Assessment+Quiz


 * 1. What are the 3 different reading levels that take into account students’ ability to recognize words automatically, read fluently, and comprehend the message? (Tompkins) **


 * 2. What are running records and why do we use them? **


 * 3.What are Informal Reading Inventories? **

**5. What are the 2 early literacy assessments use in most kindergarten classes? Define each assessment tool. **
 * 4.What is a miscue? **


 * 6.Define reliability and validity. **

7. Read the sentence below; then answer the question that follows:


 * My family went to the circus last weekend. I liked the clowns the best. They were very funny. **

A student makes several miscues when reading these sentences aloud. Which of the following miscues represents an error in decoding consonant blends?  A. omitting circus  B. pronouncing clowns as clones  C. saying bet for best  D. shortening funny to fun

 8. Which of the following types of assessments would best provide information about the comparative reading proficiency of students in an elementary school?

A. a test of vocabulary development <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> B. a norm-referenced survey test <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> C. a reading miscue inventory <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> D.a diagnostic portfolio

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">9. Considerations of validity in test construction relate most closely to: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> A. how a particular examinee’s test performance relates to a pre-established standard. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> B. Whether the test questions effectively measure their specified content. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> C. How a particular examinee’s test performance compares to the performance of other examinees. <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 3.36pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;">D. Whether the test results are likely to be repeatable with a similar examinee test group.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">10. If a standardized test is said to lack reliability, the test: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> A. is not measuring what it is suppose to measure. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> B. Has not proven to be useful as an instructional intervention. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> C. Gives fluctuating scores in different administrations. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> D. Has poor predictive value relative to students’ classroom performance.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">11. One of the most important purposes of a standardized Informal Reading Inventory (IRI) is:

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">A. to establish how prior knowledge and text organization influence a student’s reading comprehension. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> B. To determine how a student uses semantic, syntactic, and other text cues to deduce a word’s meaning. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> C. To analyze how a student’s silent reading comprehension is influenced by oral reading fluency. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> D. To establish a student’s independent, instructional, and frustration reading levels.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">12.Which of the following informal assessment results provides the clearest indication that a kindergarten child has attained a beginning level of phonemic awareness? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> A. The student can clap the “beats” or syllables of familiar multis-yllable words. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> B. The student can delete the second “word” or syllable in compound words. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> C. The student can identify the beginning sound of single-syllable words. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> D. The student can substitute phonemes in the medial position of single-syllable words.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">13. An advantage of using assessment tools such as portfolios and scoring rubrics is that they:

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">A. provide more objective results than do multiple-choice test. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> B. Promote student participation in self-assessment activities. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> C. Ensure consistency among different evaluators. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> D. Offer more reliable assessment data.