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4 Assessment-OF- Learning

Elementary Eduction (Central Luzon State University)

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ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING C. Select evidences that could be captured in one’s portfolio


Test 1 D. Reflect on one’s collection and identify strengths and
1. Which statement on test result interpretation is CORRECT? weaknesses.
A. A raw score by itself is meaningful. 8. Standardized: Survey as informal: ______.
B. A student’s score is a final indication of his ability. A. Speed B. Census C. Power D. Mastery
C.The use of statistical technique gives meaning to pupil’s 9. This type of test’s strength is its broad sampling.
scores. A. Objective text C. Essay test
D. Test scores do not in any way reflect teacher’s effectiveness B. Short answer test D. Problem type
2. Mrs. Rena is judging the worth of the project of the students in her 10. A teacher’s use of which the following procedures can best help
Science class based on a set of criteria. What process describes ensure fair and accurate assessment of content-area learning for
what Mrs. Rena is doing? students for whom English is a second language?
A. Testing B. Measuring C. Evaluating D. Assessing A. Give the students varied opportunities (e.g., through
3. In the context on the theory on multiple intelligences, what is one speaking, writing, performing) to demonstrate what they have
weakness of the pen-and-paper text? learned.
A. It is not easy to administer B. Emphasize the students’ use of self-assessment procedures
in evaluating their acquisition of knowledge and skills.
B. It puts the non-linguistically intelligent at a disadvantage
C. Administer classroom test on a flexible schedule that allows
C. It utilizes so much time the students themselves to determine when they are ready to
D. It lacks reliability be evaluated.
4. A teacher rated her students in terms of appropriate and effective D. Use standardized, grade-level assessments whose norm
use of some laboratory equipment and measurement tools and if group includes non-native English speakers to monitor the
they are able to follow the specified procedures. What mode of students’ learning ongoing basis.
assessment should she use? 11.Teacher G discovered that her pupils are weak in comprehension.
A. Portfolio assessment C. Traditional assessment To further determine which particular skill(s) her pupil; are weak
B. Journal assessment D. Performance-based assessment in, which test should Teacher G give?
5. A teacher tasked his students to play volleyball. What learning A. Standardized test C. Diagnostic test
target is he assessing? B. Placement test D. Aptitude test
A. Knowledge C. Products 12. On the first day of class after introductions, the teacher
B. Skill D. Reasoning administered a Misconception/Preconception Check. She
explained that she wanted to know what the class as a whole
6. In rating the students, Mrs. Ubina examined a collection of varied already knew about the Philippines before the Spaniards came.
evidences of her students’ achievement in Science. What mode of The Misconception/Preconception Check is a form of a
assessment did she use?
A. Diagnostic test C. Criterion-referenced test
A. Portfolio C. Performance-based
B. Placement test D. Achievement test
B. Traditional D. Affective
13. NSAT and NEAT results are interpreted against a set of mastery
7. When planning for portfolio assessment, which should you do level. This means that NSAT and NEAT fall under
first?
A. Criterion-referenced test C. Aptitude test
A. Set the targets for portfolio assessment
B. Achievement test D. Norm-referenced test
B. Exhibit one’s work and be proud of one’s collection.

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14. Teacher Liza does norm-referenced interpretation of scores. 19. Here is Teacher D’s lesson objective: “To trace the causes of
Which of the following does she do? Alzheimer’s disease.” What is valid test for this particular
A. She uses a specified content as its frame of reference. objective?
B. She describes group of performance in relation to a level of A. Can an Alzheimer’s disease be trace to old age? Explain.
mastery set. B. To what factors can Alzheimer’s disease be traced? Explain
C. She compares every individual student’s score with others’ C. What is an Alzheimer’s disease?
scores D. Do young people also get attacked by Alzheimer’s disease?
D. She describes what should be their performance Support your answer.
15. Does formative evaluation have to be graded? 20. Here is a sample TRUE-FASE test item: All women have a
A. Yes. It measures learning outcomes longer life-spaI than men. WhIt is wrong with the test item?
B. No. The students are still in the process of learning A. The test item is quoted verbatim from a textbook
C. Yes. It’s unfair for the students to perform without being B. The test item contains trivial detail.
graded. C. A specific determiner was used in the statement
D. No. It only includes specific topics D. The test item is vague
16. I like to develop the synthesizing skills of my students. Which 21. Here is the test item: _______ is an assignment of numbers to
one should I do? particular traits.
A. Ask my students to formulate a generalization from the data Question: How will you improve this item?
shown in the graphs. A. Give a clue C. Simplify the statement
B. Direct my students to point out which part of the graph are B. Place the blank at the end D. Put a specific determiner
right and which parts is wrong.
22. Which guideline in test construction is NOT observed in this test
C. Ask my students to answer the questions beginning with item?
“What if…”
JOSE RIZAL WROTE ___________________________.
D. Tell my students to state the data presented in the graph.
A. The length of the blank suggests the answer
17. Here is a test item:
B. The central problem is not packed in the stem
The improvement of basic education should be the top priority
of the Philippine government. Defend or refute. Under what type C. It is open to more than one correct answer
of question does this test item fall? D. The blank is at the end of the question.
A. Low-level C. Analysis 23. Which among the statements below is INCORRECT about
B. Evaluative D. Convergent establishing performance standards?
18. Teacher A constructive a matching type of test. In her columns of A. Select and use one reference only
items are a combination of events, people, and circumstances. B. Use pre-defined levels of performance
Which of the following guidelines in constructing matching type C. Consider student’s ability to learn
of test did he violate?
D. Combine two references for a better interpretation of grades
A. List options in an alphabetical order
24. Which assessment tools shoes evidence of student’s writing
B. Make list of items homogeneous skills?
C. Make list of item heterogeneous A. Project C. Critiquing sessions
D. Provide three or more options B. Portfolio D. Daily journal
25. Which one holds true to anecdotal records?
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A. Combining facts with interpretation A. Math score is positively related to science score.
B. Describing behavior in natural settings B. The higher the Math score, the lower the Science score
C. Describing behavior in laboratory settings C. Math score is not any way related to Science score
D. Writing objective, descriptive behavior with ease D. Science score is slightly related to Math score.
26. Which of the following is an item in a likert scale? 33. The test item has a discrimination index of -0.38 and a difficulty
A. Science is boring _ _ _ _ _ _ interesting. index of 1.0. What does this imply to test construction? Teacher
must
B. Science is interesting. Strongly agree. Agree.
Disagree. Strongly disagree. A. Recast the item C. Reject the item
C. I feel guilty. Always. Something. Often. Rarely. B. Shelve the item for future use D. Retain item
D. Enumerate 5 things you like about science. Rate from 1 to 5, 34. A positive discrimination index means that
being 1 as the least. A. The test item could not discriminate between the lower and
27. Which is TRUE of the scoring rubric? upper groups.
I. It describes criteria of levels of achievement B. More from the upper group got the item correctly.
II. It has a rating scheme C. More from the lower group got the item correctly
III. It limits itself to 4 levels of achievement D. The test item has low reliability
A. I and II B. I and III C. II and III D. I, II and III 35.A class is composed of academically poor students. The
distribution will most likely to be
28. With grading practice in mind, what is meant by teacher’s
severity error? A teacher tends to A. Leptokurtic C. Skewed to the left
A. Tends to look down on student’s answer B. Skewed to the right D. Symmetrical
B. Uses tests and quizzes as punitive measures 36. About how many of the case fall between -2SD and +2SD in the
normal curve?
C. Tends to give extremely low grades
A. 68.26% B. 95.44% C. 99.72% D. 99.85%
D. Gives unannounced quizzes
37. Referring to assessment of learning, which statement on the
29. What characteristics of a good test will pupils be assured of normal curve is FALSE?
when a teacher constructs a table of specifications for test
construction purpose? A. The normal curve may not necessarily apply to a
homogeneous class.
A. Reliability C. Construct validity
B. When all pupils achieve as expected on their learning, curve
B. Content Validity D. Scorability may deviate from the normal curve.
30. Danny takes an IQ test thrice and each time earns a similar C. The normal curve is sacred. Teachers must adhere to it no
score. The test is said to possess matter what.
A. Objectivity C Validity D. The normal curve may not be achieved when every pupil
B. Reliability D. Scorability acquires targeted competencies.
31. Mrs. Cruz has only one form of test and she administered her 38 If the mean, median, and mode of a given distribution is 20, 22,
test only once. What test of reliability can she do? 24 respectively, the graph is most likely.
A. Test of stability (test-retest) C. Test of correlation(Pression R) A. Positively skewed C. Symmetric
B. Test of equivalence(spithop) D. Test of internal consistency B. Negatively skewed D. Rectangular
32. The computed for scores in Math and science is 0.92. What 39. Which applies when there are extreme score?
does this mean?
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A. The median will not be a very reliable measure of central 46. Study this group of test which was administered with the
tendency. following results, then answer the question:
B. The mode will be the most reliable measure of central
tendency Subject Mean SD Rudy’s score
C. There is no reliable measure for central tendency Trigonometry 80 7.5 95
D. The mean will not be a very reliable measure of central Chemistry 49 3.0 60
tendency. Filipino 95 12.0 90
40. You give a 100-point test, three students makes scores of 95, 96,
91, respectively, while the other 22 students in the class make In which subject(s) did Rudy perform best in relation to the
scores ranging from 33-69. The measure of central tendency performance of the group?
which is apt to best describe this group of 25 students is the. A. Chemistry C. Trigonometry
A. Mean C. Mode B. Filipino D. Trigonometry and Filipino
B. An average of the median and mode D. The median 47. Which process enhances the comparability of grades?
41. The score of the students in a tutorial class are as follows: 82, A. Determining the level of difficulty of the test
82, 85, 86, 87, 94, 98. The score 86 is the
B. Constructing departmentalized examinations for each subject
A. Mean B. Mode C. Mean and Median D. Median are.
42. When the median the appropriate measure of central tendency? C. Using table of specifications
A. Variance is heterogeneous C. Variance is homogeneous D. Giving more high-level questions
B. Distribution is normal D. Distribution is skewed 48. In a grade distribution, what does the normal curve mean?
43. A mathematics test was given to all Grade V pupils to determine A. All students having average grades
the contestants for the Math Quiz Bee. Which statistical measure
should be used to identify the top 15? B. A large number of students with high grade and very few low
grades.
A. Percentage score C. Mean-percentage score
C. A large number of more or less average and very few
B. Quartile score D. Percentile score students receiving low and high grades.
44. John Marco obtained a score 85 in Mathematics multiple choice D. A large number of students receiving low grades and very
test. What does this mean? few students with high grades.
A. He has a rating of 85. 49. In which type of grading do teaches evaluate students’ learning
B. He answered 85 items in the test correctly not in terms of grade but by evaluating the students in terms of
C. He answered 85% of the test item correctly expected and mastered skills?
D. His performance is 15% better than the group A. Point grading system C. Mastery grading
45. Romnick obtained a National Elementary Achievement Test B. Relative grading D. Grade contracting
(NEAT) percentile rank of 95. This means that the examination 50. It is used to describe any incorrect choice or option in a multiple-
committee. choice test item.
A. Have a zero reference point A. Distracter C. Oversight
B. Have a scales of equal units B. Standard error D. Alternative
C. Indicate an individual’s relative score standing in a group 51. What test has broad sampling of topic as strength?
D. Indicate specific point in the normal curve A. Objective test C. Essay
B. Short answer test D. Problem type
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D. Learners’ behavior in unstructured environment have to be


