What are some barriers to quality assessment?

What will be an ideal response?


Ans: Emotions about evaluation (e.g., fear); community beliefs (e.g., that all educators are competent masters of assessment); lack of time to assess well, particularly in light of the fact that the highest recommended assessment methods are perhaps the most labor-intensive; and lack of assessment expertise; bias.

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a. an inappropriate facilitative technique b. harmful to infants because it is baby talk c. a unique pattern that adults use to communicate with infants d. used primarily with developmentally delayed infants

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What do we mean when we say a publisher's norms are relevant?

a. They adequately sample the population the publisher claims. b. They are not out-dated. c. They match the curriculum. d. They comprise a group to which you want to compare your students.

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Which of the following is an academic learning disability?

a. An attention disorder b. A reading problem c. A perceptual-motor disorder d. A memory deficit

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Glasser’s reality therapy advocates allowing students to make excuses for their chronic misbehavior

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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