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	Tests that are usually commercially prepared for nationwide use and designed to provide accurate and meaningful information on students' performance are known as:   vocational aptitude tests culture fair tests customized tests standardized tests

	The school accountability movement in the United States has made ample use of _____________________in their campaign to hold schools accountable for student learning outcomes.   standardized tests teacher unions school boards IQ tests

	Minimum competency tests:   are teacher-created tests that focus on important skills students are expected to have mastered to qualify for promotion or graduation. are criterion-referenced tests that focus on important skills students are expected to have mastered to qualify for promotion or graduation. are usually administered ONLY to students with exceptionalities. have a larger standardization sample (and hence more reliability) than most achievement tests.

	An aptitude test is successful to the degree that it:   measures student achievement predicts performance. diagnoses learning disabilities. correlates with students' grades in the subject covered.

	The ratio of one's mental age (MA) to one's chronological age (CA) is known as:   a standardized test. an intelligence test. the intelligence quotient. the standard deviation.

	An eighth grader has just finished taking the California Achievement Test over a period of two days. What kind of test did she take?   A diagnostic test A multifactor aptitude battery A general intelligence battery An achievement battery

	The normal distribution has the shape of a:   fairly steep incline. bell. stop sign. lightbulb.

	Stanines, Z-scores and normal curve equivalents are all:   percentile scores. standard scores. factor scores. raw scores.

	A test is said to have criterion-related evidence of validity when:   Scores on a test are standardized or norm-referenced. Scores on a test indicate evidence of culpability. There is a match between the content of a test and the content of the instruction that preceded it. Scores on a test are related to scores from a measure of the trait that the test could be used to predict.

	A major issue in the interpretation of standardized test scores is:   the possibility of bias against students from middle-income or homogeneous backgrounds. the issue of privacy. the possibility of bias against students from low-income or diverse backgrounds. that they may not be reliable.

	What are some of the criticisms of NCLB?   Excessive and narrow testing State to state variations in standards Under-funding All of the Above

	The accountability aspects of NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND (NCLB) call for   Annual testing Consequences for not meeting adequate yearly progress Disaggregated reporting of scores All of the Above

	In interpreting Standardized test scores with a view to more alignment with future classroom assessment/teaching strategies, educators might look to selecting appropriate means according to   Identification data Class record sheet Performance Objectives Norm-referenced scores

	Some general controversy has been raised because the No Child Left Behind Act is causing all states to make more use of   Standardized tests Contingency management Criterion Referenced tests Portfolios

	A frequency plot of a normal distribution produces   Test Bias Performance objectives Test Validity A bell-shaped curve

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