ANSWERS:

1. High-Quality Classroom Assessment technically sound; provides results that

demonstrate and improve targeted student learning; inform instructional decision
making.
2. PRINCIPLES OF HIGH QUALIT Y ASSESSMENT
a. Clarity of learning targets
b. (knowledge, reasoning, skills, products, affects)
c. Appropriateness of Assessment Methods
d. Validity
e. Reliability
f. Fairness
g. Positive Consequences
h. Practicality and Efficiency
i. Ethics
3. Knowledge
-Define, identify, explain, label, list, locate, match, recall, state, tell, name, describe,
paraphrase, sequence, categorize, classify, specify, choose, select
Reasoning
-Interpret, analyze, compare, contrast, debate, conclude, formulate, generate, appraise,
justify, defend, deduce, induce, infer, diagnose, differentiate, dissect, formulate, evaluate,
transfer, connect, synthesize, draw conclusions, critique, prove, judge
Skills
-Apply, compute, construct, demonstrate, draw, illustrate, diagram, operate, show,
compose, design, reconstruct, convert, model, dramatize, conduct, preform, measure,
investigate, collect, observe
Products
-Students use their knowledge, reasoning, and skills to create a concrete product.
Dispositions
-Students attitudes about school and learning Target Type Explanation Content
Standards Examples Key Words Knowledge/Understanding Some Explain, understand,
describe, Vocabulary (Verbs) knowledge/facts/concepts to identify, tell, name, list,
Measurement Concepts be learned outright; some to define, label, match, choose,
Patterns be retrieved using reference recall, recognize, select, know materials.