information

c) to identify topic sentence

d) to arrange events in sequence

ANSWER: C
RATIONALE: The correct answer is c] to identify topic sentence because retelling a story focuses on narrative skills like sequencing events rather than identifying topic sentences, which is more related to expository writing.

2) The facility index of a test item is .50. This means that the test item is _____.

a) valid

b) moderate in difficulty

c) very easy

d) reliable

ANSWER: B
RATIONALE: A facility index of .50 indicates moderate difficulty, meaning about half of the students answered correctly. Validity and reliability are separate test characteristics, and a facility index does not measure these directly.

3) What does a negative discrimination index mean?

a) The test item has low reliability

b) More from the lower group answered the test item correctly

c) More from the upper answered the test correctly

d) The test could not discriminate between the upper and lower group

ANSWER: B
RATIONALE: This question tests understanding of item analysis statistics. A negative discrimination index indicates that more students from the lower-performing group answered the item correctly compared to the higher-performing group. This is generally considered problematic because it suggests the item might be flawed or measuring something other than the intended construct. Ideally, higher-performing students should be more likely to answer items correctly. A negative discrimination index doesn't directly indicate low reliability or a complete lack of discrimination, but it does suggest that the item is not functioning as intended in differentiating between high and low performers.


4) Student R gave a wrong answer. Teacher W said "Wrong! You are way off." As a consequence, other students in the class were afraid to answer questions. Which of the following is illustrated by the event?

a) ripple effect

b) halo effect

c) severity error

d) central tendency error

ANSWER: A
RATIONALE: The ripple effect describes how one action affects others in a group, as seen when other students became afraid to answer questions. The halo effect is when one trait influences overall judgment, severity error involves harsh grading, and central tendency error is the avoidance of extreme ratings.

5) Tells the location of a score in a normal distribution having a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10.

a) Standard Scores

b) Z-Scores

c) Percentile Ranks

d) T-Scores

ANSWER: D
RATIONALE: T-Scores are standard scores that indicate where a score lies in a normal distribution with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10. Therefore, the correct answer is "T-Scores."

6) What should be done with test item whose difficulty index is .98?

a) Revise it

b) Retain it

c) Reject it

d) Reserve it for another group of students

ANSWER: A
RATIONALE: This question tests knowledge of item analysis in test development. A difficulty index of .98 indicates that 98% of students answered the item correctly, making it an extremely easy question. In most cases, such an easy item doesn't effectively discriminate between students of different ability levels and doesn't provide much useful information. Therefore, the best course of action is to revise the item to make it more challenging. Retaining it wouldn't improve the test's effectiveness, rejecting it outright might waste a potentially good question concept, and reserving it for another group doesn't address the fundamental issue of the item's lack of difficulty.

7) On the test giver's list of Do's, which of the following is not relative to motivating students to do their best?

a) Read test directions

b) Reduce test anxiety, e.g. "Take a deep breath."

c) Explain the purpose of the test

d) Tell students: "I will be proud of you if you perform well."

ANSWER: D
RATIONALE: This question evaluates understanding of appropriate test administration practices. Telling students "I will be proud of you if you perform well" is not considered an appropriate way to motivate students before a test. This statement can increase pressure and anxiety, and it ties the teacher's approval to test performance, which can be detrimental to students' intrinsic motivation and self-esteem. The other options (reading directions, reducing anxiety, explaining the test's purpose) are all appropriate practices that can help students perform their best without adding undue pressure.


8) It indicates or describes how spread the scores are.

a) Measures of Position

b) Measures of Variability

c) Measures of Central Tendency

d) Measures of Relative Position

ANSWER: B
RATIONALE: Measures of Variability, such as range, variance, and standard deviation, describe the spread or dispersion of scores within a distribution. Therefore, the correct answer is "Measures of Variability."

9) It is equivalent to the average score of the group or class?

a) Mean

b) Median

c) Mode

d) Standard Deviation

ANSWER: A
RATIONALE: The mean is the average score of a group or class, calculated by dividing the sum of all scores by the number of scores. The median is the middle score in a distribution, the mode is the most frequently occurring score, and the standard deviation measures the dispersion of scores around the mean.

10) Which type of test measures higher order thinking skills?

a) Enumeration

b) Matching

c) Completion

d) Analogy

ANSWER: A
RATIONALE: The correct answer is a] Enumeration. This type of test often requires students to apply, analyze, or evaluate information, thus measuring higher-order thinking skills. Matching, completion, and analogy tests may focus more on recall and lower-order thinking skills.

11) Which measure of central tendency is usually affected by extreme scores?

a) Mode

b) Mean

c) Median

d) Quartile

ANSWER: B
RATIONALE: The correct answer is b] Mean. The mean is susceptible to extreme values, or outliers, which can skew the average. Median and Mode are less affected by extreme scores.

12) Which statement about standard deviation is CORRECT?

a) The lower the standard deviation the more spread the scores are.

b) The higher the standard deviation the more spread the scores are.

c) The higher the standard deviation the less spread the scores are.

d) It is a measure of central tendency.

ANSWER: B
RATIONALE: A higher standard deviation indicates more variability or spread in the scores.

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