Lesson 1 Self Test

Lesson 1:

Checking the Alignment of an Assessment Tool and a Set of Content Standards

Lesson 1 Self Test

For each item in this self test, read the item and then click on the circle you wish to select for a correct response. After you have made your selection, feedback will be provided to you. A total score will not be calculated.

1.	Which of these persons should be more concerned about alignment than about alignment checking?

	a.	A teacher who is wanting to use a colleague’s test for an end-of-course algebra test
	b.	A teacher who is trying to decide whether to use a textbook test for a unit test
	c.	A district team that is selecting a reading test for use in its districtwide assessment system
	d.	A district team that is building a grade 8 science assessment for districtwide use

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2.	Which of these does alignment checking involve?

	a.	Reviewing the content of a reading assessment tool
	b.	Writing items for a new science assessment tool
	c.	Developing a scoring rubric for a reading performance assessment
	d.	Developing content standards for mathematics

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3.	Does the following statement meet the criteria discussed in the lesson for a “good” content standard? "Students will read for at least 30 minutes daily."

4.	Does the following statement meet the criteria discussed in the lesson for a “good” content standard? “Students will understand the concepts and principles of geometry.”

5.	Which is the best classification of cognitive complexity for this grade 4 benchmark? “Students will determine the meaning of new words they read from the context of the word.”

	a.	High
	b.	Moderate
	c.	Low
	d.	Unclassifiable

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6.	Which is the best classification of cognitive complexity for this benchmark for grade 8? “Students will construct bar graphs, circle graphs, or line graphs to represent a given set of data they have collected.”

	a.	High
	b.	Moderate
	c.	Low
	d.	Unclassifiable

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How should this grade 11 math item be classified in terms of cognitive complexity?

If one angle of an isosceles triangle is 30°, which of these could not be a measure of one of the other angles?

	1.	30
*	2.	60
	3.	75
	4.	120

How should this constructed-response item from a grade 4 reading assessment best be classified in terms of cognitive complexity?

“What is the most likely reason that the writer of the poem about church bells used large type and capital letters for the words representing the bell’s sound?” [Answer: To convey that the sound was quite loud and from a large bell]

	Use the following table to answer Questions 9-12.
9.	Why is “comprehensiveness of coverage” not an issue for the situation depicted in this table?

	a.	There is a content match for more than half of the benchmarks.
	b.	There are no benchmarks classified as “Moderate.”
	c.	Only one item was classified as “No Fit.”
	d.	There is only one content standard shown here.

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10.

Which best describes the “range of knowledge” covered by this situation?

	a.	Balanced or quite even
	b.	Moderate in balance
	c.	Unbalanced or quite uneven

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11.

Which best describes the match of cognitive complexity between the items and benchmarks in this situation?

12.

Which of these best summarizes the extent of item mismatches for this situation?

	a.	There is a perfect match for content.
	b.	There is a slight mismatch for content.
	c.	There is a significant mismatch for content.

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