TEST 2 assessed.
7. Which among the following tests is a direct measure of
competence?
1. Which is an acceptable practice when evaluating students?
A. Personality C. Paper-pencil
A. Evaluation should be based on the information obtained from
measuring instruments on cognitive behavior. B. Performance D. Traditional
B. Evaluation method should be selected based on the desired 8. St. Louis School gave a standardized achievement test instead of
trait to measure. giving a teacher-made test to the graduating elementary pupils.
Which could have been the reason why this was the kind of test
C. Evaluations result should be used to grade students. given?
D. Evaluation should be done at the end of instruction. A. Standardized test has items of average level of difficulty while
2. How does measurement differ from evaluation? teacher-made text has varying levels of difficulty.
A. Measurement is assigning a numerical value to a given trait B. Standardized test uses multiple-choice format while teacher-
while evaluation is giving meaning to the numerical value of made test uses the essay test format.
the trait. C. Standardized test is used for mastery while teacher-made
B. Measurement is the process of quantifying data while test is used for survey.
evaluation is the process of organizing data. D. Standardized test is valid while teacher-made test is just
C. Measurement is a pre-requisite of assessment while reliable.
evaluation is a pre-requisite of testing. 9. Which is an advantage of teacher-made tests over those of
D. Measurement is gathering data while evaluation is quantifying standardized tests?
the data gathered. A. Highly reliable
3. Which form of assessment is consistent with the saying, “The B. Better adapted to the needs of the pupils
proof of the pudding is in the eating.”?
C. Highly valid
A. Contrived B. Authentic C. Traditional D. Indirect
D. More objectively scored
4. Which is WRONG to assume about traditional assessment?
10.Teacher kaye wants to check whether or not her student what
A. It can assess individuals objectively she intended to teach and so formulated a quiz that should be
B. It can assess individuals at the same time. based on her
C. It can be administered more easily than performance test A. Topic(s) C. Students’ ability
D. It can assess fairly all domains of intelligence of an individual B. Extra readings D. Instructional objectives
5. Which is the first step in planning an achievement test? 11. While she is in the process of teaching, Teacher J finds out if her
A. Make a table of specification students understand what she is teaching. What is Teacher J
engaged in?
B. Go back to the instructional objectives
A. Criterion-referenced evaluation
C. Determine the group for whom the test is intended
B. Summative evaluation
D. Select the type of test items to use
C. Formative evaluation
6. Performance assessment is used when
D. Norm- referenced evaluation
A. Broad sampling of topic is needed
12. Who among the teachers below performed a formative
B. Specific behavior are to be observed evaluation?
C. The degree of improvement is to be assessed
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A. Teacher A who asked questions when the discussion was 18. Which does NOT belong to the group?
going on to know who among his students understood what A. Completion C. Multiple Choice
she was trying to stress.
B. Matching Type D. Alternate Response
B. Teacher B who gave a short quiz after discussing thoroughly
the lesson to determine the outcome of instruction. 19. The strongest disadvantage of the alternate –response type of
test is
C. Teacher C who gave a ten-item test to find out the specific
lessons which the students failed to understand. A. The demand for critical thinking
D. Teacher D who administered a readiness test to the incoming B. The absence of analysis
grade one pupils. C. The encouragement of rote memory
13. Which is (are) (a) norm-referenced statement? D. The high possibility of guessing
A. Kurt performed better in spelling than 75% of his classmates. 20. Which test format is best to use if the purpose of the test is to
B. Kurt was able to spell 80% of the words correctly. inventors and their inventions?
C. Kurt was able to spell 80% of the words correctly and spelled A. Short-Answer C. Matching Type
35 words out of 50 correctly. B. True-False D. Multiple Choice
D. Kurt spelled 35 words out of 50 correctly. 21. Which is a characteristic of an imperfect type of matching test?
14. Which is claimed to be the overall advantage of criterion- A. An item may have no answer at all
referenced over norm-referenced interpretation? B. An answer may be repeated
A. An individual’s score is compared with the set mastery level. C. There are two or more distracters
B. An individual’s score is compared with that of his peers. D. The items in the right and left columns are equal in number
C. An individual’s score is compared with the average scores. 22. Read and analyze the matching type of test given below
D. An individual’s score does not need to be compared with any
measure.
Direction: On the space before each description in Column A,
15. Principal A is talking about “grading on the curve” in a faculty write the letter of the president being described in Column B can
meeting. What does this expression refer to ? be used only once.
A. A student mark compares his achievement to his effort Column A Column B
B. A student’s grade or mark depends on how his achievement E 1. Known as the “Man of Masses” A. Manuel Quezon
compares with the achievement of other students is a class. A 2. Considered as the father of the B. Ferdinand Marcos
national language. C. Corazon Aquino
C. A student’s grade determines whether or not a student attains
D 3. The first president of the D. Emilio Aguinaldo
a defined standard of achievement.
Philippines E. Ramon Magsaysay
D. A student mark tells how closely he is achieving to his C 4. The first woman President of the
potential. Philippines
16. After giving a comment on a paragraph, the teacher asked her B 5. The president of the Philippine
students to rate a given paragraph based on the elements of the who served terms.
paragraph. What is the level of the level of the students’ task? Question: What does this test lack?
A. Application B. Analysis C. Evaluation D. Synthesis A. Premise B. Option C. Distracter D. Response
17. “Group the following item according to phylum” is test item on 23. Here is test item: ______________ is an example of a flower.
What is defective with this test item?
A. Inferring C. Generalizing
A. It is very elementary
B. Classifying D. Comparing
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B. The blank is at the beginning of the sentence A. Rewards student who perform well
C. It is a very short question B. Is overgenerous with praise
D. It is an insignificant item C. Has a tendency to give high grades as compared to the rest
24. What should be done first when planning for a performance- D. Grants students’ bargin for no more quiz
based assessment? 30. What is the meaning of TOS in the parlance of the construction?
A. Determine the “table of specifications” of the tasks. A. Table of specific C. Table of specific items
B. Set the competency to be assessed B. Table of specifications D. Team of specification
C. Set the criteria in scoring the task 31. A test is considered reliable if
D. Prepare a scoring rubric A. It is easy to score
25. Teacher are encouraged to make use of authentic assessment. B. It served the purpose for which it is constructed
Which goes with authentic assessments?
C. It is consistent and stable
A. De-contextualized drills
D. It is easy to administer
B. Unrealistic performance
32. If the LET items adequately sample the competencies listed in
C. Answering multiple choices test items education course syllabi, it can be said that LET possesses
D. Real world application of lessons learned _____ validity.
26. Research says: “People tend to attribute their successes to A. Concurrent B. Construct C. Content D. Predictive
internal causes and their failures to external causes.” 33. Which statement is most acceptable as regards the validity and
Based on this finding, what should be taught to students for reliability of a test?
them to be genuinely motivated to succeed? A. If the test is reliable but invalid, it is useless.
A. Tell them that the research finding when applied will make B. If a test is valid, it follows that it is also reliable
them genuinely motivated.
C. Reliability of the test is more important than its validity.
B. Convince them that genuine motivation is the only factor that
matters for a person to succeed. D. A test can have high validity but low reliability
C. Make them realize that failure is part of life 34. If a test has a difficulty index 0.05, how would you describe the
test item?
D. Make them realize that both success and failure are more a
function of internal causes. A. It is very easy C. It is difficult
27. With assessment of affective learning in mind, which does NOT B. It has average difficulty D. It is very difficult.
belong to the group? 35. An item has a discrimination index of -0.4. What does this imply?
A. Cloze test C. Reflective writing A. There are more students from the lower group who got the
B. Moral dilemma D. Diary entry item correctly.
28. Which tests determine whether students accept responsibility for B. There are more students from the upper group who got the
their own behavior or pass on responsibility for their own item correctly.
behavior to other people? C. There are no students from the upper and lower group who
A. Thematic tests C. Stylistic tests got the item right.
B. Sentence-completion tests D. Locus-of-control tests D. There are more students from the lower group who got the
item wrong.
29. In grading students’ performance, what is referred to as
teacher’s error? A teacher ______ 36. Which is implied by a positively skewed distribution?
A. The mean, median and mode are equal
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B. Most of the score are high B. He surpassed 30% of his classmates in terms of score.
C. The mode is high C. He got a score above the mean
D. Most of the scores is low D. He got 70 items correctly
37. What could be most likely the distribution if a class is composed 46. Martina obtained an NSAT percentile rank of 80. This indicates
of bright students? that.
A. Platykurtic C. Skewed to the left A. She surpassed in performance 80% of her fellow examinees
B. Skewed to the right D. Normal B. She got a score of 80
38. Which statement about standard deviation is CORRECT? C. She surpassed in performance 20% of her fellow examinees
A. The lower the SD, the more spread the score are. D. She answered 80 items correctly
B. The higher the SD, the less spread the scores are. 47. Below show Mark’s score in his test in Math and Filipino
C. The higher the SD, the more spread the score are.
D. It is a measure of central tendency. Mark’s Score Mean of allSD of all
39. About what percent of the cases falls between +SD and –SD in a Score score
normal curve? Math 75 ( -) 60 (/)5
=
A. 43.1% B. 95.4% C. 99.8% D. 68.3%
Filipino 90 ( -) 80 (/) 4
40. Here are raw scores in a quiz: 97, 95, 85, 83, 77, 75, 50, 10, 5, =
2, 1. To get a picture of the group performance, which measure Question: Which of the following statement best describes Mark’s
of central tendency is MOST reliable? performance in the two tests as compared to the rest of the
A. Mean B. Median C. Mode student?
D. None. It is best to look at the individual scores A. He performs better in Math than in Filipino
41. Which measure(s) of central tendency is (are) most appropriate B. He perform better in Filipino than in Math
when the score distribution is badly skewed? C. He has been very consistent in getting high scores
A. Mode B. Mean and mode C. Median D. Mean D. He got the highest score in the test
42. Given the scores in test: 86, 70, 83, 90, 85, 78, 79, 81, 86, what 48. Which of the statement holds TRUE to grades? Grade are _____
is the range?
A. Exact measurement of intelligence and achievement
A. 12 B. 15 C. 16 D. 20
B. Necessarily a measure of student’s intelligence
43. What is the mean of the score distribution: 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10?
C. Are intrinsic motivators for learning
A. 7.5 B. 8.5 C. 6 D. 7
D. Are a measure of achievement.
44. In group norming, percentile rank of the examinee is
49. Mrs. Delos Santos has a student who come to school only during
A. Dependent on his batch of examinees examination days. This student happened to get high scores in
B. Independent on his batch of examines all examinations but has not submitted any homework and
C. Unaffedted by skewed distribution project. What grade should be given to this student? Justify.
D. Affected by skewed distribution A. A failing mark because the examination results are obviously
reliable.
45. In a one hundred-item test, what does Ryan’s raw score of 70
mean? B. A passing mark because examination is given more emphasis
than any criterion.
A. He surpassed 70% of his classmates in terms of score.

