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1
The document Goals 2000 was produced in 1989 by:
A)the U.S Department of Education
B)the U.S. Congress
C)the National Council on Educational Standards and Testing
D)the governors' conference on education
2
Which of the following is not an argument for standardized testing?
A)American schools are too child-centered
B)students should be assessed individually over time
C)American students are not competing well against students in other countries
D)American education is not serving minority students well
3
The appeal of objective and standardized tests is especially strong among:
A)educators and the clergy
B)artists and social workers
C)businessmen and legislators
D)teachers and administrators
4
All of the following are arguments against standardized testing, except:
A)it does not measure complex thinking well
B)it has too wide an application
C)there is a possibility of cultural bias in the questions
D)it often neglects the context in which learning occurs
5
The term assessment suggests:
A)a narrow evaluation of a person's strengths
B)an individualized evaluation of a person's strengths
C)standardization of content
D)a quick picture of how students are doing
6
Which of the following is a role for students in a classroom that uses multiple forms of assessment?
A)helping to determine the nature of their own evaluations
B)grading their own papers
C)writing letters to their congressperson
D)choosing not to be evaluated at all
7
In the development of portfolios used for assessments, which of the following is true?
A)teachers do all the planning and selecting
B)students do all the planning and selecting
C)the planning and selecting is random and without criteria
D)teachers and students work together to plan the portfolio and select items for inclusion
8
In classrooms using multiple forms of assessment, content knowledge is often:
A)acquired in the pursuit of other projects
B)generally ignored
C)the single basis for grading
D)none of the above
9
Which of the following statements is not true with respect to grading?
A)grading was virtually unknown before the middle of the 1800s
B)grading emerged as school populations grew
C)grading has only one purpose
D)for most of western history, students were assessed orally
10
Which of the following is not the case in the demand model of assessment?
A)students are perceived as workers obligated to work hard
B)students are perceived as active contributors to their own learning
C)responsibility is shifted from the teacher to the student
D)students who do not do well are thought to have chosen not to do well





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