If a standardized test lacks reliability, it...

gives fluctuating scores in different administrations

The most important purpose of an Informal Reading Inventory (IRI) is to

establish independent, instructional, and frustration levels

An advantage of using portfolios and scoring rubrics is that they

promote self-evaluation opportunities for students

Validity considerations of a test relate most closely to:

whether the test measures the content

Which informal assessment tells you if a K student has phonemic awareness?

Students can substitute phonemes

The comprehension level of a fourth grade ELL varies widely with text books. What do you do?

Determine if the student has background knowledge of topic

What is the primary advantage of a retelling over asking comprehension questions?

Retellings are open-ended and involve student construction

Which of the following criteria is important for choosing books for beginning readers?

Use of repeated words and common language structures

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If a standardized test lacks reliability, it...
is not measuring what it's supposed to measure
has not been proven as a useful intervention
has poor predictive value of a student's class performance
gives fluctuating scores in different administrations
2
A student read this sentence as shown, and then self-corrected. How could the teacher support?
Promote the students' ability to track print
Improve decoding skills
Enhance students' oral vocabulary development
Develop self-monitoring skills
3
The most important purpose of an Informal Reading Inventory (IRI) is to
establish independent, instructional, and frustration levels
analyze how silent reading impacts comp.
learn prior knowledge and text structure impacts comp.
determine how students use semantic and syntactic cues
4
An advantage of using portfolios and scoring rubrics is that they
offer reliable assessment data
ensure consistency among evaluators
promote self-evaluation opportunities for students
provide more objective results than multiple-choice tests
5
Validity considerations of a test relate most closely to:
whether the results will be repeated with a different group
how the test taker's score relates to the standard
whether the test measures the content
how one test taker's score relates to his classmates
6
Which informal assessment tells you if a K student has phonemic awareness?
Students can substitute phonemes
Student can identify beginning sound of a word
Student can delete second word in a compound word
Student claps syllables in words
7
The comprehension level of a fourth grade ELL varies widely with text books. What do you do?
Assess the student's decoding and word analysis skills
Assess the students' first language literacy?
Determine if the student has background knowledge of topic
Determine if the student has a specific learning disability
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What is the primary advantage of a retelling over asking comprehension questions?
Retellings are open-ended and involve student construction
Results are more objective and easy to quantify
Retellings are more familiar to a wider range of students
Retellings are the only way to demonstrate inferences
9
A teacher shows students a dog, prompts them to say the word, and count how many sounds.
Word identification skills
Letter-sound correspondence
Alphabetic principle
Phonemic awareness skills
10
Which of the following assessments tells you about the comparative reading ability of students?
Test of vocabulary development
A norm-referenced test
Reading miscue inventory
Diagnostic portfolios
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Which of the following criteria is important for choosing books for beginning readers?
Require problem solving to connect text to illustrations
Use of repeated words and common language structures
Wide range of punctuation and rich vocabulary
Emphasized use of literary language and dialogue

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