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C. A falling mark to give the student the lesson that homeworks B. They stress on doing, not only knowing
and other requirements are equally important. C. Essay tests are an example of performance-based
D. A passing mark if after computing the corresponding weight assessments.
of the examinations and other sources of grades, the student D. They accentuate on process as well as product
passes the course.
5. Which can be appropriately measured using an objective test?
50. A student complains to you about his failing grade. When you
recomputed, you found out that you committed an error n his A. Draw a picture to present a word problem
grade as is for fear that you may lose credibility. Is this morally B. Solve problem involving multiplication of decimals
right? C. Identifies the 1st, 2nd, up to 10th object in given set
A. No, the reason for not accepting the error before the student D. Demonstrates positive attitude towards addition and fraction.
is flimsy.
6. Which is a valid assessment tool if I want to find out how well my
B. No, the end does not justify the means students can speak extemporaneously?
C. Yes, the end justifies the means A. Writing speeches
D. Yes, as a teacher you must maintain your credibility. B. Written quiz on how to deliver extemporaneous speech
C. Performance test in extemporaneous speaking
D. Display of speeches delivered
7. Which will be the most authentic assessment tool for an
TEST III instructional objective on working with and relating to people?
1. Which of the following is TRUE? A. Writing articles on working and relating to people
A. Measurement is a prerequisite to testing and testing is a B. Organizing a community project
prerequisite to evaluation. C. Home visitation
B. Assessment is a prerequisite evaluation and evaluation is a D. Conduction a mock election
prerequisite to testing.
8. Teacher Ria discovered that her pupils are very good in
C. Testing is a prerequisite to measurement and measurement dramatizing. Which tool must have helped her discover her pupils’
precedes assessment. strength?
D. None of the above. A. Portfolio assessment C. Journal entry
2. What is one limitation of traditional assessment? B. Performance assessment D. Paper-and-pen test
A. Subjectivity in scoring 9. Authentic assessments are performance-based but NOT all
B. Difficulty in administration performance-based are authentic assessments.
C. Time consuming in preparing the instrument A. True
D. Boring B. False. It’s the other way around
3. Which has the highest diagnostic value when we are tasked to C. False. They are different
develop our skill in synthesizing? D. It depends on the context
A. Essay test C. Completion 10. Under which assumption is portfolio assessment based?
B. Performance test D. Multiple choice test A. Portfolio assessment is dynamic assessment
4. Which statement about performance-based assessments is B. Assessment should stress the reproduction of knowledge
FALSE? C. An individual learner is inadequately characterized by a text
A. They emphasize merely process. score.
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D. An individual learner is adequately characterized by a test 17. The teacher wants to assess the readiness of the new batch of
score students that she will teach. To make her assessment sound,
11. The following are characteristics of portfolio assessment which of the following principle should she consider first?
EXCEPT: A. Assessment should be based on clear and appropriate
A. Objectivity in scoring learning targets.
B. Time-consuming B. Assessment should be based on appropriate methods of
assessment.
C. Actively involve students in the evaluation process
C. Assessment should be based on varied source of data
D. Focus on assessment of products
D. Assessment should be a collaborative effort
12. Which is a good evidence of a student’s acquired knowledge and
writing skills? 18. The student of Teacher Y is very noise. To keep them busy, they
were given any test available in the classroom and then the
A. Project C. Reflective Journal results were graded as way to punish them. Which statement
B. Test results D. Critiqued output best explains if the practice is acceptable or not?
13. Is there one best mode of assessment? A. The practice is acceptable because the students behaved well
A. Yes and it’s the performance-base because it can assess when they were given test.
authentic skills. B. The practice is not acceptable because it violates the principle
B. Yes and it’s the performance –based because it can assess of reliability.
both the process and product C. The practice is not acceptable because it violates the principle
C. No. It depends on the familiarity of the teacher on a particular of validity.
assessment method. D. The practice is acceptable since the test results are graded.
D. None. Every mode has limitations. 19. What must a teacher do to ensure the fairness of an exam in a
14. What do you call a test that measures your traits that are criterion-referenced testing?
possibly inherited or influenced by environment? A. Make all of the questions true or false.
A. Verbal Test C. Educational Test B. Ask each student to contribute one question
B. Non-verbal Test D. Psychological Test C. Make twenty questions but ask the students to answer only
15. Which holds true standardized tests? ten of their choice.
A. They are used for comparative purposes D. Use the objectives for the units as guide in your test
construction.
B. They are administered differently
20. At the beginning of the school year, the 6-year old pupils were
C. They are scored according to different standards\ tested out who among them can already read. The result was
D. They are used for assigning grades used to determine their sections. What kind of test was given to
16. How does a power test differ from a speed test? them?
A. Power test has more items while speed test has few items A. Diagnostic C. Placement
B. Power test has time limit while speed test is taken with ample B. Formative D. Summative
time. 21. The grade six pupils were given a diagnostic test in addition and
C. Power test measures accuracy while speed test measure subtraction of whole numbers to find out if they can proceeds to
reliability. the next unit. However, the results of the test were very low.
What should the teacher do?
D. Power test has items arranged in increasing level of difficulty
while speed test has items with the same level of difficulty. A. Proceed to the next lesson to be able to finish all the topics in
the course.
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B. Construct another test parallel to the given test to determine B. Yes. Their problems can be remedied by norm and criterion
the consistency of the scores. reference.
C. Count the frequency of errors to find out the lessons that the C. No. They will make the interpretation vague
majority of students need to relearn. D. Yes. The soundness of interpretation is based on the number
D. Record the scores then inform the parents about the very of references used
poor performance of their child in mathematics. 28. Which of the following frames references is best paired with
22. Which is a good practice in correcting students’ errors? portfolio assessment?
A. Noting students’ error and dealing with them after the class A. Ability C. Growth C. Norm D. Criterion
activities. 29. Which DOES NOT demand criterion-referenced test?
B. Encourage the students to read books and magazines to A. Personalized system of instruction
improve their spelling.
B. Outcome-based education
C. Ignore the mistakes, anyway, she will commit the same error
in the future. C. Collaboration learning
D. Readily correcting the error upon utterance. D. Mastery learning
23. Which of the following evaluation procedures is used to assign 30. “By observing unity, coherence, emphasis and variety, write a
grades? short paragraph on taking examinations.” This is an item that test
the students’ skill to
A. Placement C. Formative
A. Evaluate C. Synthesis
B. Summative D. Diagnostic
B. Comprehend D. Recall
24. Test norms are established in order to have a basis for
31. “Describe the errors in the following paragraph” is a simple
A. Establishing learning objective question on
B. Identifying pupil’s difficulties A. Synthesizing C. Analyzing
C. Planning effective instructional objective B. Applying D. Summarizing
D. Comparing test score 32. “In the of the fact presented, what is most likely to happen
25. Romalyn topped a 100-item norm referenced test. She scored when…? “is a simple thought question on
75 in the test. How would you interpret her scores considering A. Inferring C. Synthesizing
the type of test?
B. Generalizing D. Justifying
A. Romalyn failed to answer 25% of the test correctly
33. If a teacher wants to measure her students’ ability to
B. Romalyn is the best among her classmates in this test discriminate, which of these is an appropriate type of test item
C. Romalyn mastered 75% of the lessons covered in the test as implied by the direction?
D. Rmalyn scored more than half of the total number of items. A. Outline the Chapter on the cell
26. Formative evaluation: Criterion-referenced as Summative B. Summarize the lesson yesterday.
Evaluation: __________ referenced. C. Group the following items according to shape
A. Norm B. Growth C. Ability D. Criterion D. State a set of principles that can explain the following
27. Are ability and growth reference better supplemented by norm events.
and criterion reference? 34. Which does NOT belong to the group?
A. No. It’s impossible to use two references in interpreting a A. Short Answer C. Completion
single performance.
B. Restricted-response essay D. Multiple Choice
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35. With types of test in mind, which does NOT belong to the group? B. The column of responses should contain heterogeneous
A. Restricted response essay C. Multiple choice ideas.
B. Completion D. Short Answer C. The shorter part of the test should be the column of
responses.
36. Which type of test measures higher order thinking skills?
D. The directions should state the column A should be matched
A. Enumeration C. Completion to column B.
B. Matching D. Analogy 43. Mrs. Landero is planning to give an essay test to her pupils. How
37. The following are guidelines in writing multiple-choice item can she lessen her subjectivity when scoring the essay
EXCEPT: responses?
A. Write the options in alphabetical order A. Set the criteria in rating the essay responses
B. Avoid double negatives B. Let her colleagues score the essay response.
C. Use a specific determiner C. Check all the responses to the essay questions in one setting
D. Scarcely use the options, “none of the above”, and “all of the D. Let the pupils themselves rate their essay response than
above” compare their self-rating with her rating.
38. Which of the following should be AVOIDED on writing essay For no. 44-47, analyze each test item then answer the question that
test? follows.
A. Provide optional questions so that student will have choices. 44.
B. Phrase each question so that pupil’s task is clearly indicated What is the decimal form of fifteen hundredths?
A. 1500 B. 15/100 C. 0.15 D. 15:100
C. Indicate an approximate time limit for each question.
D. Create a model answer to enhance objectively in scoring
39. Mrs. Lorenzo is planning a test that aims to measure the ability Question: What is the problem with the item?
of the students to create and organize their ideas. What type of A. The options are not logically arranged
test should she construct?
B. The distracters are not plausible
A. Multiple choice C. Short answer test
C. The question itself is very easy
B. Matching type D. Essay test
D. The item does not present a definite problem.
40. What kind of test must a teacher use if she wants to test the
students’ ability to organize ideas? 45.
A test is valid when _______________________
A. Multiple choice C. Essay A. It measures what it purports to measure
B. Short answer D. Technical problem type B. It covers a broad scope of subject matter
41. Which should Ms. Magsalay consider when writing a multiple- C. Easy to administer
choice item? Question: How can you improve this test item?
A. The stem has irrelevant material A. Make the length of the options uniform
B. The stem presents an unknown problem B. Pack the question in the stem
C. The alternatives are arranged in random C. Make the options parallel
D. The stem and alternatives are on the same page. D. Construct the option in such a way that the grammar of
42. What should you consider when writing a matching-type test? the sentence remains correct.
A. The column should be equal in length 46.
The word beautiful is an example of an _________.
A. Noun B. Verb C. Adjective D. Adverb
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Question: What is the problem with the item? 52. Ms. Jeniffer aims to measure a product of learning. Which of
A. The question is very elementary these objectives did she most likely set for her instruction?
B. The stem contains a clue A. Shows positive attitude towards learning common nouns
C. The options are not plausible B. Identify common nouns in a reading selection
D. The options are not grammatically consistent C. Construct a paragraph using common nouns
47. D. Use a common noun in a sentence.
True or False:
The number 123.1234123….is not an irrational number. 53. Ms. Zamora uses alternative methods of assessment. Which will
she NOT likely use?
Question: What is the problem with the item?
A. Multiple choice test C. Essay test
A. It’s trivial statement
B. Reflective journal D. Oral presentation
B. The item is directly lifted from a textbook.
54. To maximize the amount of time spent for performance-based
C. It contains double negative assessment, which one should be done?
D. None of the above A. Plan a task that can be used for instruction and assessment
48. Which improvement/s should be done in this completion test at the same time.
item: An example of an amphibian is __________. B. Assess one objective for one performance task
A. The blank should be longer to accommodate all possible C. Set objectives only for cognitive domains.
answers.
D. Limit the task to one meeting only.
B. The blank should be at the beginning of the sentence.
55. Which of the following is the strength of an autobiography as a
C. The question should have only one acceptable answer. technique for personality appraisal?
D. The item should give more clues. A. Can replace data obtained from other data-gathering
49. What type of test is this: knee is to leg as elbow is to _________. technique.
a. Hand b. Fingers c. Arm d. Wrist B. Give complete data about the author
A. Analogy C. Short Answer Type C. It makes possible the presentation of intimate experiences
B. Rearrangement type D. Problem type that cannot be revealed in a face-to-face situation by shy
50. Analyze this test item: Jose Rizal was born on June __, 1861. students.
What seems to be wrong on this item? D. May be read by unauthorized people
A. The blank is very short 56. Which diagram is used to determine social interactions among
B. It is concerned with trivia individual in a group?
C. The blank is near the end A. Sociogram C. Scattergram
D. It is open to more than one correct answer. B. Histogram D. Anagram
51. Mr. Perez constructed a completion type of test that aims to find 57. Ms. Ramos gave a test to find out how the students feel toward
out if the pupils can identify monocots. Which of the following their subject Science. Her first item was stated as “Science is an
items constructed should he considered? interesting _ _ _ _ _ boring subject.” What kind of instrument was
given?
A. Monocots are _________________________________.
A. Rubric C. Rating Scale
B. ____________________are plants with one cotyledon.
B. Likert scale D. Semantic differential scale
C. Plants with one cotyledon are called _______________.
58. Which is TRUE when writing items in an attitudinal test?
D. Plants with _________ are called _________________.
A. Write statements that exceed 20 words
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B. Write statements that refer to the past rather than to the A. Generosity C. Halo effect
present. B. Leniency error D. Contamination effect
C. Write statements that are factual or capable of being 66. John often misbehaves in class. Consequently, his teacher gave
interpreted as factual. him an undeserved low score to the project that he submitted.
D. Write statements that are relevant to the psychological object What bias is shown in the situation?
under consideration. A. Contamination effect C. Rater drift
59. Which instrument measures the area that the students like? B. Severity error D. Contrast effect
A. Personal inventory C. Anecdotal inventory 67. Which error do teacher commit when they tend to overrate the
B. Interest inventory D. Likert scale achievement of students identified by aptitude tests as gifted
60. Which is considered sophisticated because clients are because they expect achievement and giftedness to go
diagnosed in a more controlled setting? together?
A. Casual information observations A. Generosity error C. Severity error
B. Observation guides B. Central Tendency error D. Logical error
C. Clinical observation 68. Which of the following is FALSE about reliability and validity?
D. Anecdotal records A. Reliability is a prerequisite to validity
61. With the current emphasis on self-assessment and performance B. A test is reliable if it’s valid
assessment, which is indispensable? C. If a test is reliable, it’s also valid
A. Numerical grading C. Transmutation table D. If a test is valid, then it’s also reliable
B. Paper-and –pencil test D. Scoring rubric 69. Mr. Gonzales developed a summative test in Math. Before she
62. Which is NOT true of an analytic rubric? finalized the test, she examined carefully if the test items were
constructed based on the competencies that have to be tested.
A. It is time consuming to use. What test of validity was she trying the establish?
B. It is easier to construct than holistic rubric A. Face validity C. Construct validity
C. It gives one’s level of performance per criterion. B. Criterion-Related validity D. Content validity
D. It allows one to pinpoint the strengths and weaknesses of 70. When significantly greater number from the lower group gets a
one’s work. test item correctly, this implies the test item is
63. Which kind of rubrics is BEST to use in rating a one-paragraph A. Very valid C. Not highly reliable
response to an essay question?
B. Not very valid D. Highly reliable
A. Analytic C. Either holistic or analytic
71. Ms. Daaca developed an Achievement Test in Reading for grade
B. Holistic D. neither holistic nor analytic three pupils. Before she finalized the test, she requested her
64. If a teacher will have to make a scoring rubric for the students head to determine if the test items were constructed based on
output, what format is better to construct considering that the the behavior domain to be measured. What characteristics of a
teacher has limited time to evaluate their work? test did she establish?
A. Analytic Rubric C. Either A or B A. Validity C. Reliability
B. Holistic Rubric D. Neither A nor B B. Scorability D. Administrability
65. Teacher Ana was amazed to the first output that Maria submitted 72. A teacher wants to teach her students the skill in crocheting. Her
so the teacher gives her high scores to every work she submits check-up quiz was a pen-and-paper test on the steps of
regardless of the quality. What bias does teacher Ana manifest? crocheting. What do you think is lacking for it to be considered a
good test?
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A. Scorability B. Reliability B. Objectivity D. Validity D. Administer the test twice to the same group of students.
73. The Jane wants to determine if her students’ scores in the 78. Teacher Princess observed that the proportion of students who
second grading is reliable. However, she has only one set of correctly answered each item in a multiple-choice test does not
test and her students are already on their semestral break. vary widely. Which formula is best to use to estimate the
What test of reliability can she use? reliability of the test?
A. Test-retest (Pre & Post Test) A. Kuder-Richardson Formula 20
B. Split-half (No. of test 1, No. of administration 1) B. Kuder-Richardson Formula 21
C. Equivalent forms (No. of test1 No. of administer 2) C. Cronback Coefficient Alpha
D. Test-retest with equivalent forms D. Pearson R
74. The computed for English and Math score is -0.75. What does 79. Teacher Jane gave a 5-item essay test. Which is the most
this mean? appropriate reliability method to use?
A. The higher the scores in English, the higher the score in A. Alternate Form C. Kuder-Richdson
Math. B. Split-half D. Cronbach Coefficient Alpha
B. The scores in Math and English do not have any relationship. 80. In her conduct of item analysis, Teacher Cristy found out that a
C. The higher the scores in Math, the lower score in English significantly greater number from the upper group of the class
D. The lower the scores in English, the lower the scores in Math. got test item #5 correctly. This means that the that item
75. Below is a list of method used to establish the reliability of the A. Has a negative discriminating power
instrument. Which method is questioned for its reliability due to B. Is valid
practice and familiarity? C. Is easy
A. Slit-half C. Test-retest D. Has a positive discriminating power
B. Equivalent Forms D. Kuder Richardson Formula 20 81. A test item has difficulty index of 0.89 and a discrimination index
76. Mrs. Roxas wants to establish the reliability of her test in of -0.04. What should the teacher do?
Science. Which of the following activities will help achieve her A. Make it bonus item C. Retain the item
purpose?
B. Reject the item D. Make it bonus item and reject it
A. Administer two parallel tests to different group of students.
82. A test item has a difficulty index of 0.81 and discrimination index
B. Administer two equivalent tests to the same group of of 0.13. What should the test constructor do?
students
A. Retain the item C. Revise the item
C. Administer a single test but to the same group of students.
B. Make it bonus item D. Reject the item
D. Administer two different tests but to the same group of
students. 83. The index of difficult of a particular test is 0.01. What does this
mean? My students ________.
77. Mrs. Samonte wants to test the reliability of her achievement test
in English. Which of the following activities will help her achieve A. Gained mastery over the item
her purpose? B. Performed very well against expectation
A. Give the test to her students and then compare the result C. Found that the test item was either easy nor difficult
with another test taken by the same students. D. Find the test item difficult
B. Show the test to experts to check whether the items have 84. In which competency do my students find greatest difficulty? In
accurate answers. the item with the difficulty index of
C. Examine the items if they are consistent with the lesson A. 1.0 B. 0.50 C. 0.90 D. 0.10
objectives.
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85. Study the table on item analysis for non-attractiveness and non- C. The score coincide with the mean
plausibility of distracters based on the results of a multiple choice D. Most of the scores pile up between -1SD and +1SD
text in Math. The letter marked with an asterick is the correct
answer. 92. The score distribution follows the normal curve. What does this
mean?
A* B C D
A. Most of the scores are on the -2SD
Upper 27% 10 4 1 1
Lower 27% 6 6 2 0 B. Most of the scores are on the +2SD
Based on the table which is the most effective distracter? C. The score coincide with the mean
A. Option A B. Option C C. Option B D. Option D D. Most of the scores pile up between -1SD and +1SD
86. Which of the following is TRUE about a positively skewed 93. Mae’s score is within -1 to 1 SD. To which of the following groups
distribution? does she belong?
A. The median is greater than the mode. A. Below average C. Needs improvement
B. Most of the scores congregate on the right side B. Average D. Above average
C. The tail of the graph extends to the left 94. What test items do NOT affect variability of test score?
D. The mean is lesser than the median A. Test items that are a bit easy
87. Most examinees obtained scores below the mean. A graphic B. Test item that are moderate in difficulty.
representation of the score distribution will be C. Test items that are a bit difficult
A. Negatively skewed C. Leptokutic D. Test items that every examinee gets correctly
B. Normal curve D. Positively skewed 95. Skewed score distribution means that
88. Which applies when the distribution is concentrated on the left A. Scores are normally distributed
side of the curve?
B. Mean and median are equal
A. Bell curve C. Leptokurtic
C. Mode, median and mean are equal
B. Positively skewed D. Negatively skewed
D. Scores are concentrated more at one end
89. What does a negatively skewed score distribution imply?
96. Which is a type of graph in which lines represent each score of
A. The score congregate on the left side of the normal curve set of score?
B. The score are widespread A. Frequency polygon C. Scattergram
C. The students must be academically poor B. Histogram D. Scatterplot
D. The scores congregate on the right side of the normal 97. Which applies when skewness is 0?
distribution.
A. Mean is greater than the median
90. Most students who took the examination got scores above the
mean. What is the graphical representation of the score B. Median is greater than the mean
distribution? C. Scores have 3 modes
A. Positively skewed C. Bell-curve D. Score are normally distributed
B. Negatively skewed D. Rectangular 98. The mean and the mode of a given distribution is 80 and 85
91. The score distribution follows a normal curve. What does this respectively. What could be the most possible value of the
mean? median?
A. Most of the scores are on the -2SD A. 78 B. 83 C. 86 D. 88
B. Most of the scores are on the +2SD
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99. Which of the following measures is MOST affected by an 109. What measure of dispersion is BEST to use in skewed
extreme score? distribution?
A. Mean B. Median C. Mode D. All of the above A. Range C. Quartile deviation
100. Median is to point as standard deviation is to B. Standard deviation D. Median
A. Area B. Volume C. Distance D. Square 110. Standard deviation: Variability, Mean: _________.
101. Here is a score distribution: 98, 93, 93, 93, 90, 88, 87, 85, 85, A. Discrimination C. Correlation
85, 70, 51, 34, 34, 20, 18, 15, 12, 9, 8, 6, 3, 1. Which is a B. Level of difficulty D. Central tendency
characteristic of the score distribution?
111. Mr. Kevin computed the mean for representing the typical score
A. Bi-modal C. Skewed to the right of the class. What is the most appropriate measure of
B. Tri-modal D. No discernible pattern dispersion to use?
102. Given the scores 66, 85, 85, 90, 90, 90, 95, 95, 95, and 99, find A. Quartile deviation C. Percentile
the mode(s) B. Standard deviation D. Range
A. 85 B. 95 C. 90 & 95 D. 66 & 99 112. Which applies when all high frequencies are not adjacent?
103. If a teacher gets the difference between the highest score and A. The score distribution will neither be bimodal or multimodal
the lowest score, he obtains the
B. There is no point of score concentration
A. Range C. Mean
C. The score distribution will be bimodal or multimodal
B. Standard deviation D. Index of difficulty
D. There will only be one point of score concentration
104.What is a simple frequency distribution? A graphic
representation of 113. Which type of statistics gives information about the sample
being studied?
A. Means C. Raw scores
A. Inferential and co relational
B. Standard deviation D. Lowest and highest scores
B. Inferential (Concerned with the analysis)
105. Which is correct about median?
C. Descriptive (Collecting, describing, and analyzing sets of data)
A. The 50th percentile
D. Co relational
B. A measure of variability
114. In a normal distribution curve, a T-score of 70 is
C. Significantly affected by extreme scores
A. Two SD’s below the mean
D. Most stable measure of central tendency
B. Two SD’s above the mean
106. In central tendency, what is/are more appropriate when the
score distribution is NOT BADLY skewed? C. One SD below the mean
A. Mean B. Median C. Mode D. Median & mode D. One SD above the mean
107. Which is/are least stable measure/s of central tendency? 115. What is/are important to state when explaining percentile-
ranked tests to parents?
A. Mean B. Median C. Mode D. Median & mode
I. What group took the test
108. Mr. Ray found out that many of his students got very low score
in the test. What measure of central tendency should be used to II. That scores show how students performed in relation to other
describe their average performance in the subject? students.
A. Mean C. Mode III. That the scores show how students performed in relation to
an absolute measure.
B. Median D. Interquartile range
A. II only B. I & III C. I & II D. III Only

