43 questions
The most frequent score in a distribution is the ________.
mode
mean
midpoint
median
Which is the most stable measure of central tendency?
median
mean
percentage
percentage
Norms obtained in a certain school evaluate pupil/student performance is?
National norms
Local norms
Grade norms
Age norms
Teacher J is planning to make a test for the future topnotchers. What should he do before constructing the items?
Review the previous lessons.
Determine the length of time for answering it.
Announce to the students the scope of the test.
Prepare the table of specification.
Under what type of multiple choice test can this question be classified? “Which of the following statements expresses this concept in different forms?”
cause
association
definition
difference
Setting up criteria for scoring essay tests is meant to increase their ________.
reliability
validity
objectivity
usability
Read the following objective carefully, “After listening to a group report on ecology the students are expected to defend their position on the issue.” To what domain does it belong?
Psychomotor
Cognitive
Affective
Perceptive
Carol obtained a 97 percentile rank in an aptitude test. This means that ________.
she answered 97% of the items correctly.
she belongs to the 97% of the group who took the test
97% of the examinees did better than her who took the test
she surpassed 97% of those who took the test
Which of the most reliable tool for seeing the development in your pupils ability to write?
Interview of pupils
Portfolio assessment
Scoring rubrics
Self-assessment
Teacher El wanted to diagnose the ablility of his students in organizing their thoughts using a paper and pecil test. Is the measuring tool appropriate for them?
Yes, by way of the essay test.
No, unless the multiple choice type of tests is made situational
Yes, by way of the selected response type of test.
No, they are limited only to simple recall.
The Principal is encouraging his colleagues to make use of authentic assessment.
Which goes with authentic assessment?
Contextualized drill
Answering multiple choice test items
Real world application of lessons learned
Situational assessment test
To ensure mastery of a cognitive lesson, which assessment tool is most appropriate?
Essay test
Objective test
Pre-test and post-test
Summative test
"State a set of principles that can explain the following items" is a yes item on _____
Generalizing
Relating cause and effect
Predicting
Summarizing
The results of National Achievement Test ( NAT ) are interpreted against a set of mastery level. This means that NAT is categorized as / an _____ test.
I. Criterion-referenced
II. Norm-referenced
I only
Either I or II
II only
Neither I or II
In mastery learning, the definition of an acceptable standard of performance is called ____
Behavior
Condition
Criterion measure
SMART
As a teacher, what do you do engage yourself in major task analysis?
Test if learning reached higher level of thinking skills.
Breakdown a complex task into sub-skills
Determine the level of thinking involved
Revise lesson objectives
This type of rubrics that estimates the overall quality of a performance by assigning a single numerical value to represent a specific category of accomplishment
Analytic rubrics
Checklists
Holistic rubrics
Scoring rubric
Which of the following statements is true for reliability and validity of a measuring instrument?
Reliable test is also valid.
Validity does not ensure reliability
Validity and reliability are not related.
Valid test must be reliable
What is the first step the teacher should take in carrying out a research?
Identify the problem
Gather data
Advance hypothesis
formulate tentative solution
Which of the following is a tool for evaluating personal social adjustment of students?
Interview guide
Observable checklist
Sociometry
Socia consent
What should be AVOIDED in arranging the items of the final form of the test?
Space the items so they can be read easily.
Follow a definite response pattern for the correct answers to ensure ease of scoring.
Arrange the sections such that they progress from the very simple to very complex.
Keep all the items and options together on the same page.
For mastery learning, which type of testing will be most fit?
Formative testing
Criterion-reference testing
Aptitude testing
Norm-reference testing
In constructing achievement tests, the first step is to:
determine the highest rating to be given to students
assess the teaching capability of teachers
determine the content and skills covered by test
determine the characteristics of highest takers
The following are reasons why we evaluate the learning outcomes EXCEPT:
provide tangible evidence useful in interpreting school achievements to the community
provide parents information on how well their children are doing in school
analyze the learning task
monitor student progress
During the first grading period, a student obtained failing marks in five academic subjects. Which of the following tests would best explain his performance?
aptitude
attitude
personality
mental ability
It refers to the process of evaluating a single test items by any of several methods. It usually involves determining the difficulty, and the discriminating power of the item, and often its correlation with some criterion.
validity test
Interpreting conclusions
Item analysis
factor analysis
The first process in analyzing score is ________.
Standardized tests when conducted at the national level require ________.
random implementation
reading of instruction
specific guidelines
uniform administration
It tells the relative position of a score from the rest of the scores.
Multiple choice test is considered as the best type of test because:
It is easy to conduct
It contains many responses
It measures several competencies in one test
It possesses the qualities of other types of tests
The correct answer is: Letter-C
In order to find out if there is relationship between age and level of intelligence, the measure to be used is:
Analysis of variance
Correlation
Standard deviation
T-test
The crude mode is the ________.
highest score
highest score minus the lowest score
score with the highest frequency
standard deviation
In his second item analysis, Teacher H found out that more from the lower group got the test item # 6 correctly. This means that the test item __________.
has a negative discriminating power
has a lower validity
has a positive discriminating power
has a high reability
Standard deviation is to variability as mean is to __________.
Coefficient of correlation
Central tendency
Discrimination index
level of difficulty
Which assessment tool will you use so that performance results can be highly measurable?
Test and Quizzes
Essay requirement
Journal writing
Demonstration of skills
Which of the following measures is more affected by an extreme score?
Mean
Median
Mode
Range
In a positively skewed distribution, the students are?
exccellent
fair
poor
normally distributed
In a negatively skewed distribution, what kind of students does Teacher B have?
poor
average
zero discrimination
very good
When the distribution is skewed to the right, what kind of test was administered?
Difficult
Easy
Average/moderately difficult
Partly easy- partly difficult
Mr. Bagalayos administered a test to his class and the result is positively skewed. What kind of test do you think Mr. Bagalayos gave to his students?
post test
pretest
mastery test
criterion reference test
Based on the figure, which is true about the distribution?
Mean=55, median=48, mode=34
Mean=63, median=63, mode=63
Mean=46, median=40, mode=37
The distribution is mesokrutic
An appropriate assessment tool for assessing the development of learning in the affective domain is through:
Reading of journal entries
Performance assessment
Product assessment
Self-assessment
Constructing a project at the end of a unit is used as an assessment strategy. Which is an advantage?
Students are encourage to use their innovative skills
It develops students manupulative skills
Parent-children interactives
Student present a principle learned in concrete form.