Which one of the following statements regarding the improvement of classroom assessments is not accurate?
A. Classroom teachers can employ judgmental improvement procedures, empirical procedures, or both.
B. For selected-response tests, especially multiple-choice items, distractor analyses can prove useful in item-improvement.
C. Performance-based approaches to item improvement usually are different for tests aimed at criterion-referenced inferences than for those aimed at norm-referenced inferences.
D. Students' reactions to test items should play little or no role in item improvement.
D
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In an introductory science class, 80 student volunteers were randomly assigned, in equal number, to take a class for a letter grade or for a simple pass/fail grade. At the end of the semester, the mean achievement score for the letter grade group was 86.2 and for the pass/fail group 79.8. The calculated t = 4.60, p<.001. The results should appear in a published report as follows:
a. Introductory science students have significantly higher achievement scores when awarded letter grades rather than a simple pass/fail grade. b. There is no significant difference in the achievement scores of introductory science students when awarded letter grades or a simple pass/fail grade. c. Students are more motivated to achieve when given letter grades rather than simple pass/fail grades. d. Instructors should use letter grades rather than pass/fail grades for introductory science courses. e. a and d
The speed of light:
a. Never changes b. Only changes in outer space c. Only changes when additional energy is added d. Changes when it travels in or out of materials of different densities
The primary purpose of action research is to
a. identify problems of practice. b. improve professional practice by systematically seeking solutions to problems. c. collect evidence about effective practices using experimental designs. d. review the research literature for techniques that can be put into professional practice
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
Training and providing technology assistance for an individual with disabilities is an assistive technology service.