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116. The percentile rank of a given score is the percent of cases of a based on their final rating. For what are the ratings or marks n
distribution this situation?
A. Below and above a given score A. Direction C. Certification
B. Below the given score B. Selection D. Motivation
C. Above the given score 123. In a 100-item test, none of Mrs. Silva’s students got a score
C. Within the given score higher than 50. However, when they received their grades.
Almost half of them got a passing mark. What system could
117. Robert’s raw score in the Mathematics class is 45 which is have been used by their in assigning their grades?
equal to the 96th percentile. What does this mean?
A. Point grading system
A. 96% of Robert’s classmates got a score higher than 45.
B. Contract grading system
B. 96% of Robert’s classmates got a score lower than 45
C. Norm-referenced grading system
C. Robert’s score is less than 45% of his classmates.
D. Criterion-referenced grading system
D. Robert’s score is higher than 96% of his classmates
124. For grades to be made valid indicators
118. Given median of a set of scores is 85, which of the following is
FALSE? A. Adopting letter grades such as A, B, C and D
A. 50% of the scores fall on or below 85 B.Defining the course objectives as intended learning
outcomes.
B. 50% of the scores is at least 85
C. Explaining the meaning of marks or grades
C. 50% of the scores is 85
D. Giving objective type of test
D. 50% of the score is utmost 85
125. Comparability of grades could be improved by
119. Aura Vivian is one-half standard deviation above the mean of
his group in arithmetic and one standard above in spelling. A. Individual teacher giving weights to factors considered for
What does this imply? rating.
A. She excels both in arithmetic that in spelling B. Using common convention table for translating test scores
into ratings
B. She is better in arithmetic that in spelling
C. Allowing individual teacher to determine factors for rating
C. She does not excel in spelling nor in arithmetic
D. Formulating test that vary from one teacher to another
D. She is better in spelling than in arithmetic
126. Which is NOT a trend in making and reporting system?
120. Q3 is to 75th percentile as median is to
A. Indicating strong points as well as those needing
A. 40th percentile C. 50th percentile improvement
B. 25th percentile D. 49th percentile B. Conducting parent-teacher conferences as often as needed
121. If the mean is 85 and the standard deviation is 5, how will you C. Raising the passing grade from 75 to 80
determine the score of average students?
D. Supplementing subject grades with checklist on traits
A. Scores from 80 to 90.
127. Ariel, an underachiever was failed in all examinations. However,
B. Score that are exactly 85. he was always present in the class and has submitted his
C. Scores that are higher than 85 but not higher than 90 homework on time. His teacher gave him a passing mark
D. Score that are lower than 85 but not lower than 80 because of his good attitude towards school work. His teacher
gave him a passing mark because of his good attitude
122. At the end of the school year, Mrs. Lopez identified who among towards school work. Was the decision of the teacher correct?
her grade five pupils could be promoted to the next grade level Why?
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A. Yes, because grades should not just be based on II. How to teach
examination. III. How to assess
B. No, because test and projects should be the only sources A. I and II B. I & III C. III only D. I, II & III
of grades
2. Assessment emphasizes the use of feedback and helps in
C. Yes, because teachers should give more importance to development of learners. What characteristic of 21st century
students’ attitude. assessment is described?
D. No, because attitude towards school work should not be A. Communicate C. Responsive
considered in the computation.
B. Informative D. Technically sound
128. Which is INCORRECT when conducting a conference with
parents? 3. Assessments are part of the day-to-day activities instead of just
simply at the end of instruction. What characteristic of 21st
A. Be positive in your approach century assessment is described?
B. Be all knowing type of person A. Systemic C. Responsive
C. Be careful about giving advice B. Flexible D. Integrated
D. Be willing to accept parent’s feelings 4. Assessment can be used by teachers as basis for decision-
129. What is an advantage of point system of grading? making in the following phrases of instruction:
A. It does away with establishing clear distinctions among I. Before starting teaching
students. II. During teaching
B. It is precise III. After a teaching segment
C. It is qualitative A. I B. III C. I & III D. I, II & III
D. It emphasizes learning not objectivity in scoring 5. Student Learning Outcome (STO) is best described by:
130. Is it wise to practice to orient our students and parent on our I. The totality of accumulated knowledge, skills, and attitudes that
grading system? students develop during a course of study.
A. No, this will court a lot of complains later II. As basis for assessing the extent of learning in Outcome-
B. Yes, but orientation must be only for our immediate Based Education.
customers, the students. III. There are several factors to consider in defining a particular
C. Yes, so that from the very start, students and their parents student learning outcome (SLO)
know how grades are derived A. I & III B. II & III C. I, II & III D. I only
D. No, grades and how they are derived are highly confidential 6. Competencies expected by different professions, businesses and
industries must be considered in defining student learning
outcomes because…
TEST IV I. Businesses support the education sector
Write the letter of the best answer. If the answer is not found among II. Students need to prepare for work
the options, write letter E. III. Graduates must meet industries requirements
Part 1 A. I & III B. II & III C. I, II & III D. III only
st
1. Twenty-first century skills are built on core literacy and numeracy 7. The teaching and assessment of 21 century skills in
required of students to master. In order to meet the demands of characterized by…
the 21st century educators need to focus on: I. Alignment of outcomes
I. What to teach
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II. Balanced assessment A. Portfolio Assessment C. Alternative Assessment


