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29 Cards in this Set
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Pressures for accountability have resulted in increased school testing.
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true
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The rapid growth of minimum competency testing requirements in the 1970's and early 1980's was stimulated by widely held belief that high school grads often lacked essential skills.
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true
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There is public support for the use of test results to compare schools.
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true
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The "Lake Wobegon Effect" clearly demonstrated that test based comparisons of schools has improved education.
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false
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Concerns that accountability leads to teaching to the test have contributed to calls for increased reliance on performance based assessments.
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true
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Content standards specify the minimum score required to pass a test.
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false
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The belief that testing and assessment shapes instruction has led to increased emphasis on performance assessments.
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agree
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Authentic assessment is routinely achieved by the introduction of performance assessments.
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disagree
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Many proponents of performance assessments accept the idea that "what you test is what you get".
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agree
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Tasks requiring extended responses have been the target of most criticisms of testing and assessment.
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disagree
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Anything that can be measured by a performance assessment task could also be measured by a multiple choice test.
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disagree
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The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) enables schools to compare the performance of the students to the nation as a whole.
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false
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NAEP has provided a means of monitoring trends in achievement of students for 25 years.
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true
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In addition to national results, NAEP now provides results for state by state comparisons on a voluntary basis.
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true
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NAEP collects achievement data for students by both age and grade level.
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true
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Comparisons of nations based on international assessments are as trustworthy as comparisons of regions of the country based on NAEP results.
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false
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Comparibility of results in international assessments is assured by translating assessments to the languages spoken in different countries.
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false
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Computers are especially useful for adaptive testing.
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agree
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Computer administered simulations of problems enable the measurement of complex skills not readily measured by paper and pencil tests.
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agree
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Despite concern about the quality of scholl programs, there has been a demand for less testing and assessment.
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disagree
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Computerized adaptive tests increase the efficiency by reducing the number of items that need to be administered to achieve reliable measurement for a given test taker.
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agree
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The focus on the consequences of testing and assessment has decreased in recent years.
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disagree
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The computer provides the potential to present simulations that can measure the processes that students use to solve problems.
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agree
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Many of the criticisms of testing are the result of misinterpretation and misuse of test scores.
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agree
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A common misinterpretation of scores on tests and assessments is to assume they measure more than they do.
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agree
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Testing does not have any undesireable effects on students.
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disagree
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If a particular group receives lower scores on a test, it means the test is biased against members of that group.
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disagree
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It is good practice to post scores on standardized tests so that students in a class can see how their performance compares to that of their peers.
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disagree
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Test anxiety may lower the performance of some students.
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agree
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