ERM 353 Test 1 Questions & Answers 2024/2025
Who is Dylan William? - ANSWERSInterested in formative assessment
one of the world's foremost education authorities
Co-author of inside the Black Box
What are Darling-Hammond's main critiques of U.S. educational testing? - ANSWERS- predict very...
Who is Dylan William? - ANSWERSInterested in formative assessment
one of the world's foremost education authorities
Co-author of inside the Black Box
What are Darling-Hammond's main critiques of U.S. educational testing? - ANSWERS- predict very little
about success later in life.
- The United States does the most testing on the planet with multiple choice testing. Our rankings are
now going down, kids are getting more stressed out, and teachers are considering leaving their
profession. Instead we should follow Singapore, do higher level assessments, real world skills, graduation
portfolios, etc
How do other countries do 'better' on tests - ANSWERSthey do more project-based learning
in Singapore, they have 1 exam in elementary school then in high school, they write essays
in the US, we are creating portfolios and colleges are beginning to accept them
What are the essential ingredients for formative assessment? - ANSWERS1) identifying the "gap"
2) feedback
3) student involvement
4) learning progressions.
Is Rick Stiggins a proponent of summative or formative assessment? - ANSWERSBOTH! He believes in a
balance assessment system
What are the main differences between summative and formative assessment? - ANSWERSsummative
assessment: happens at the END of learning, more formal.
formative assessment: happens during learning, an assessment FOR learning (trying to help kids learn).
, The difference between "Old Mission" and "New Mission" educational assessment - ANSWERSOld
mission is we use tests to scare kids, make them anxious, weed out the weaklings.New mission is to try
and make sure all kids succeed! Use assessment to help all students learn.
Compare and contrast Kahn's notion of mastery learning with Stiggins concept of the New Mission -
ANSWERSKids must get the basic skill before they move on. They believe all students can learn any
material, goal of assessment is to help the students to learn. More formative based.
Kahn rejects the traditional academic model. Learning needs to be more individualized, they learn
individual at their own pace.
Stiggins thinks we need to implement things in the classroom to help students learn.
What are the different learning target types? What is their relationship? - ANSWERSKnowledge, skill,
product, reasoning,
What are some differences between U.S. and foreign standardized testing? - ANSWERSKnowledge
targets
Singapore does one assessment in elementary school and one in high school
Describe an assessment that would have a higher-level learning target. - ANSWERSI would have the kids
do a project more skill or product based EX: make a hypothesis and grow a plant.
What do the Rorschach uses tell us about reliability and validity? - ANSWERSEach USE of the test needs
to be reliable and valid. Might be reliable for schizophrenia but not for cancer
What does excellent reliability look like? - ANSWERSa test-retest correlation of +.80 or greater
What is the relationship between standardization and reliability? - ANSWERSThe more standardize things
the more reliability. They go hand in hand. Standardization decreases random error. Therfore increases
reliability
How reliable does a test need to be for low-stakes testing versus high stakes testing? - ANSWERS7 and
above, .9 AND above for high stakes
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