III. Inclusion of the 21th century goals B. Holistic Assessment D. Performance-Based Assessment
A. I & III B. II & III C. I, II & III D. III only 14. Teacher Rosario administered a quiz to find out if the students
8. In what phase(s) of teaching-learning process does observation of have understood the lesson on finding the volume of solid
student’ interaction become a source of information in decision- figures. What type of assessment was done?
making? A. Summative assessment C. Analytic Assessment
I. Before starting teaching B. Formative assessment D. Holistic assessment
II. During teaching 15. Which of the following best describes a norm-referenced
III. After a teaching segment assessment?
A. I only B. II only C. III only D. II & III E. None A. It compares students’ performance with each other
9. Flexibility as a characteristic of the 21 st century assessment is B. It is based on detailed domain specifications
associated with the following EXCEPT: C. It considers objectivity in test development
I. Assessment is strictly followed as planned. D. It compares student’s performance against the attainment of
II. Assessment must be adaptable to student’s setting objective.
III. Assessment must be incorporated in day-to-day teaching 16. Who among the following teachers is doing an evaluation?
activity. A. Teacher Romnick who is computing the final grades based
A. I only B. II & III C. III only D. I & III on several criteria for assessment
10. Process of educational assessment (according to Bloom) is B. Teacher Ronnel who is administering the chapter exam to
characterized by: his students
I. Measurement and evaluation are integral part of the C. Teacher Ronnie who is re-checking the test paper of his
educational assessment process. students.
II. Encompasses the total educational setting D. Teacher Michelle who is rating the finished project of her
students
III. Assessment’s focus is in teacher-student engagement
17. Which of the following forms of assessment Teacher Nick will
A. I & III B. II & III C. I only D. III only use if he wants to measure the degree of authenticity of
11. Teacher Justin Raphael, a Physical Education teacher, asked his learning outcomes among his students?
students to show how to perform the basic dance step. What A. Analytical C. Summative
domain of learning target is being assessed?
B. Traditional D. Performance-Based
A. Understanding C. Products
18. Teacher Ana Rose wants to use the global approach of
B. Reasoning D. Skills assessing her students through reflection journals, peer
12. Which of the following is not a measure of a criterion-referenced assessment, self assessment, group presentation and portfolio.
assessment? Which type of assessment will she use?
A. Level of performance is determined by absolute standards. A. Holistic Assessment C. Formative Assessment
B. Criteria is set as standard for performance comparison. B. Analytical Assessment D. Summative Assessment
C. The goal is to disperse students score. 19. Mr. Jam Herrera administered an achievement test in Science to
D. Detailed domain specifications is used his Grade 7 students. He considered the performance of one
students as basis for assigning the grade equivalence of the
13. Teacher Jhocelle is assessing the authentic experiences of her score obtained by the other student. What type of assessment
students. Which of the following will she consider? did he use?
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A. Holistic C. Norm-referenced A. I & II B. I, II & III C. II only D. I & III E. None


B. Contextualized D. Criterion-referenced 7. What formative assessment strategies monitor specific skills,
20. Which is the LEAST authentic method of assessment? behavior or dispositions of individual or group of students?
A. Research output in History class A. Rating Scale C. Checklist
B. Portfolio in Educational Technology class B. Likert Scale D. Semantic Differential Scale
C. Paper-and-pencil test in Physical Education 8. What error is committed when rating tend toward high end of the
scale?
D. Collection of outputs and experiments in Science
A. Severity Error C. Logical Error
B. Rater Drift D. Leniency Error
PART 2
9. What error is committed when a rater do not use the extremes
1. Motivation and involvement of students in learning activities are part of the scale?
affected the following EXCEPT
A. Severity Error C. Logical Error
I. Student’s attitude III. Respect for others
B. Rater Drift D. Leniency Error
II. Student’s interest IV. Concern for others
E. Central Tendency Error
A. I & II B. II only C. I, II, & III D. I, III & IV E. None
10. Which of the following statements describes the Likert Scale?
2. Positive affective traits and skills are essential for:
I. Simple and widely used self-report method in assessing affect
I. Preventing students from dropping out of school
II. Scoring is based on assigning weights from 1 to 5 to each
II. Maximizing the motivation to learn position scale.
III. Being an involved and productive member of our society III. It is easy to construct and to score
A. I & II B. I & II C. III only D. I only E. None A. I & II B. II only C. II & III D. I, II, & III
3. What refers to the nature of interpersonal interactions and 11. Premise: Affect and learning are linked to each other. Which of
functioning in group setting? the following statements support this premise?
A. Classroom development C. Altruism I. Students are more proficient in problem solving if they
B. Preferences D. Social Relationships enjoy what they do.
4. What is the predisposition to respond favorably or not to a II. Positive environment foster good student engagement and
particular situation, concept, object, institution, or person. What learning.
concept is described? III. Students who are emotionally involved pay attention to
A. Values B. Preferences C. Attitudes D. Motivation information and remember it meaningfully.
5. Which describes the desire and intense willingness, to get A. I & II B. II only C. II & III D. I, II, & III
involved in behavior? 12. What is the technical definition of affective?
A. Classroom Development C. Motivation I. A variety of traits and dispositions that are different from
B. Altruism D. Preferences knowledge, reasoning and skills.
6. The following must be considered in assessing effect EXCEPT: II. The emotions or feelings that one has toward someone or
I. Conducting several assessment over a period of time something.
II. Using varied ways in measuring an affective trait. III. It includes more than emotion or feelings
III. Deciding if data or results needed are grouped or A. I & II B. II only C. II & III D. I, II, & III
individualized 13. What are the components of an attitude?
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I. Affective II. Cognitive III. Behavioral A. Personal Bias C. Central Tendency Error
A. I, II, & III B. I & II C. II & III D. I & III B. Halo Effect D. Logical Error
14. These are considered non-controversial values EXCEPT
I. Kindness II. Generosity III. Tolerance PART 3
A. I & II B. II only C. II & III D. I, II, & III E. None 1. Ms. Kenjie Anthoinette is doing a performance –based
15. What should be the focus of motivation target? assessment in web site development with the use of different
programming system in her Information Technology course.
I. Academic subject II. Type of Learning III. Interest Which of the following will most likely happen?
A. I, II, & III B. I & II C. II & III D. I & III A. Students are evaluated using portfolio.
16. Teacher A received a birthday surprise from her advisory class. B. Students are evaluated by traditional testing.
On that day, they have scheduled an oral presentation of the
investigative project that the class prepared. Since Teacher A C. Students are evaluated on actual demonstration.
was so happy, she gave almost everyone very high grade. What D. Students are evaluated based from past experiences.
kind of rating error did Teacher A commit? 2. Teacher Menvy Macalalad assessed her students in terms of
A. Severity Error C. Logical Error appropriate and effective use of some equipment and tools in
B. Personal Bias D. Leniency Error Technology and Livelihood Education. What mode of
assessment should Ms. Macalalad use?
17. Before the start of an inter-school competition, the judges were
oriented to the rubrics that they will use. But during the A. Journal Assessment C. Traditional Assessment
competition, one of the judges did not observe what is written in B. Affective Assessment D. Performance-Based Assessment
the rubrics since most of the contestants are known to him. What 3. What should be considered in planning for performance-based
kind of rating error did the judge commit? assessment?
A. Personal Bias C. Rater Drift A. The table of specifications of the tasks
B. Halo effect D. Logical Error B. The purpose of assessment
18. Teacher B is a newly hired substitute teacher. To avoid negative C. The level of cognitive domains to be measured
feedback from her students, she gave average grade to the
whole class. Teacher B committed a rating…. D. Available paper-and-pencil test
A. Central Tendency error C. Personal Bias 4. Which statement about performance-based assessment is
FALSE?
B. Severity Error D. Halo Effect
A. It stresses what can students know and do.
19. Section Y is noted for misbehaving. As a way of disciplining the
students, the adviser gave all students in the class a falling B. It assesses both process and product tasks.
mark for her subject. What rating error did the class adviser C. It emphasizes application of knowledge.
commit? D. It accentuates process only.
A. Personal Bias C. Severity Error 5. Mr. Henry O. Garcia, a business management professor, makes
B. Halo Effect (Particular student) D. Rater Drift sure that he includes performance tasks at the end f the course
20. Teacher C always requests favors from well-off families for study that will enable the students to practice and apply what
projects in school and her requests are always granted. In they have learned in the real world of business. Which task is
return, Teacher C selects only the well-off students to participate being practiced by Mr. Garcia?
in extra-curricular activities. Moreover, the same students A. Capstone Performance (Research in Industry)
always get high grades. This situation shows that Teacher C is B. Completing an Inquiry
committing rating error of….
C. Solving a Problem
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D. Presentation Tasks C. Teacher Jonathan includes related portfolio and activities


6. Teacher Jermil wants to maximize the amount of time spent for requiring process and product.
performance-based assessment, which of the following must he D. Teacher Ronderf based his assessment on oral recitation and
consider? attendance.
A. Task given should be limited 12. Which of the following type of performance tasks utilizes the
B. Formulate objectives only for affective domains. students (use) knowledge and skills in completing well-defined,
complex tasks?
C. Plan tasks for both instruction and assessment
A. Paper-and-pencil Task C. Demonstration
D. Evaluate one competency for multiple performance tasks.
B. Unstructured Task D. Role Playing
7. Which kind of rubric is BEST for rating students’ photofolio?
13. Which is NOT a measure of effective rating of performance?
A. Holistic C. Both holistic and analytic
A. Characteristics of performance and points of scale are clearly
B. Analytic D. Either holistic or analytic defined
8. Which could be seen in a rubric? B. Rating procedure are appropriate for the purpose of
I. Objective for Assessment assessment
II. Scale for Assessment C. Characteristics of performance are indirectly observable.
III. Dimensions of the quality D. Performance are educationally significant.
iv. Description of Dimensions 14. Which is a performance task for process-oriented activity?
A. I and II only C. I, II, and III A. Recite a poem
B. II, III, and IV D. I, II, and IV B. Design a project plan
9. If the students are to be assessed individually on their mastery of C. Develop a website for an institution
reciting Panatang Makabayan, what kind of rubric should D. Construct a nipa hut using cogon grass.
teaqcher Arzon used in rating the performance of his 25 students
for only one period of time engagement? 15. The following are techniques to be used for students’
performance-based assessment, EXCEPT:
A. Holistic C. Both holistic and analytic
A. Interviews C. Paper-and-pencil test
B. Analytic D. Either holistic or analytic
B. Anecdotal Records D. Student Constructed Response
10. What is the first step in planning for a performance-based
assessment? 16. Which is the first step on consider in defining the performance
tasks in developing a scoring rubrics?
A. Prepare a scoring rubric
A. Rating the rubrics
B. Evaluate the performance
B. Formulating the description task
C. Identify performance task
C. Identifying the purpose of assessment
D. Determine the purpose of assessment
D. Describing the dimensions of performance
11. Which of the following best describes performance assessment
classroom practice? 17. During the parent-teacher conference, the mother of one of the
students of Teacher Aissa complained about the grade received
A. Teacher Andrew based his final rating on the results of by his child as part of the performance-based assessment in
students’ examination. Science. The grade given was 78 and it was found out that it
B. Teacher Alex collects examination results and journal of should be 81. What should teacher Aissa do?
students. A. Change the grade if parent asks to change the grade.

