Assessment Types Quiz

The ongoing process of gathering evidence of children's learning and development, then organizing and interpreting the information in order to make informed decisions about instructional practice is called what?

• observation

• evidence gathering

• assessment

• evaluation

When a teacher is comparing a child's observations from the beginning of the year to observations at the end of the year to see how far the child has progressed, this is what kind of assessment?

• informal assessment

• summative assessment

• formative assessment

• observation comparison

While reading a book, a teacher notices that half of her class is not paying attention, so she leads the children in a group stretching activity and then gives the children a choice to choose another area to play in, or to sit and continue hearing the story. This adaptation to her teaching to keep her class engaged is called what?

• informal assessment

• formal assessment

• evaluation

• formative assessment

Which of the following is an example of a formative assessment?

• curriculum-embedded assessment

• aptitude testing

• readiness testing

• authentic assessment

Having a child read aloud to assess a child's reading ability rather than giving him a multiple-choice test would be what type of assessment?

• reading assessment

• dynamic assessment

• authentic assessment

• formative assessment

A test is said to be _______ if the tool is likely to get the same or similar results when used by different people or on different days.

• reliable

• unpredictable

• inconsistent

• variable

Since the SAT and ACT compare a person's score to a predetermined level of performance, they are examples of what kind of standardized test?

• norm-referenced test

• college entrance exam

• criterion-referenced tests

• skills assessment

The first step in the process to find out which children are at risk for a disability would be which of the following?

• screening test

• diagnostic test

• play-based assessment

• norm-referenced test

Holding teachers, schools, or programs responsible for meeting a required level of performance is called what?

• standardized testing

• program evaluation

• accountability

• formal assessment

Effective assessment

• can be used to deny special services

• is only necessary for identifying children with special needs

• does not need to remain confidential

• requires multiple sources of information