Aside from improving the construction of tests, what else can teachers improve by performing item analysis on all tests?
a. More efficient test making
b. More efficient decisions on item analysis options
c. Better instruction
d. Better test construction skills
c
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Assume you have developed a new instrument to measure introversion/extroversion in teachers. Would you assess score validity or reliability first? Why?
What will be an ideal response?
During a family picnic, somehow the topic shifted to what you are learning in college and the study of child and adolescent development. In discussing the contexts of development, one of your cousins makes the point that the issue of socioeconomic status in the United States is over rated. Your cousin argues that educators and researchers have exaggerated the impact of poverty on children and
schooling. How might you respond to your cousin's point of view based on what you have learned in Woolfolk and Perry's book on Child and Adolescent Development? What will be an ideal response?
Of the following, the best way to decrease the threat of pretest-treatment interaction is
a. lengthen the duration of the study. b. decrease the sample size. c. increase the significance level. d. use an attitude scale for the pretest.
Under the Equal Access Act (EAA), can schools deny access of clubs in order to prevent disruption?
a. Yes. The EAA provides that student groups shall not "substantially interfere" with school activities and a few other exceptions. But courts differ about when schools can invoke these exceptions to the act. b. No. Schools may not deny access to student clubs for disruption unless the school board finds the group "offensive and inappropriate." c. No. Schools may never deny access to student clubs. d. Yes. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the only time a group can be denied access is if it is religious in nature because these groups will likely cause disruption. e. None of the above.