Assessment in Education December 2014 Exam (Jamaica) PDF

# Teachers Colleges of Jamaica ## Bachelor of Education ### December 2014 - Examinations #### Common Paper #### Education #### Assessment in Education (ED 301PCB) **YEAR 3** **PRIM./SEC.** **TIME: 2 HOURS** **INSTRUCTIONS:** Candidates are required to answer **ALL** questions in Sections A and B...

# Teachers Colleges of Jamaica ## Bachelor of Education ### December 2014 - Examinations #### Common Paper #### Education #### Assessment in Education (ED 301PCB) **YEAR 3** **PRIM./SEC.** **TIME: 2 HOURS** **INSTRUCTIONS:** Candidates are required to answer **ALL** questions in Sections A and B and **THREE** questions from Section C. ## Section A Answer **ALL** questions in this section. 1. The national assessment best regarded as diagnostic in nature is the a. Grade Six Achievement Test. b. Grade nine achievement Test. c. Grade One Individual Learning Profile. d. Caribbean Secondary Examination Council examination. 2. A teacher spends several hours computing scores to be used to describe students' performance. The teacher was involved in a. evaluating performance. b. measuring performance. c. testing performance. d. interpreting performance. 3. Mr. Watson wants to find out his students' prior knowledge of asexual reproduction. Which type of assessment should he engage in? a. Alternative b. Diagnostic c. Summative d. Formative 4. The language arts teacher in a school administered a test to all seventh grade students and then used the results to put them in groups for instruction. This is best described as a. formative assessment. b. placement assessment. c. criterion referenced assessment. d. diagnostic assessment. 5. Mr. Johnson, the grade supervisor, wants to decide whether grade five students have satisfactorily completed the grade five curriculum at the end of the year. The type of test he would use is a. formative. b. summative. c. diagnostic. d. interim. 6. Teacher Brad makes a deliberate effort to ensure the contents of his test do not cause psychological distress to test takers. Specifically, Mr. Brad is trying to ensure freedom from a. unfairness. b. offensiveness. c. discrimination. d. invalidity. 7. Which of the following involves criterion-referenced interpretation? a. Max came in third in the 200 metre race. b. Elaine outperformed the class in the math test. c. Pat is able to construct an angle. d. Joan is the most outstanding student in the class. 8. Which of the following is true of validity? a. It is a unitary concept with three primary sources of evidence. b. It provides estimates of variation under different conditions. c. It provides a basis for judging performance for decision making. d. It is consistent with the various sources of reliability evidence in a test. 9. Which of the following can increase the reliability of a test? a. Giving a trial run b. Using a mark scheme c. Decrease the number of questions d. Reduce the number of scores 10. A test which discriminates against inner city children shows a. transparency. b. difficulty. c. fairness. d. bias. 11. Which of the following types of reliability refers to the consistency of test scores over time? a. Equivalent forms reliability b. Split half reliability c. Test-retest reliability d. Inter-scorer reliability 12. Which type of reliability refers to the consistency of a group of individual scores on two equivalent forms of a test designed to measure the same characteristic? a. Split half b. Alternate form c. Test-retest d. Inter-rater 13. Which form of validity may be determined by examining the general appearance of a test? a. Predictive validity b. Content validity c. Concurrent validity d. **Face validity** 14. Miss Chambers concludes that her second year students should do well in the course Introductory Science II because of their performance on the prerequisite course Introductory Science I. This conclusion is an example of a. predictive content validity b. concurrent content validity c. concurrent criterion validity d. predictive criterion validity 15. Which type of validity is required to determine whether test scores on students' records are reflecting their true ability? a. Content b. Construct c. Face d. Criterion 16. Which of the following test items can be determined by the scorer's judgment and experience? a. Multiple choice b. Matching c. Short answer d. Essay 17. Mrs. Brown taught Literature to her fourth form students for one term. Why would it be inappropriate to produce a class test consisting entirely of multiple choice items? Multiple choice tests a. mainly measures lower level skills. b. requires too much time to score the items. c. limits the teacher's ability to sample a large content area. d. limits students' construction of responses (analysis). 18. Which of the following is a supply item? a. Multiple choice b. True-false c. Completion d. Matching 19. Which type of item is best for assessing the objective "students will be able to describe the similarities among living things"? a. Multiple choice b. Essay c. Short answer d. Completion 20. An essay that asks the students to use 500 words to describe the impact of tourism on the seacoast of Jamaica is best described as a/an a. formatted response. b. open response. c. restricted response. d. extended response. 21. Mrs. Sinclair, the grade supervisor wants to know the purpose of constructing a table of specification. Which one of the following best explains the purpose of the Table of Specification? A table of specification a. demonstrates students' learning through direct, real world application. b. demonstrates how each student mastered a specific objective. c. specifies in advance how a student will score on an achievement test. d. ensures achievement tests measure specified objectives. 