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| These instruments are structured to ensure that all students are administered the items in the same manner so that comparisons can be made more reliably. |
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| Criterion-Referenced Test |
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| Tests designed to accompany and measure a set of criteria or skill-mastery criteria. |
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| Tests designed to compare individual students with national averages, or norms of expectancy. |
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| one that is given to a large number of students across classrooms and schools at more or less the same time-given on a large scale |
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| Competency Level/Mastery Score |
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| relate student performance to preset levels of mastery of the content. |
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| Norm referenced scores, not criterion-referenced. Describe relative standings in a group; they have nothing to say about the actual level of work students are able to do. |
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| norm-referenced scores-tell you what percentage of the norm group a student outscores |
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| how well a student performed on a given set of test items |
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| number of questions answered correctly or number of points earned. |
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| errors contained in a test that can make a student's true level of achievement higher or lower |
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| what students are supposed to learn. learning targets |
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| provide clear statements of the kinds of performances that constitute evidence that students had met the content standards |
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| Standards Based Assessment |
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| standards based test is one based on the outcome-based education or performance-based education philosophy |
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| saying the same thing for everyone |
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| same test will give the same results |
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| testing what is supposed to be tested |
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| slicing up bell curve and dividing it |
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| standardized tests, quizzes |
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| pre-assessments, journaling, projects |
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