PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING
Mr. Angelo A. Unay
How does measurement differ from 1
evaluation?
A. Portfolio Assessment
B. Journal Assessment
C. Traditional Assessment
D. Performance-Based Assessment
Who among the teachers below performed
a formative evaluation?
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A. Ms. Olivares, who asked questions when the
discussion was going on to know who among her
students understood what she was trying to stress.
B. Mr. Borromeo, who gave a short quiz after
discussing thoroughly the lesson to determine the
outcome of instruction.
C. Ms. Berces, who gave a 10-item test to find out the
specific lessons which the students failed to
understand.
D. Mrs. Corpuz, who administered a readiness test to
the incoming grade one pupils.
St. Andrews School gave a standardized
achievement test instead of giving a teacher-made 4
test to the graduating elementary pupils. Which
could have been the reason why this was the kind
of test given?
A. Standardized test has items of average level of
difficulty while teacher-made test has varying levels of
difficulty.
B. Standardized test uses multiple-choice format while
teacher-made test uses the essay test format.
C. Standardized test is used for mastery while teacher-
made test is used for survey.
D. Standardized test is valid while teacher-made test is
just reliable.
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Which test format is best to use if the
purpose of the test is to relate inventors and
their inventions?
A. Short-Answer
B. True-False
C. Matching Type
D. Multiple Choice
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In the parlance of index of test construction,
what does TOS mean?
A. Table of Specifics
B. Terms of Specifications
C. Table of Scopes
D. Table of Specifications
Here is an item:
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From the data presented in the table, form
generalizations that are supported by the data.
B. Evaluative
C. Application
D. Divergent
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The following are synonymous to
performance objectives EXCEPT:
A. Learners objective
B. Instructional objective
C. Teachers objective
D. Behavioral objective
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Which is (are) a norm-referenced statement?
A. Completion
B. Matching
C. Multiple Choice
D. Alternate Response
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A test is considered reliable if:
A. it is easy to score.
D. it is easy to administer.
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Which is claimed to be the overall advantage
of criterion-referenced over norm-referenced
interpretation?
A. An individuals score is compared with the set
mastery level.
B. An individuals score is compared with that of his
peers.
C. An individuals score is compared with the average
scores.
D. An individuals score does not need to be
compared with any measure.
Teacher Liza does
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norm-referenced
interpretation of scores. Which of the
following does she do?
A. She uses a specified content as its frame of
reference.
B. She describes group performance in relation
to a set mastery level.
C. She compares every individual student score
with others scores.
D. She describes what should be their
performance.
All examinees obtained scores below
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the
mean. A graphic representation of the score
distribution will be __________.
A. Negatively skewed
C. Leptokurtic
D. Positively skewed
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In a normal distribution curve, a T-score of 70 is:
A. Enumeration
B. Matching
C. Completion
D. Analogy
Who is the best admired for outstanding
contribution to world peace?
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A. Kissinger C. Kennedy
B. Clinton D. Mother Teresa
B. Content is trivial.
A. leptokurtic
D. symmetrical
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Of the following types of tests, which is the
most subjective in scoring?
A. Enumeration
B. Matching Type
C. Essay
D. Multiple Choice
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Toms raw score in the Filipino class is 23 which is
equal to the 70th percentile. What does this
imply?
A. 70% of Toms classmates got a score
lower than 23.
B. Toms score is higher than 23% of his
classmates.
C. 70% of Toms classmates got a score
above 23.
D. Toms score is higher than 23 of his
classmates.
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Test norms are established in order to have a
basis for:
B. Is valid
C. Is easy
A. Knowledge
B. Skill
C. Products
D. Reasoning
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Martina obtained an NSAT percentile rank of 80.
This indicates that:
A. Anecdotal Records
B. Portfolio
C. Observation Report
D. Diary
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Which form of assessment is consistent with the
saying The proof of the pudding is in the
eating?
A. Contrived
B. Authentic
C. Traditional
D. Indirect
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Which error do teachers commit when they tend
to overrate the achievement of students
identified by aptitude tests as gifted because
they expect achievement and giftedness to go
together?
A. Generosity Error
C. Severity Error
D. Logical Error
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Under which assumption is portfolio assessment
based?
A. Standardized test
B. Placement
C. Diagnostic
D. Aptitude test
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Group the following items according to
phylum is a thought test item on __________.
A. Inferring
B. Classifying
C. Generalizing
D. Comparing
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In a multiple choice test, keeping the options
brief indicates________.
