Which of the following is the primary reason that teachers administer formative assessments?

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Which of the following is a primary reason that teachers administer formative assessments?
Which statement best describes the primary purpose of formative assessments?
What are the 3 key benefits of using formative assessments?

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A teacher assigns a short writing assignment at the beginning of the year before teaching any new content. What type of assessment are these students completing?

Diagnostic

Which of the following would be appropriate for a general education teacher to do to assist an intermediate-level ELL who has been struggling to understand the content?

Incorporate more visuals, charts, and graphic organizers into the lessons

Which of the following statements describes a summative assessment a teacher could administer to evaluate student knowledge of different poetic forms?

Students create a portfolio of different types of poems they have written.

Which of the following is the primary reason that teachers administer formative assessments?

Identifying mastered skills and skills in need of further development

Mr. Frango is teaching his ELL students how to write persuasive essays, but they are still struggling to correctly use subordinate conjunctions to express their ideas. Is it necessary for him to reteach his students?

Yes, if they are high-intermediate students and understand the concept at a minimal level.
*reteaching is recommended when a student doesn't understand a concept at grade level or if a high-intermediate student only understands a concept at a minimal level*

(NOT yes, if they haven't mastered the topic, even if they have an understanding at grade level because reteaching isn't necessary for students who understand a concept at grade level)

A high school administrator is reviewing three year's worth of data for the state's high school math assessment. The administrator notices that overall student performance averages have increased each year, but student performance has been stagnant for a particular group of standards.
What is the best way to address this discrepancy?

Work with the math department to redesign lessons and intervention activities that will better address these standards.

In order to evaluate the effectiveness of instruction when introducing a new unit, a teacher should do which of the following?

Periodically question the students during the presentation

Which of the following would be the most effective technique for testing students' understanding of common literary genres?

Matching terms and examples.

(NOT matching terms and definitions because it doesn't necessarily indicate that student understand and can apply components of that genre OR fill-in-the blank)

Which of the following is the best rationale for using formative assessment?

Students will show what skills they have mastered and what skills still need to be practiced.

Which of the following could be evidence of bias in a formal, standards based assessment?

Students of differing cultural backgrounds who have been performing similarly when informally assessed, unexpectedly score very differently from each other.
*it could mean that something about the assessment, likely the passage, was not culturally accessible for this group of students*

A teacher is administering a reading assessment to determine what level of books students should be reading independently. Which of the following types of assessments would be best for this purpose?

A criterion-referenced test

(NOT an informal assessment because a teacher could get a general idea of a student's reading ability by listening to them read in an informal setting, but to determine a specific level, a formal assessment would need to be completed)

A high school English teacher wants to conduct a formative assessment to determine which students in her class have mastered this week's vocabulary word list.
Which of the following assessments would best accomplish this task?

The teacher shows a definition and the students write the corresponding vocabulary word on a personal whiteboard.

Which of the following is not an effective method of utilizing classroom data?

Using growth measures as rationale to move on to new skills.
*While student growth is positive information to gather from data analysis, the students should demonstrate mastery, not growth, before moving on to new skills*

*A norm-referenced reading assessment would look most like which of the following?

Having students read a standard passage and then comparing each student's results to the whole class.

(NOT having students read a standard passage and then comparing each student's results to a national standard)

Which of the following best describes a value specific to assessing with an authentic task?

Authentic tasks assess a skill being used in a context that has meaning and value outside of the classroom context.

After reading a poem, a teacher would like students to reflect on the text that they read and determine whether students can appropriately identify the theme and tone of the poem.
Which of the following is the most appropriate method?

Exit slips

(NOT think-pair-share because it would garner a more in-depth discussion. This would be an effective strategy while reading the poem and after students have correctly identified the theme)

An ESL teacher frequently checks on her students listening and speaking skills. After her history lesson, she pairs students to discuss what was taught and takes the time to do an informal check. While walking around she overhears an ELL student speak with some language errors to his group.
Which practice would benefit the student while making sure the student keeps taking risks in speaking?

Student-led conference.
*help students reflect on and take ownership of their learning*

(NOT cloze procedure because it's a reading activity where a teacher omits words from a passage and students fill in the blanks using context clues)

During a math unit, a teacher plans a weekly quiz as a formative assessment. One week, most students miss the same two questions. The teacher can best respond to this by using which of the following approaches?

Reviewing the concept covered on these questions and adding a relevant question to the next quiz.
*ensures students have truly mastered the concept*

A teacher is monitoring her class while the students are involved in a group activity exploring the size of angles in a set of triangles. She moves from group to group, pausing and watching the group dynamics. What the teacher is doing can best be described as:

Informal formative assessment.

When providing feedback on a lower intermediate ELL student's writing assignment, which of the following is recommended?

- addressing the recurring mistakes
- addressing errors that affect comprehension

(NOT circling mistakes and requiring students to self-correct)

Student: "I have been lived in the same house since I was born."Teacher: "You have been LIVED (said with rising intonation) in the same house since you were born?"Student: "Oops. I have been living in the same house since I was born."

What feedback technique does the teacher use with the student?

Repetition

Mr. Parks records a short sample of his students reading the same passage. He listens to all student recordings and takes notes. When it is time to assign grades, he assigns a 100% to the student who read the passage with the least errors, and continues to grade by comparing the rest of the class to the student who received the highest mark. What type of assessment is Mr. Parks using?

norm-referenced

What is the primary goal of summative assessments?

Measuring student achievement

Which of the following accurately compares qualitative and quantitative assessments?

Quantitative assessments are objectively measured and qualitative assessments measure attitudes, perspective, and observations.

(NOT one kind of assessment has a high value and the other occurs often)

Which of the following are good examples of formative assessment?

- self and peer assessments
- listening to a student read aloud, one-on-one, then discussing what was read
- observations in the form of close monitoring and feedback while students are working

Which of the following is a similarity between a norm-referenced assessment and a criterion-referenced assessment?

They both formally assess a test-taker's knowledge in a specific area.

(NOT They are graded only by judging if the student's answer is correct or incorrect)

During a math lesson, a teacher notices that many students are doodling on their notes page or fidgeting in their seats.
Which of the following is the best instructional approach to the situation?

Incorporate a small group activity that requires students to move.
*allows students to refocus on the lesson and apply what has been taught*

(NOT take a classroom break and encourage students to use the restroom or get water because this does not further student understanding of the topic)

ELL student: "I want go to the movies."Teacher: "OK, you want to go to the movies. What movie do you want to see?"

What type of feedback is being demonstrated?

Recast

A student is struggling with behaviors despite multiple interventions. A special education teacher observes the student in various classroom settings over the course of a week. What type of assessment is being conducted?

Qualitative

Mr. Barrios is teaching a unit on multiplication to his fifth-grade class. On the very first day he gives an exit slip with the following problem on it:
123.456 x 789 = _______
Every single student gets the question correct.
How should he adjust his teaching?

Teach more advanced multiplication content to challenge his students.

(NOT continue with his unit as planned; his students are clearly understanding the material)

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What is the primary reason for formative assessments?

The goal of formative assessment is to monitor student learning to provide ongoing feedback that can be used by instructors to improve their teaching and by students to improve their learning. More specifically, formative assessments: help students identify their strengths and weaknesses and target areas that need work.

Which of the following is a primary reason that teachers administer formative assessments?

A formative assessment is used by teachers to determine what concepts students have mastered following instruction and then identify areas in which additional practice is needed. Teachers use formative assessment data to plan subsequent lessons.