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B. Change some entries of the computation of the grade to B. Test scores are the basis for learner’s achievement.
make it exactly 81. C. Learner is adequately described by the affective domains.
C. Change the grade and explain what went wrong with the D. Portfolio assessment is dynamic.
process.
3. What should be the first step in planning for portfolio assessment?
D. Tell the parent that the additional three point will be added to
the grade in the next performance assessment. A. Determine scoring criteria
18. Which of the following statements describes performance-based B. Determine self-analysis content
assessment? C. Select entries to be included
A. It requires students to create product or demonstrate D. Plan the purpose for assessment
process. 4. Which of the following describes a portfolio assessment?
B. It uses paper-and-pencil as an assessment approach. I. A systematic process and purposeful collection of student
C. It is done only for physical education courses. work.
D. It directly measures a number of skills. II. A purposeful, organized, collection of evidence.
19. What is the main purpose of follow-up conference with students III. A planned collection of learner achievement.
regarding their performance rating? A. I B. III C. II D. I, II and III
A. It clarifies misbehavior done by the students. 5. Which is strength of portfolio assessment?
B. It is an avenue for establishing rapport with the students A. It provides students an opportunity to show what they can do.
C. It identifies the strength and limitations of the students. B. It encourages students to become reflective learners.
D It serves as a venue to change the given grades to the C. It is student-centered and directed learning
students.
D. All of the above
20. Which should Teacher Patrick John consider in constructing
performance tasks? 6. Which of the following is a limitation of portfolio assessment?
A. Focus on learning outcomes that require limited cognitive A. Products can be used for individualized teacher diagnosis
skills. B. Focus is on student’s strengths-what they can do
B. Construct multiple task directions to indicate clearly the C. More time to develop criteria and score
student tasks. D. Enhance student motivation
C. Communicate performance expectations to the class 7. The following are possible sources of portfolio. EXCEPT:
president who will relay to his classmates.
A. Essays C. Self-reflection
D. Provide the necessary scaffolding for students to understand
B. Stories D. Giving attention
the task and what is expected.
8. Students will gather evidence of accomplishments for each of the
criteria and present these output clusters that relate to the
PART 4 criteria given. Which type of portfolio is described?
1. Which refers to the collection of students’ products and sample A. Product Portfolio C. Documentation Portfolio
works for evaluation purposes?
B. Process Portfolio D. Standard-Based Portfolio
A. Performance-Based C. Structured Record
9. Which skill is NOT developed in implementing portfolio
B. Traditional D. Portfolio assessment?
2. From which assumption is portfolio assessment based on? A. Reflective Thinking
A. Assessment should stress the knowledge production. B. Convergent Thinking
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C. Multi-complex Thinking B. Parents help students to reflect and select work samples
D. Collaborative and Cooperative learning C. Parent ignore the suggestions and comments of the teacher.
10. How are the steps in portfolio assessment arranged? D. Parents can question the score given by the teacher.
I. Identify Purpose 17. In identifying and evaluating scoring criteria, what is the
II. Conduct Student-Teacher Conference teacher’s ultimate responsibility?
III. Collect Evidences A. Ensure fairness
IV. Judge the Artifacts B. Ensure completeness
V. Reflect on Evidences C. Ensure integrity and quality
VI. Identify Physical Structure D. Ensure enough number of criteria
A. I, II, III, IV, V, VI C. I, II, III, VI, V, IV 18. Which of the following helps students to develop greater
ownership of the process of portfolio assessment?
B. I, VI, III, V, IV, IID. I, VI, III, V, II, IV
A. Self-control C. Self-reflection
11. What type of portfolio is exemplified if Teacher Chrissel wants
her students to select their best narrative paragraphs written B. Self-esteem D. Self-concept
during the month? 19. The following statement describe some of the purpose of
A. Process Portfolio C. Showcase Portfolio portfolios EXCEPT
B. Documentation Portfolio D. Standard-Based Portfolio I. Identify student’s strengths
12. Which portfolio evidence deals with acquiring knowledge and II. Address student’s deficiencies by providing new steps
developing writing skills of the students? III. Have a collection of folders containing students’ work
A. Project C. Critiqued Outputs A. I B. III C. II D. II and III
B. Exercises D. Reflective Journal 20. Teacher Zannie wants to assess the entire contents of the
13. What should be evaluated in the content of portfolio if you want portfolio submitted by his students. What assessment tool
your students to focus on selection of samples, thoroughness, should he use?
appearance, reflections, and organizations? A. Rubrics C. Likert Scale
A. Checklist of Content C. Narrative Evaluation B. Checklist D. Observation
B. Structure Evaluation D. Individual Entries Evaluation
14. In designing and using portfolio, which is the primary action to PART V
take? 1. In developing grading and reporting system, the following points
A. Define the criteria must be considered EXCEPT…
B. Choose or create rubrics I. Grading and reporting is intended for communication
C. Determining sources of content II. Integral parts of the instructional process
D. A clear description of purpose and focus III. Based on good evidence
15. Which of the following is the LEAST measured by portfolio IV. Changes are made by developing a comprehensive reporting
assessment? system.
A. Skill B. Product C. Reasoning D. Knowledge A. I & II B. I, II, & III C. II only D. I, III, & IV E. None
16. One of the advantages of using portfolio is that it is well-suited to 2. Some of the major purpose of grading and reporting are:
parent involvement. What does this statement mean? I. To communicate the achievement status of students to parents
A. Parents do all the requirements needed for portfolio and others.
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II. To provide incentives for students to learn 12. The following statements describes the K to 12 assessment
III. To evaluate the effectiveness of instructional program. EXCEPT:
A. I & II B. I, & III C. I & IV D. I only E. None I. Utilize the wide variety of traditional and authentic
assessment tools and techniques.
3. Which of the following gives emphasis on consistency of
assessment result? II. Utilization of results to a valid, reliable, and realistic
assessment of learning.
A. Validity B. Quantity C. Reliability D. Look & Feel
III. Gives importance on assessing understanding and skills
4. Among these grading methods, which is considered to be the development
most popular and most common?
A. I & II B. II only C. II & III D. I, II, & III E. None
A. Letter Grades C. Standard Based Grading
13. Teacher A prepared her periodical test. All her items are
B. Percentage Grades D. Pass/Fail Grading identification. What level of assessment is measured?
5. Which among the grading methods is considered to be a multi- A. Knowledge C. Understanding
category and most common?
B. Process D, Performance/Products
A. Letter Grades C. Standard Based Grading
14. Teacher B’s final exam will be an oral presentation synthesizing
B. Percentage Grades D. Pass/Fail Grading the lessons learned for the whole semester. The level of
6. This indicator of central tendency is affected by extreme scores. assessment measured is?
Which indicators is it? A. Knowledge C. Understanding
A. Mode B. Median C. Mean D. Percentage B. Process D. Performance/Products
7. Which indicator of variability id great affected by extreme scores? 15. Matalino got a letter grade of P in this Mathematics subject, what
A. Quartile Deviation C. Standard Deviation does this grade means?
B. Range D. Percentage I. Proficient –The student acquired the basic knowledge and
8. Which type of scale is based in rank? skills.
A. Ordinal scale C. Interval scale II. Proficient- The students acquired the core understanding.
B. Cardinal scale D. Ratio scale III. Proficient- The student can independently transfer what
were learned through authentic performance.
9. What score serves as basis of the other standardized scores?
A. I & II B. II only C, II & III D. I, II & III
A. Z-score C. Stanines
16. In this level of proficiency, the student exceeds the core
B. T-score D. Percentile Rank requirements in terms of knowledge, skills and core
10. All of the following are major strengths of stanines EXCEPT… understandings, and can transfer them automatically and
I. Uses a nine-point scale flexibly through authentic performance tasks. What level of
proficiency is described?
II. Easy to combine different types of data
A. Proficient C. Advanced
III. Uses a single-digit score
B. Approaching Proficiency D. Developing
A. I & II B. II only C. II & III D. I, II, & III E. None
17. Student at this level has developed the fundamental knowledge
11. Formative assessment is to assessment for learning :
and skills and core understanding, and with little guidance from
Summative assessment is to _________?
the teacher and/or with some assistance from peers, can
A. Assessment of knowledge C. Assessment of learning transfer these understandings through authentic performance
B. Assessment of Learning D. Final assessment tasks. What level of proficiency is described?
A. Proficient C. Advanced
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B. Approaching Proficiency D. Developing C. Make decisions about how to implement learning activities
18. The student at this level struggles with his/her understanding of D. Make policy decisions regarding what is and is not
prerequisite and fundamental knowledge skills have not been appropriate for learners.
acquired or developed adequately. What level of proficiency is 3. Mr. Castro uses evidences of student learning to make judgments
described? on student achievement against goals and standards. He does
A. Proficient C. Advanced this at the end of a unit or period. Which purpose does
B. Approaching Proficiency D. Developing assessment serve?
19. The student at this level possesses the minimum knowledge and A. Assessment as learning C. Assessment of learning
skills and core understanding but needs help throughout the B. Assessment for learning D. Assessment tool
performance of authentic tasks. 4. Ms. Bermudez notes that Christian obtained a score of 40 points
A. Proficient C. Advanced out of a possible 50 in the unit test. Which concept is exemplified
B. Approaching Proficiency D. Developing by the statement?
E. Beginning A. Assessment C. Formative
20. What is the basis for identifying the proficiency level of a B. Evaluation D. Measurement
learner? 5. Ms. Sibug declared that Amt’s score in the summative test
A. The performance of students in knowledge level of indicates that she has learned the content exceedingly well and is
assessment. ready to progress to the next unit of instruction. Which concept is
illustrated?
B. The performances and products of students in knowledge
level of assessment. A. Assessment C. Measurement
C. The performances in processing level of assessment. B. Evaluation D. Testing
D. The sum of all the performances of students in all levels of 6. Which of the following assessments is designed to measure the
assessments. degree of learning that has taken place after a person has been
exposed to specific learning experiences?
A. Achievement test C. Socio-metric test
B. Aptitude test D. Trade test
TEST V
7. A teacher wants to develop a test that would measure group
PART 1 relations, so he/she can come up with appropriates to help
1. Which of the following shows the relevance of assessment to improve these relation. What type of test should he/she devise?
administrators? A. Achievement test C. Socio-metric test
A. Give feedback to students about their progress B. Aptitude test D. Trade test
B. Plan and conduct faculty development programs 8. A test can be classified according to test constructor. Compared to
C. Discover learning areas that require special attention a teacher-made test, which of these statements is true about a
D. Diagnose and identify students learning needs standard test?
2. Assessment is important to teachers because of the decisions A. A standardized test easily made.
they will make about their students when teaching them. For B. A standardized test allows meaningful comparisons between
teacher, which of the following is NOT among the functions of students.
assessment? C. A standardized test allows greater variability in testing
A. Identify learner’s needs and abilities procedures.
B. Monitor and improve the teaching learning process D. A standardized test is highly subjective
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9. The teacher compares students’ responses in a test. For a collaborative learning like syndicate approach and jigsaw
specific response made by a student, the teacher decides that learning method. What form of assessment prompted him to do
the student should receive a score of 6 (out of 10) in comparison so?
to the answer provided by his/her classmates. How do you A. Diagnostic C. Placement
classify the test?
B. Formative D. Summative
A. Achievement test C. Criterion-referenced test
16. At the end of instruction, Mr. de Jesus gave his students a long
B. Aptitude test D. Norm-referenced test test to determine their level of achievement and mastery of the
10. Which of the following is an element unique to student portfolio? topics in the first quarter. Which of these concepts describes
A. Book report C. Paper-and-pencil tests this particular role of assessment?
B. Oral presentation D. Reflective writing A. Diagnostic C. Placement
11. Susana is lagging behind in her Math class. The teacher noticed B. Formative D. Summative
this and decided that Susana needs special instruction. What 17. Mr. Gonzales, a Social Studies teacher, is about to discuss the
type of decision is this? Spanish colonization in the Philippines (Pamunuang Kolonyal
A. Diagnostic C. Placement ng Espanya) to his Grade 5 students. He asks open-ended
questions and records the responses of his students. What was
B. Formative D. Summative the purpose of his assessment?
12. Juanita discovered that some students had difficulty applying A. Assessment as an instruction and providing feedback.
mathematical procedures to solve various word problems
because of their lack of knowledge and skills of basic algebraic B. Assessment as diagnosing learner difficulties or
concepts and operations. What form of assessment did she use? misconceptions.
A. Diagnostic C. Placement C. Assessment as determining progress along a development
continuum.
B. Formative D. Summative
D. Assessment as program evaluation or accountability
13. Ms. Rivera is reviewing the science quiz she gave to the class.
She learned that many of her students missed the essay item. 18. Test results were utilized to make decisions about the school’s
What should she do? curriculum. What function does the assessment serve?
A. Reprimand the class to pay attention A. Administrative C. Instructional
B. Administer another test B. Guidance D. Research and evaluation
C. Refrain from giving essays 19. Which of the following is NOT true about information gathered
formative assessment?
D. Reconsider her teaching method
A. Immediacy of result is important
14. During his first meeting, Mr. Miranda gave a readiness test to
determine the prerequisite skills and degree of mastery his B. Interpreted in terms of instructional decisions
students possess in relation to the course objectives or learning C. Frequency of data collection is low
outcomes. He intends to use the results to determine where he D. Information shelf-life is short
will begin in his lesson plan and decide on the best mode of
learning. Which form of assessment did he employ? 20. Assessment affects all constituencies within the school
community. What does assessment provide parents?
A. Diagnostic C. Placement
A. Information to evaluate learner’s achievement
B. Formative D. Summative
B. Information concerning learner’s needs
15. Through observation techniques, a math teacher learned that
students are non-participative during interactive lecturing- C. Information about the school’s progress
demonstrations. Consequently, the teacher adopted D. Information for long-range instructional planning
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B. Testing only the higher order learning outcomes to become