C. Home visitation
A. Criterion-referenced evaluation
B. Summative evaluation
C. Formative evaluation
D. Norm-referenced evaluation
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With types of test in mind, which does NOT
belong to the group?
B. Completion
C. Multiple choice
D. Short answer
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Which tests determine whether the students
accept responsibility for their own behavior or
pass on responsibility for their own behavior to
other people?
A. Thematic tests
C. Stylistic tests
D. Locus-of-control tests
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When writing performance objectives, which
word is NOT acceptable?
A. Manipulate
B. Delineate
C. Comprehend
D. Integrate
Here is a test item: 41
__________ is an example of a mammal.
A. It is very elementary.
B. Comprehend
C. Synthesize
D. Recall
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Teacher A constructed a matching type of test.
In her columns of items are a combination of
events, peoples, and circumstances. Which of
the following guidelines in constructing
matching type of test did he violate?
A. List options in an alphabetical order.
A. Comprehension
B. Application
C. Evaluation
D. Analysis
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Which improvement/s should be done in this
completion test item:
An example of a mammal is __________.
A. The blank should be longer to accommodate
all possible answers.
B. The blank should be at the beginning of the
sentence.
C. The question should have only one
acceptable answer.
D. The item should give more clues.
Here is Teacher Ds lesson objective: 48
To trace the causes of Alzheimers Disease.
Which is a valid test for this particular objective?
A. Reliability
B. Content Validity
C. Construct Validity
D. Scorability
A test is valid when __________.
a. it measures what purports to measure
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b. covers a broad scope of subject matter
c. reliability of scores
d. easy to administer
How can you improve this test item?
B. Administrability
C. Scorability
D. Economy
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Teacher Jane wants to determine if her students
scores in the second grading is reliable.
However, she has only one test and her students
are already on their semestral break. What test
of reliability can she use?
A. Test-Retest
B. Split-half
C. Equivalent forms
A. Test of stability
B. Test of equivalence
C. Test of correlation
A. 43.1%
B. 95.4%
C. 99.8%
D. 68.3%
Study this group of test which was administered to
a class to whom Peter belongs, then answer the
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question:
SUBJECT MEAN SD PETERS SCORE
Math 56 10 43
Physics 41 9 31
English 80 16 109
B. Quartile Deviation
C. Percentile Rank
D. Percentage Score
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A test item has a difficulty index of .89 and a
discrimination index of -0.44. What should the
teacher do?
B. II and IV
C. I and IV
D. I and II
On the first day of class after introductions, the
teacher administered a Misconception/
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Preconception Check. She explained that she
wanted to know what the class as a whole already
knew about the Philippines before the Spaniards
came. The Misconception/Preconception Check is
a form of a
A. diagnostic test
B. placement test
C. criterion-referenced test
D. achievement test
A test item has a difficulty index of .81 and a 4
discrimination index of .13. What should the
test constructor do?
A. Portfolio Assessment
B. Performance Assessment
C. Journal Entry
D. Pen-and-Paper test
Which among the following objectives in the 8
psychomotor domain is highest in level?
A. To contract a muscle
A. Concurrent
B. Construct
C. Content
D. Predictive
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In the context on the theory on multiple
intelligences, what is one weakness of the
pen-and-paper test?
D. It lacks reliability.
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Which test has broad sampling of topics as
strength?
A. Objective Test
C. Essay
D. Problem Type
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Quiz is to formative as periodic is to ________?
A. criterion-referenced
B. summative test
C. norm-referenced
D. diagnostic test
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What does a negatively skewed score
distribution imply?
D. is highly reliable
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Which applies when there are extreme scores?
Find out_________________.
A. Area
B. Volume
C. Distance
D. Square
Referring to assessment of learning, which
statement on the normal curve is FALSE?
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A. The normal curve may not necessarily apply
to homogeneous class.
B. When all pupils achieve as expected of their
learning, curve may deviate from the normal
curve.
C. The normal curve is sacred. Teachers must
adhere to it no matter what.
D. The normal curve may not be achieved when
every pupil acquires targeted competencies.
Aura Vivian is one-half standard deviation
above the mean of his group in arithmetic
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and one standard deviation above in
spelling. What does this imply?
A. the mean
B. the mode
D. the median
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NSAT and NEAT results are interpreted
against a set of mastery level. This means that
NSAT and NEAT fall under:
A. Criterion-referenced test
B. Achievement test
C. Aptitude test
D. Norm-referenced test
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Which of the following is the MOST important
purpose for using achievement test? To
measure the_______.
