GCPS Evaluation Strategies 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A teacher uses a KWL chart at the beginning and end of a unit. Which evaluation purpose does this primarily serve?
- Summative assessment of final mastery
- Diagnostic and reflective self-assessment (Correct answer)
- Norm-referenced comparison among students
- Formative peer evaluation
Correct answer: Diagnostic and reflective self-assessment
KWL charts capture prior knowledge (diagnostic) and prompt students to reflect on what they learned (self-assessment).
Question 2: Which statistical measure best indicates how consistently a test measures what it is supposed to measure across repeated administrations?
- Validity coefficient
- Reliability coefficient (Correct answer)
- Standard error of measurement
- Item difficulty index
Correct answer: Reliability coefficient
Reliability refers to the consistency of assessment results across repeated administrations or equivalent forms.
Question 3: A student scores in the 72nd percentile on a standardized reading test. What does this mean?
- The student answered 72% of items correctly
- The student scored higher than 72% of the norming group (Correct answer)
- The student is performing at grade level 7.2
- The student needs intervention below the 75th percentile cutoff
Correct answer: The student scored higher than 72% of the norming group
A percentile rank indicates the percentage of students in the norm group who scored at or below that score.
Question 4: When should a teacher most appropriately use criterion-referenced assessment rather than norm-referenced assessment?
- To rank students for gifted program placement
- To determine whether students have mastered specific learning standards (Correct answer)
- To compare a school's performance to national averages
- To identify students for special education eligibility
Correct answer: To determine whether students have mastered specific learning standards
Criterion-referenced assessments measure student performance against a defined standard or set of learning objectives, not against other students.
Question 5: A Gwinnett County teacher collects exit tickets daily and adjusts the next day's lesson based on the results. This is an example of:
- Summative evaluation informing grades
- Data-driven formative instructional decision-making (Correct answer)
- Standardized benchmark testing
- Portfolio-based culminating assessment
Correct answer: Data-driven formative instructional decision-making
Using quick daily checks to adjust upcoming instruction is a hallmark of formative assessment driving instructional decisions.
Question 6: Which type of validity evidence is gathered by examining whether an assessment covers the full range of content outlined in the curriculum standards?
- Construct validity
- Predictive validity
- Content validity (Correct answer)
- Concurrent validity
Correct answer: Content validity
Content validity ensures that an assessment adequately samples the domain of knowledge or skills specified in the learning standards.
Question 7: A teacher assigns different point weights to essay questions based on complexity and depth required. This scoring approach is called:
- Holistic rubric scoring
- Analytic rubric scoring
- Differential item weighting (Correct answer)
- Norm-referenced grading
Correct answer: Differential item weighting
Differential item weighting assigns varying point values to items based on their relative difficulty or importance to learning objectives.
GCPS Evaluation Strategies 2
A teacher uses a KWL chart at the beginning and end of a unit.
Which evaluation purpose does this primarily serve?