PCK 4

Which of the following shows the relevance of assessment to administrators?

• Give feedback to students about their progress

• Plan and conduct faculty development programs

• Discover learning areas that require special attention

• Diagnose and identify students’ learning needs

Assessment is important to teachers because of the decisions they will make about their students when teaching them. For teachers, which of the following is NOT among the functions of assessment?

• Identify learner’s needs and abilities.

• Monitor and improve the teaching-learning process.

• Make decisions about how to implement learning activities.

• Make policy decisions regarding what is and is not appropriate for learners.

Mr. Castro uses evidences of student learning to make judgements on student achievement against goals and standards. He does this at the end of a unit or period. Which purpose does assessment serve?

• Assessment as learning

• Assessment for learning

• Assessment of learning

• Assessment tool

Ms. Bermudez notes that Christine obtained a score of 40 points out of a possible 50 in the unit test. Which concept is exemplified by the statement?

• Assessment

• Evaluation

• Formative

• Measurement

Ms. Sibug declared that Amy’s score in the summative test indicates that she has learned the content exceedingly well and is ready to progress to the next unit of instruction. Which concept is illustrated?

• Assessment

• Evaluation

• Measurement

• Testing

Juanita discovered that some students had difficulty applying mathematical procedures to solve various word problems because of their lack of knowledge and skills of basic algebraic expressions and operations. What form of assessment did she use?

• Diagnostic

• Formative

• Placement

• Summative

Ms. Rivera is reviewing the English quiz she gave to her class. She learned that many of her students missed the essay item. What should she do?

• Reprimand the class to pay attention

• Administer another test

• Refrain from giving essays

• Reconsider her teaching method

During his first meeting, Mr. Miranda gave a readiness test to determine the prerequisite skills and degree of mastery his students possess in relation to the course objectives or learning outcomes. He intends to use the results to determine where he will begin in his lesson plan and decide on the best mode of learning. Which form of assessment did he employ?

• Diagnostic

• Formative

• Placement

• Summative

Through observation techniques, a math teacher learned that students are non-participative during interactive lecturing or lecture-demonstrations. Consequently, the teacher adopted collaborative learning like syndicate approach and jigsaw learning method. What form of assessment prompted him to do so?

• Diagnostic

• Formative

• Placement

• Summative

At the end of instruction, Mr. de Jesus gave his students a long test to determine their level of achievement and mastery of the topics in the first quarter. Which of these concepts describes this particular role of assessment?

• Diagnostic

• Formative

• Placement

• Summative