WGU Educational Assessment (QUESTIONS & ANSWERS )

Alternative Assessment - ANSWER-An assessment where students demonstrate their abilities to complete an experiment Authentic Assessment - ANSWER-Upon completion of the unit, the final assessment includes students demonstrating their skills Performance Assessment - ANSWER-An assessment requiring ...

System of Assessments - ANSWER-includes all assessments given during a year - large scale as well as classroom assessments; provides multiple options for determining what students know and can do Balanced Assessment Program - ANSWER-purposely balancing student performance on year-end standardize...

system of assessments - ANSWER-included multiple levels of assessments that are to provide different info to different people for many purposes balanced assessment program example - ANSWER-placement, formative, diagnostic, summative assessments balanced assessment - ANSWER-set of interacting ass...

What is assessment? Choose two answers. The process of obtaining a numerical description of the degree to which an individual possesses a particular characteristic. Any of a variety of procedures used to obtain information about student performance. An instrument or systematic procedure for mea...

provide alternatives to traditional paper-and-pencil assessments - ANSWER-Alternative Assessments ask students to demonstrate their understanding by performing a task - ANSWERPerformance Assessments Mimic application of skills to "real-world" settings - ANSWER-Authentic Assessments Focus on th...

What is the purpose of the Code of Professional Responsibilities in Educational Measurement? - ANSWER-To provide guidance for test development and administration. What legislation required setting challenging standards for student achievement and developing and administering assessments to measu...

Bloom's Taxonomy - ANSWERauthentic assessment - ANSWER-real world applications acheivment tests - ANSWER-have students learned the outcomes standards - ANSWER-trunk of tree - broad general terms, state made Benchmark - ANSWER-branches comes from district adn clarifies standards Objective - ANSW...

Alternative assessment - ANSWER-As an educator, you are tired of standard paper and pencil exams. Instead, you have elected to experiment with a simulation where students demonstrate their abilities to complete an experiment. Authentic assessment - ANSWER-Upon completion of the unit, students wil...