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26 Cards in this Set
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What are Standardized Tests Used For?
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1. Slection/Placement
2. Assessment & Diagnosis 3. Program Evaluation & Accountability |
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Types of Standardized Tests?
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1. Aptitude
2. Norm Ref. Test 3. Criterion Ref. Test |
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Central Tendency?
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Mean
Median Mode |
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Variability & Standard Deviation?
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One median number and add from where they deviate then dived those numbers and it equals the SD
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How are Standardized Tests Interpreted?
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Percent Ranks
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Stanines?
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Take scores & place into location. 5=1/4 2=1/2
2-5 =below mean 6-9 =above mean |
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Grade Equivalent Scores?
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Compare scores to score of a part or age group ex. reading level 3.4 3rd Grade yr. & 4th month
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Standard Score?
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Z score
T score -use SD as basic unity |
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Z score?
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# of SD from the mena
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T Score?
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defines a mean of 50 & s stand. deviation of 10 (ex. t-score=70, 70 is a score 2 deviations above the mean (50) )
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Standard Error of Measurment?
SEM |
SEM range w/ in which an estimate of the true score is found.
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What Makes a test Reliable? (Reliability)
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Test is consitent & you get roughly the same score each time you take it
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What influences test reliability?
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Test length
Time b/w test administration Scoring Methods Question Wording Test Taker Characteristics |
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Reliability is not necessarily?
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Valid or Validity
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What makes a test Valid? (Validity)
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Test measures what it is supposed to measure
Does it correlate w/ measures of same construct? Guve an accurate picture of an individual functioning? |
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What are the (3) types of Validity?
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(1) Content Validity- Test success measures content
(2) Predictive Valdity- Test predicts future performance (3) Construct Valdity-Test successfully matches what it is supposed to measure |
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Overall issues with Standardized Test & Classroom Testing?
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Test Validity
Test Reliability Test Bias Computer Test Administration |
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What are teaching objectives?
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What you want students to learn
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What is Assessments?
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Measure of Instructional objectives met
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What are Learning Objectives?
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Behavior that students are expected to exhibit at the end of a series of lessons
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Bloom Taxonomy?
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Evaluation
Synthesis Analysis Application Comprehension Knowledge |
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What are the uses of Bloom's?
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Determine learning level or learning objectives
Design Assessments Used to pick types of questions Determine Questions & Uses |
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What are the importances of Bloom's Taxonomy?
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Measure of Student Performance & Effort
Gives Feedback to parents |
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Types of Evalutations
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Formative ( diagnost strenths and weaknesses)
Summative- Final Exam Norm Ref. Criterion Ref. |
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Absolute Grading Standards?
(advantages & disadvantages) |
-Pre-Established Goals
Advantages- Less competition, clear connection b/w criteria grade Dis-Advantages- Level of Difficulty fluctuates, standards are arbitrary |
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Alternative Grading Systems?
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Performance Grading
(report what children can do) Contract Grading (negotiate an amount of perf. or level for each grade) Mastery Grading (est. levels of mastery for particular grades) Portfolios |