PART 2 more challenging.
1. Formative assessments help teachers monitor progress of C. The same test format to be used in the assessment of all the
student learning and at the same time guide them in making learning outcomes to maintain fairness.
instructional alterations. Choose the testing practice which NOT D. A balance distribution of items across the various level of
formative in use. learning outcomes.
A. Pretest is given to form impression of what learners know 6. The simplest table of specification that is acceptable shows the
about the new unit of work. distribution of items across.
B. Diagnosing the group’s learning needs to determine how A. Various test types
they can be better assisted and guided. B. Content areas to be covered by the test.
C. Planning instruction based on what needs to be emphasized C. Learning outcomes to be assessed
and managed.
D. Instructional periods
D. Assigning grades for report cards based on results of
periodical examinations. 7. Which test formats can similarly measure knowledge and simple
understanding?
2. What is a basic feature of summative assessment?
1. Binary Choice (True-False) 3. Short answer type
A. It is used for evaluating student learning and effectiveness of
instruction. 2. Completion type 4. Essay type
B. It is basically utilized for monitoring learning of students. A. 1 & 4 B. 2 & 3 C. 3 & 1 D. 4 & 2
C. It marks student performance before and after instruction. 8. Multiple-choice type is considered a versatile format it can be
used for assessing.
D. It is used for making instructional decisions.
A. Learners of different ability levels.
3. How can validity of classroom tests be best insured?
B. Lower and higher level learning outcomes
A. Test items are aligned to the target learning outcomes.
C. Knowledge, processes and performance
B. Test items are suitable to all levels of student in a class
D. All levels of assessment
C. Tests observe appropriate complexity of assessment tasks.
9. Planning the test as the initial phase in test development requires.
D. Multiple assessment test formats are used.
A. Specifying the purpose of the test
4. What evidence shows the validity of a classroom assessment tool
given to a heterogeneous class? B. Establishing the schedule for test administration
A. There is no difference in the test performance of the C. Determining the instructional outcomes to be measured
informed group and less able ones. D. Deciding on the test format appropriate to intended grade
B. The knowledgeable students obtain higher scores than the level.
less knowledgeable ones. 10. Guidelines for the construction of the items for a test are
C. Majority of the bright students get perfect score in the embodied in the.
summative test A. Unit of work to be assessed
D. Very few of the less able students fail the summative test B. Assessment framework
5. A Table of Specifications provides guidance in the preparation of a C. Table of Specification
good summative test when it requires. D. Annual subject matter plan
A. Equal number of items for all levels of learning outcomes 11. Selection of test format significantly considers the
across the intended unit of work.
A. Level of assessment of the instructional outcomes
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B. Competence of item writers in doing the desired format. 17. Students could be involved in improving tests previously given to
C. Familiarity of the intended subjects with the content. them. Which strategy would be most helpful?
D. Resources of the school for the reproduction of the test. A. Soliciting comments of their parents on the test
12. Classification of an item format is determined by the manner in B. Allowing students to correct their own test papers
which C. Ordering their sub-test scores from highest to lowest
A. The response is to be provided D. Writing comments on questions they found not clear
B. The item stem is to be presented 18. Below are options listed in the second column of a matching test
C. The item is to be scored showing types of triangles. Which should NOT be included
here?
D. The type of performance required
A. Right B. Isosceles C. Equilateral
13. What is the only requirement for a test to be considered an D. Equal
objective test?
19. Alternatives of simple selected-response items must be related
A. Appropriateness of difficulty level of items to test takers logically to the problem. Which of the binary-choice items below
B. Observance of fairness in writing the items adheres to this guideline?
C. Presence of only correct or nearly best answer in every A. Bones serve as framework of the body. Yes, No
item. B. Does a Prime Minister head a parliament? Agree, Disagree
D. Comprehensibility of test instructions C. Does a person’s religion dictate hoe he worship his God?
14. Miss Reyes wants to prepare a table of specifications for her Fact, Opinion.
final exams using objective selected response items. Which D. One revolution of the earth around the sun takes a year.
learning skill CANNOT be included? True, False
A. Remembering facts and figure 20. Which is an efficient item format to ask for the current head of a
B. Inferring the message of the story state?
C. Applying an algorithm to a problem A. The current president is __________
D. Writing a critique of a project B. _____ is the current president of the Unite State.
15. Efficiency is aimed by teachers in constructing tests. Which test C. Who is the current president of the United States?
format would you recommend to measure ability to apply D. The United States current president is who?
scientific principles?
21. Checking on how the students have followed the steps in doing
A. Multiple-choice C. Binary-choice an experimental research illustrates as assessment of
B. Matching type D. Short-answer questions A. Terminologies and definitions
16. The social studies class has divided itself into three groups for B. Association of concepts
conducting an out-reach activity in a community. Which scoring
criterion is appropriate to use for a rubric to rate their C. Applying a procedure
performance? D. Comprehending a process
A. Community enjoyment 22. Matching type is widely chosen by teachers because it
B. Team work and cooperation A. Is a familiar format to students of this level
C. Fairness in task assignment B. Is easily constructed and objectively scored
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D. Can assess ability to associate related items and concepts in 28. Item-writers of classroom summative tests are encouraged to
just one test. prepare a table of specifications prior to item construction to
23. Which is difficult to be assessed by selected-response item assure content validity. The tests should
formats? A. Cover the target learning outcomes for the instructional
A. Problem solving C. Decision making period.
B. Creative thinking D. Reasoning skill B. Use test format appropriate to the reading ability of the
students.
24. One use multiple-choice questions is measuring students’ ability
to use reasoning skills. Which of those given below can make C. Have an equal distribution of items across subject matter
use of multiple-choice for this purpose? areas.
A. Predicting future disaster events D. Arrange logically the competencies to be measured.
B. Recalling details of calamities 29. Below are different ways of utilizing the concept of discrimination
as an index of item quality EXCEPT
C. Comparing latest two disasters
A. Getting the proportion of those answering the item correctly
D. Recognizing the meaning of signs over those answering the items.
25. Objective tests are preferred by students to essay type. What B. Obtaining the difference between the proportion of low-
can essay assess, which objective tests cannot? scores getting the item correctly
A. Applying reasoning skills to do problem solving C. Getting how much better the performance in the class by
B. Organizing and integrating information item is after instruction than before.
C. Comprehending the narrative of a discourse D. Differentiating the performance in an item of a group that has
D. Identifying the significant details of a communication received instruction and a group that has not.
26. What can a Physical Education teacher effectively use for its 30. What can enable some students to answer items correctly even
summative test? without having enough knowledge for what is intended to be
measured.
A. Performance test for its knowledge level outcomes
A. Clear and succinct test instructions
B. Performance test for demonstration of subject-specific
skills. B. Comprehensible statement of the item stem
C. Mixed written and performance tests for concept and skills C. Obviously correct or obviously wrong alternatives
learned D. Simple sentence structure of the problem
D. All of the above 31. An instructor is going to prepare and end-of-course summative
27. Construction of test items is to be done carefully to ensure their test. What major consideration should it observe so it will differ
validity. This means the students can from a unit test?
A. Reach the acceptable number of correct items for mastery A. Inclusion of all intended learning outcomes of the course.
B. Discriminate the good items from the faulty ones in spite of B. Appropriate length of the test to cover all subject matter
wordiness. topics
C. Attempt to answer those items intended to assess higher- C. Preparation of a key to correction in advance for ease of
level outcomes. scoring
D. Respond to items correctly only if they have attained the D. Adequate sampling of higher-level learning outcomes
desired outcome. 32. Among the strategies for improving test items given below,
which is empirical in approach?

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A. Item students find confusing are collected and are revised B. Choosing the best paraphrase of a proverb
systematically. C. Associating significant inventions with their inventors
B. Teacher teaching the same subject matter collegially meet D. Composing an original design based on a theme
to discuss the aligned of items to their learning outcomes.
C. Item responses of higher-scores are compared to those of
the low-scores.
D. The teacher examines the stem and alternatives for PART 3
accuracy of content? 1. Which of the following is true about selected-response items.
33. Which of the following multiple-choice item data shows a need A. It assesses the affected domain.
for revision? B. It assesses only part of the cognitive domain.
C. It assesses the higher levels of the cognitive domain.
A B C D D. It assesses the psychomotor domain.
A. Upper half 5* 4 9 2
2. which of the following guides the teacher in ensuring that
Lower half 15 0 5 0 achievement domains are achieved and a fair and
representative sample of questions appear on the test? It
A B C D provides evidence of content validity.
B. Upper half 2 4 12* 2 A. Assessment matrix C. Table of content
Lower half 4 4 5 7
B. Lesson plan D. Table of specifications
3. Mr. Carlos asked her students to demonstrate their proficiency in
conducting a Science experiment on density. Which of the
A B C D following assessment methods is most appropriate?
A. Upper half 2 14* 2 0
A. Brief-constructional response C. Performance task
Lower half 4 4 5 7
B. Oral questioning D. Teacher observation
A B C D 4. Social Studies teacher is thinking of a suitable assessment that
B. Upper half 2 4 2 10* would allow his/her Grade 10 students to explain the political,
Lower half 8 5 0 7 social and economic effects of climate change. Which method of
assessment will work best?
34. Which item quality index is NOT for analyzing norm-referenced A. Brief-constructional response C. Performance task
test? B. Essay D. Selective response
A. Difficulty index showing the easy and difficult items 5. An English teacher would like to find out quickly if his/her students
B. Difficulty index showing the moderately difficult items were able to understand the elements of the short story they just
took up in class. Which method is most proper for this?
C. Discrimination index comparing p-value of post-test and p-
value of pre-test. A. Brief-constructional response C. Observation
D. Discrimination index showing the difference between p-value B. Essay D. Oral questioning
of upper half and lower half. 6. A math teacher gave her students a survey instrument that would
35.Performance assessment tasks utilized assessing complex make them aware of and more responsible for their own learning
understanding. Select the learning outcome appropriate to this through reflection and critical evaluation. Which type of
kind of assessment. assessment method did the teacher use?
A. Making weather prediction based on available data A. Selected-response C. Observation
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B. Essay D. Self-assessment B. Content-related D. Instructional-related


7. Which type of learning target is achieved when students 12. To obtain evidence of validity, a teacher allowed a time interval to
successfully made a documentary about human right in their elapse between the administrations of a test and obtaining the
Social Science subject? criteria scores. Which evidence of validity is it?
A. Deep Understanding and Reasoning A. Concurrent validity C. Construct validity
B. Knowledge and Simple Understanding B. Consequential validity D. Predictive validity
C. Products 13. What evidence of validity is obtained by gathering test scores
D. Skills and criterion scores at nearly the same time?
8. One of the learning competencies in Grade 10 Science class is A. Concurrent validity C. Construct validity
that students should be able to describe the structure and B. Consequential validity D. Predictive validity
function of the reproductive system. If expressed as a learning 14. A teacher administered an aptitude test to a group of Grade 7
target, what type of learning target is it? students and later compared their test scores with their end-of-
A. Deep Understanding and Reasoning C. Products period grade in history. Which type of evidence on validity is
B. Knowledge and Simple Understanding D. Skills shown here?
9. Below is a test item in Grade 8 periodical test in English: A. Concurrent validity C. Construct validity
Construct a sentence using the given adjective and the indicated B. Consequential validity D. Predictive validity
level of comparison. 15. In writing each test item, Ms. De Guzman was careful to ensure
 Clever (superlative) that the items are at an appropriate reading level. Which type of
_____________________________________________ evidence of validity does Ms. de Guzman want to obtain?
 Little (comparative) A. Construct-related C. Criterion-related
_____________________________________________ B. Content-related D. Consequential
Which level of assessment is target? 16. Which of the following is true about high content validity of a
teacher-made achievement test?
A. Knowledge C. Understanding
A. Test items were matched to the learning targets.
B. Process D. Product/Performance
B. Test is equivalent to similar achievement tests.
10. A Math teacher gave this assessment to his students to provide
them with an opportunity to apply their knowledge of systems of C. Test items have high difficulty level
linear equations: Create a simple business proposal. The plan D. Test was administered under controlled conditions.
should contain a title, purpose, budget, workers, and projected 17. The school’s guidance counselor administered two forms of the
income. Highlight the equations used. A graph of monthly income same personality test to the students. Which type of reliability
would be useful. does she like to determine?
What level of assessment is target? A. Equivalence C. Rater consistency
A. Knowledge C. Understanding B. Internal consistency D. Stability
B. Process D. Product/Performance 18. A science teacher administered the same test twice. Which
11. Mr. Cruz asked other Social Studies teachers in his high school statistical tool is used in a test-retest method?
to review his periodical test to ensure that the test items A. Cronbach alpha C. Pearson r
represent his learning target. Which type of evidence on validity
did he use? B. Kuder-Richardson 20/21 D. Spearman-Brown Prophecy
A. Construct-related C. Criterion-related 19. Which of the following statements is true about validity and
reliability?
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A. For an instrument to be valid, it must be reliable. D. Time required