B. It is precise.
C. It is qualitative.
A. Split-half
B. Equivalent Forms
C. Test-Retest
D. Kuder-Richardson Formula 20
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Q3 is to 75th percentile as median is to:
A. 40th percentile
B. 25th percentile
C. 50th percentile
D. 49th percentile
What type of test is this? 31
Knee is to leg as elbow is to __________.
A. Hand B. Fingers C. Arm D. Wrist
A. Analogy
B. Rearrangement type
D. Problem type
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Which statement about standard deviation is
CORRECT?
B. Journal Entry
C. Performance Test
D. Paper-and-pencil Test
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The index of difficulty of a particular test is
0.10. What does this mean? My students
__________.
A. Bell curve
B. Positively skewed
C. Leptokurtic
D. Negatively skewed
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Standard deviation is to variability as
_________ is to central tendency.
A. quartile
B. mode
C. range
D. Pearson r
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Danny takes an IQ test thrice and each time
earns a similar score. The test is said to
possess __________.
A. Objectivity
B. Reliability
C. Validity
D. Scorability
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The test item has a discrimination index of -0.38
and a difficulty index of 1.0. What does this imply
to test construction? Teacher must __________.
A. 1.0
B. .50
C. .90
D. .10
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Describe the reasoning errors in the following
paragraph is a sample thought question on
__________.
A. synthesizing
B. applying
C. analyzing
D. summarizing
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In a one hundred-item test, what does Ryans
raw score of 70 mean?
A. Mode
C. Median
D. Mean
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Is it wise to practice to orient our students and
parents on our grading system?
A. Numerical grading
B. Paper-and-Pencil Test
C. Transmutation Table
D. Scoring Rubric
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In the light of the facts presented, what is most
likely to happen when? is a sample thought
question on __________.
A. inferring
B. generalizing
C. synthesizing
D. justifying
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With grading practice in mind, what is meant by
teachers severity error?
A teacher __________.
B. Likert-scale
C. Rating Scale
A. means
B. standard deviation
C. raw scores
A. Self-evaluation
B. Supervisory evaluation
C. Students evaluation
D. Peer evaluation
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The following are trends in marking and
reporting system, EXCEPT:
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Which goes with the spirit of assessment for
learning?
C. Emphasis on self-assessment
B. Authentic evaluation
C. Norm-referenced evaluation
D. Criterion-referenced evaluation
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If all of your students in your class passed the
pretest, what should you do?
A. Objectivity
B. Predictive validity
C. Content validity
D. Reliability
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In the parlance index of a test construction, what
does TOS mean?
A. Team of Specifications
B. Terms of Specifications
C. Table of Specifications
D. Table of Specifics
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The difficulty index of a test item is 1. This means
that ____________.
A. Mean
B. Cutoff score
C. Median
D. Average
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Which is TRUE of a bimodal score distribution?
A. .10 SD
B. .75 SD
C. .90 SD
D. .50 SD
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A number of test items in a test are said to be
non-discriminating. What conclusion/s can be
drawn?
I. Teaching or learning was very good.
II. The item is so easy that anyone could get it
right.
III. The item is so difficult that nobody could
get it.
A. Needs improvement
B. Average
C. Above average
D. Below average
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What can be said of student performance in a
positively skewed score distribution?
A. 50.88
B. 50
C. 51.88
D. 68
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What does a skewed score distribution mean?
A. Average
B. Below Average
C. Poor
D. Above Average
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The score distribution of Set A and Set B have
equal mean but with different SDs. Set A has an
SD of 1.7 while Set B has an SD of 3.2. Which
statement is TRUE of the score distributions?
A. The scores of Set B has less variability than
the scores in Set A.
B. Scores in Set A are more widely scattered.
C. Majority of the scores in Set A are clustered
around the mean.
D. Majority of the scores in Set are clustered
around the mean.
Principal A is talking about grading on the
curve in a faculty meeting. What does this 24
expression refer to?
A. A student mark compares his achievement to
his effort.
B. A student grade or mark depends on how his
achievement compares with the achievement
of other students in a class.
C. A student grade determines whether or not a
student attains a defined standard of
achievement.
D. A student mark tells how closely he is
achieving to his potential.
A man is like a fraction whose
numerator is what he is and whose
denominator is what he thinks of
himself. The larger the
denominator, the smaller the
fraction.
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