Mr. Hatch wants to assess what his students have learned in a recent unit on four-sided figures. He realizes that the unit included four figures—squares, rectangles, parallelograms, and trapezoids. He also knows that he wants students to do three things for each of these figures: (1) recognize examples, (2) calculate the perimeter, and (3) calculate the area. In essence, Mr. Hatch is:
a. constructing a table of specifications for his assessment instrument.
b. increasing the extent to which his assessment instrument is standardized.
c. enhancing the reliability of his assessment instrument.
d. maximizing the likelihood that his assessment instrument will have predictive validity.
a
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