B. For an instrument to be reliable, it must be valid. 27. Ms Sibug handles a large class with 50 students. What type of
C. Both (A) and (B) test would be less time-consuming to grade?
D. None of these A. Completion test C. Multiple choice test
20. Which of the following is NOT a method to obtain a reliability B. Essay D. Oral questioning
coefficient? 28. A teacher inforced a child’s parents their son did not well in the
A. Test-retest C. Internal consistency performance assessments. To prove her point, she showed their
son’s grades and the scores obtained by their son’s classmates.
B. Equivalent forms D. Concurrent forms What ethical issue is evident in this case?
21. If the standard deviation is 8 and reliability coefficient is 0.75, A. Comprehensiveness C. Multiple choice test
what is the 95% confidence interval or range round in an
observed score of 100? B. Confidentiality D. Transparency
A. 98-102 B. 96-104 C. 94-106 D. 92-108 29. A grade 7 Science teacher grouped the students for an oral
presentation about mitigation and disaster risk reduction. She
22. Suppose a test 15 items has a reliability index of 0.80. If the forgot to discuss to the class how they shall be graded. What
number of items is increased to 60, which of the following is ethical concern did the teacher fail to consider?
possibly the correlation coefficient?
A. Confidentiality C. Relevance
A. 0.70 B. 0.80 C. 0.90 D. 1.00
B. Fairness D. Transparency
23. An assessment should allow every learner equal opportunity to
do well. Which principle of assessment does this exhibit? 30. The teacher reported that Janna is a show and sloppy learner.
What is wrong with the teacher’s evaluation?
A. Fairness B. Practicality C. Reliability D. Validity
A. Irrelevant C. Stereotyping
24. Ms. de Leon uses familiar assessments that are not too time-
consuming. Which assessment criteria is she observing? B. Offensive D. Unfair penalization
A. Fairness C. Reliability
B. Practicality and Efficiency D. Validity PART 4
25. Selected response type like multiple choices can be a good 1. Em got a score of 50 in a Science test which is 80 th percentile.
choice of assessment for which reason? What does this imply?
A. Efficient to administer and score A. Em’s percentage score is 80%
B. Can assess the learner’s ability to construct B. Em’s score is at above 80% of the test score
C. Easy to prepare C. Em’s score is below 80% of the test score
D. Not biased D. Em’s score is equivalent to grade of 80
26. Ms. de Luna would like to give an inquiry-based research activity 2. The median is a measure of central tendency. The median score
that would allow students to undertake a historical inquiry of in Math test was found to be 34. What does this indicate?
personalities, events or issues in history. She looked into the A. The arithmetic average is 34.
strength and limitations of this assessment strategy and how she B. Half of the test scores are above/below 34.
will grade and judge the process and final product. Which factor
of practicality is she considering? C. Majority of the students received a score of 34.
A. Cost D. The cut-off score is 34.
B. Ease of scoring and interpretation
C. Familiarity with the method
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For #’s 3 – 4: Ms. Reyes, a math teacher, learned that the B. A student’s performance is compared to clear descriptions
distribution of periodical test scores in her subject is approximately specific tasks.
normal. The mean score is 30 and the standard deviation is 6. C. A student’s performance is compared to other students in the
group.
3. What does the distribution say about the test scores? D. A student’s performance is compared to his/her learning
A. About 50% of the test score fall between 27 and 33. potential.
B. About 50% of the test score fall between 24 and 36. 9. Jem got a score of 44 (out of 50) in a summative test in Health.
Which of the following is a criterion-referenced interpretation of
C. About 68% of the test score fall between 27 and 33. her test score?
D. About 68% of the test score fall between 24 and 36. A. Jem’s percentage score of 88% shows that she performed at
4. If Gina’s score 42, which of the following is true about her z- the proficient level.
score? B. Jem’s score is at or above 95% of the test scores in the
A. Gina’s z-score is 1 which means her score is as well or distribution.
higher than 84% of the test scores. C. Jem’s score is 1.6 standard deviations above the class’
B. Gina’s z-score is 1 which means her score is as well or average score.
higher than 95% of the test scores. D. Jem’s stanine score of 8 shows she performed better than
C. Gina’s z-score is 2 which means her score is as well or other students who took the test.
higher than 84% of the test scores. 10. A teacher is about to interpret her students’ test scores in Music
D. Gina’s z-score is 2 which means her score is as well or for diagnosis. She noted that the scores are highly-skewed.
higher than 95% of the test scores. Which reference framework should she use?
5. If the distribution of test scores is negatively skewed, what does A. Ability-referenced C. Growth- referenced
this reveal? B. Criterion- referenced D. Norm- referenced
A. There are more students with low performance. 11. In interpreting test scores, Ms. de Vera compared her students’
B. There are more students with average performance. performance to how they have done in the past to look for signs
C. There are more students with high performance. of improvement. What method of interpretation is evident here?
D. Student’s performance are the same. A. Ability-referenced C. Growth- referenced
6. Mean is to central tendency while standard deviation is to B. Criterion- referenced D. Norm- referenced
A. Difficulty C. Reliability 12. For the first marking period, John’s grade in Music, Art, Physical
Education and Health are 75 78, 86 and 82. Calculating John’s
B. Discrimination D. Variability grade in MAPEH, what is the associated descriptor?
7. The teacher would like to find out how far above or below the A. Outstanding C. Satisfactory
average a student’s score is. Which type of score should he/she
consider? B. Very Satisfactory D. Fairly Satisfactory
A. Percentage correct C. Raw score 13. When interpreting test results, which of the following types of
scores is least meaningful?
B. Percentile rank D. Standard score
A. Raw score C. Percentile rank
8. When teachers used a nor-reference framework in interpreting
student performance, what does it mean? B. Percentage correct score D. Standard score
A. A student’s performance is compared to specified standards 14. Grading and reporting are designed to serve several purpose in
of mastery. school. Which of the following explains the guidance function of
grading?
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A. Assist students make realistic educational and vocational D. Transfer the students to another class.
plans.
B. Enhance student’s learning 20. The table below shows the mean percentage scores (MPS) of
C. Inform parents (guardians) of learner’s progress grade 3 public school pupils in the National Achievement Test
D. Select students for promotion, graduation and honors. (2010-2012).
School RC RC Grammar Grammar Science Math Total
15. Which of the following is NOT true about grading? year English Filipino English Filipino
2010-2011 56.13 62.06 59.38 64 53.48 64.15 59.58
A. Grading is vital to the instruction process. 2011-2012 54.42 58.61 57.23 56.97 55.15 59.87 56.98
B. Grading is inherently a subjective process. Which of the statement is/are correct?
C. Grading requires professional judgment. I. The performance of Grade 3 children in public schools in the
D. Grading has no value if used as punishment. 2012 NAT improved only in Science compared to the previous
year.
16. Grading should not only be accurate but also fair. Which of the
following is a fair grading practice? II. If 75% is the passing/cut-off set by the Department of Education,
the MPS reveals that the examines failed the test.
A. Average assessment scores to obtain a subject/course
grade. A. (I) only C. Both (I) (II)
B. Give zeros for missed or late work. B. (II) only D. Neither (I) and (III)
C. Rate achievement and attitude separately
D. Take credit away for misbehavior. PART 5
17. What is the advantage of a pass-fail grading system? 1. What must be satisfied for large-scale assessment to perform its
use to compare countries?
A. It affects grade-point averages.
A. Consistency of finding for schools over time
B. It converts to letter grade easily.
B. Positive attitude of participating schools
C. It induces less stress among students.
C. Score comparability among schools
D. It provides more information than numerical grades
D. Fairness of items used in schools
18. Jomel’s score in a reading assessment was low. When analyzing
a text/story, he had trouble with sequences. What should the 2. Involvement of teachers and curriculum experts is a must in the
teacher do for intervention? development of large-scale tests to ensure its
A. Use context to support vocabulary acquisition. A. Content validity C. Predictive validity
B. Use graphic organizers to plot order of events. B. Concurrent validity D. Construct validity
C. Use thinking maps for cause and effect. 3. Students from rural schools interpreting the items in the same way
as those from the urban schools is an evidence of
D. Use word structure analysis to create meaning.
A. Item fairness C. Inter-rater reliability
B. Item validity D. Internal consistency of items
19. Joseph’s grade in mathematics did not progress despite a high
quality curriculum and group support. What can the teacher do? 4. Validity of a large-scale test means having empirical evidence
supporting the
A. Give makeup work to cope with lessons
A. Adequacy and appropriateness of interpretations based on
B. Implement a personalized action plan that target specific
score.
skills deficit.
B. Consistency of finding over time
C. Provide more assignments for practice.
C. Comparability schools in different socio-cultural conditions
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D. Compliance of schools to participate. B. Random samples representing the age and gender grouping
5. What questions must be settled when creating the test framework of the target population.
of a large-scale test? C. Selected samples of the same grade level as the target
A. Who are the participating schools and what subject areas will population.
be tested. D. Random samples of the same grade level as the target
B. What is the purpose of the test and what learning outcomes group coming from different socio-economic and cultural
will be measured. conditions.
C. What subject areas are to e tested and if tests are available 11. One of the things large-scale student assessment cannot do is to
D. Who are involved in item construction and in field testing the A. Monitor progress of individual students
test. B. Compare school performance amongst schools
6. The purpose of field testing as a step in the test development C. Determine the number of students reaching the standard for
process is to find out if the test items. mastery.
A. Can be answered only by students who have the knowledge D. Draw profile of student performance across learning
to answer them. outcomes
B. Can be answered by all the students in the participating 12. A Basic difference between classroom-based assessment and
schools. large-scale student assessment lies in their process of
C. Are understandable to all types of students. A. Creating the test framework
D. Are worded appropriately B. Preparing a table of specifications
7. What is an obstacle that can stand in the way of effectively using C. Reviewing the items in terms of content and structure
the results a large-scale assessment? D. Empirically evaluating the technical merits of the test
A. Untimeliness in releasing test results 13. Modeling as an aim of large-scale student assessments means
B. Inappropriateness of recommendations given to schools to be given attention by schools.
C. Difficulty of teachers in understanding statistical findings A. Inform schools of the significant learning outcomes to be
D. Inability of school heads to use results to inform decision given attention by schools.
making. B. Rank schools in a country to display the best performing
8. Standardized tests when used for large-scale student assessment schools
require that they are administered C. Incentivize schools to improve student performance
A. At the same time C. In the same manner D. Attract stakeholders to further support schools.
B. In the same place D. By the same test administrator
9. Choose three types of item review needed prior to test assembly. 14. Which statement below is true?
1. Content review 3. Editorial review A. Both classroom-based and large-scale testing can be both
2. Fairness review 4. Item statistical review norm-referenced and criterion referenced.
A. 1, 2, & 4 C. 1, 2, & 3 B. Classroom-based is more norm-referenced then criterion-
referenced.
B. 2, 3, & 4 D. 1, 2, & 4
C. Large-scale assessment testing can be better used for
10. To ensure fairness as a standard for testing, it is important that criterion-referenced interpretation.
the large-scale test be pilot tested to
D. Neither classroom testing nor large-scale testing is
A. Samples of students from the high-performing schools. appropriate for norm-referenced purposes.
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15. What can school heads benefit from large-scale assessment in 19. Which of the technique below is NOT used for examining the
addition to improving student performance? reliability or large-scale assessment test scores?
A. Get evidence of their teachers’ efficiency and effectiveness. A. Determining score consistency over time.
B. Motivate the parents and stakeholders to support their B. Examining the homogeneity of items of a test or sub-test.
schools. C. Comparing the scores obtained by the high and low
C. Obtain information on individual scores of students in their performing groups.
school. D. Reviewing the scoring done between different raters
D. Use the school results to evaluate the school programs they 20. What could be a problem in the interpretation of single data
are implementing scores of large-scale tests released to schools?
16. From the point of view of students, why are they not so receptive A. Attributing score differences to school characteristics only
in taking a national assessment test?
B. Relating obtained means of school to socio-economic status
A. Their performance in large-scale has nothing to do with their of students.
grades.
C. Associating the school’s’ average score to educational
B. The results of large-scale testing are not known immediately attainment of parent
C. Test formats of large-scale tests appear unfamiliar to D. Drawing connections between students’ score and school
students. resources
D. Students cannot review for a national assessment test.
17. How can leaders and managers of educational systems make
use of large-scale student assessments for student
improvement?
A. They can demand accountability from the staff and teachers
regarding the students.
B. They can use the results for soliciting additional fiscal
support from government.
C. They can disseminate to the general public the ranking of
schools in their system.
D. They can have a way of evaluating the performance of
school heads and teachers.
18. Which of those given below is an illustration of high-stakes
testing in large-scale assessment?
A. An international assessment for comparing countries on
student achievement.
B. A national assessment of scholastic aptitude to assists
students in making career choice
C. A standardized test for screening developmental delays in
learning
D. A national achievement test to determine graduation from
secondary school.

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