22. Mrs. Blake plans to give her students a science test. When should she construct her table of specification? a. After administering the test b. Before writing the test items c. After grading the scripts of test papers d. When evaluating the grades 23. Which of the following statements is **NOT** true of multiple choice items? a. All responses must be plausible b. Responses must be arranged in logical order c. Options must be interdependent d. Used to assess a wide range of learning tasks. 24. Select items require students to a. compare responses to items. b. identify responses to items. c. develop responses to items. d. list the response to items. 25. A balanced test is one that reflects the a. emphasis of instruction. b. emphasis of the assessment. c. experiences of the learner. d. discriminates between different learners. 26. Which statement best describes essay items? They a. are easier to score than other types of items. b. can be used to sample wider areas of content. c. maybe subject to bias by markers. d. are more reliable than objective items. 27. Which of the following is least susceptible to guessing? a. Matching b. Multiple choice c. Alternate d. Short answers 28. The part of a multiple choice question that provides the correct response to the problem or question posed is referred to as the a. stem. b. options. c. key. d. reference. 29. A good distractor is one which attracts a. all students. b. none of the students. c. only good students. d. mostly uninformed students. 30. Distractors that attract more students from the lower group than the upper group a. may indicate item ambiguity. b. may indicate improved performance. c. may indicate a need for reteaching. d. may indicate that the distractors are effective. 31. Which of the following assessment instruments will provide the least amount of feedback? a. A checklist b. Anecdotal record c. A rubric d. A rating scale 32. One important consideration in rubric development is a. construction of grids and weighting. b. analysis of outcomes and indications. c. analysis of scoring and feedback. d. construction of criteria and classification. 33. Central tendency and variability are usually indicated by the a. mean and standard deviation. b. range and correlation. c. standard deviation and correlation. d. range and standard deviation. 34. Portfolio assessment seeks to measure students' a. preferences and strengths. b. interest and progress. c. real life skills and application. d. knowledge and preferences. 35. An item that is answered correctly more often by those who scored well on the total test than those who scored poorly on the test is said to be a. negatively discriminating item. b. **positively discriminating item.** c. marginally discriminating item. d. non-discriminating item. 36. In calculating an item, a discrimination index of .30 to .39 indicates that it is a. a very good item for the item bank. b. reasonably good but possibly subject to improvement. c. a poor item to be rejected or improved by revision. d. a marginal item subject to improvement. 37. Which of the following is most true of performance assessment? a. It targets problem solving skills. b. It is authentic assessment. c. It is better organized than standardized assessment. d. It caters to multiple intelligences. 38. **Activist** teaching emphasizes a. assessment of learning. b. differentiated assessment. c. diagnostic assessment. d. summative assessment. 39. Portfolios, projects and debates are all types of a. traditional assessment. b. **alternative assessment.** c. performance assessment. d. authentic assessment. 40. Which of the following statements is true of assessment that reflects a constructivist approach? a. Responses are directly related to class notes b. Students' responses must conform to strict guidelines c. Problems are posed in a variety of ways d. Items on the instruments are compulsory ## Section B Answer **ALL** questions in this section. A group of twelve students received the following raw scores for an end of term science test: 45 78 90 35 45 78 84 68 53 78 57 85 a) What is the mean score of the distribution? b) What is the median score? c) State the mode. d) Calculate the range. e) Rank order the scores from the lowest to the highest. ## Section C Answer any **THREE** questions from this section. 1. You have been asked to conduct a workshop for teachers on the importance of giving feedback to the different stake holders of education. a. Explain **ONE** purpose of effective feedback. b. State how any **TWO** stakeholders could benefit from the teacher's feedback. c. Give an example of an appropriate feedback to one of the stakeholders you selected above. 2. Norm-referenced and criterion referenced tests interpretations have similarities and differences. a. Outline **THREE** differences between both types of test interpretation. b. Explain **ONE** way a parent could use criterion referenced test interpretation. 3. A table of specification is an important tool when designing a test. a. Indicate **ONE** purpose of the Table of Specification. b. Suggest **TWO** benefits of using a Table of Specifications. c. Explain the role of Bloom's taxonomy in the creation of the Table of Specifications. 4. "Alternative assessment is highly impractical in Jamaican classrooms". a. Define the term alternative assessment. b. Provide **ONE** argument supporting the quoted statement. c. Provide **ONE** argument refuting the quoted statement.