Professional Education

ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING
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1. Sir Mark is judging the worth of the portfolio of the students in his English class based on a set of criteria.
What process describes what he is doing?
A. Testing C. Evaluating
B. Measuring D. Assessing
2. To promote better student learning, which of these should be practiced in testing?
A. Use test to get even with the students
B. Check the papers long after the test has been given
C. Pile test papers in the stockroom
D. Check and return corrected papers to the students as soon as possible to appraise them of their
performances.
3. Compared with evaluation which is subjective, testing students is more objective because it is based on
_____________________.
A. Homework C. Human judgment
B. Quantifiable data D. Class work
4. Which of the following best explains the difference between measurement and evaluation?
A. Measurement is the process of gathering while evaluations is the process of quantifying.
B. Measurement is assigning a numerical value to a given trait while evaluation is giving meaning to the
numerical value of the trait.
C. Measurement is the process of quantifying data while evaluation is the process of organizing data.
D. Measurement is a pre-requisite of assessment white evaluation is the pre-requisite of testing.
5. What is the most appropriate reason for the teacher engagement in the process of assessment?
A. To find out if lesson objectives were attained
B. 1o rind out if the lesson was presented well
C. To find out whether proper teaching methods were used
D. To find out if the teacher was effective in delivering teaching content
6. Emphasize on self-assessment, Teacher Jan Oliver applies this principle by
A. Preparing her students fir higher-order thinking questions
B. Requiring them scoring as project.
C. Making her students check their own papers.
D. Motivating her students to set their personal learning goals and tracks their progress against that goal.
7. Assessment should be on real-world application and not on out-of-context dills. To apply this principle,
what should Teacher Gerald do?
A. Gives a 20-point quiz asking students to determine whether or not the sound of "a" is long or short
B. Gives a 10-item quiz on adding dissimilar fractions which is the weakness of students.
C. Assesses students' English oral communication
D. Skills in a graduation program simulation where each student has speaking assignment.
8. A professor does not give quiz at al. The students' grades are based only on the summative assessment
results. Does he violate an assessment principle?
A Yes, he does not consider multiple intelligences and learning styles
B. Yes, assessment data to be reliable should come from multiple sources
 C. No, that is academic freedom.
D. No, he assesses learning and gives grades anyway.
9. The class was taught how to conduct an action research and was required an end-of-the-term written
research report. The class was taught how to do the research report and was shown as an Analytic Scoring
Rubric for them to know how they will be graded. The class took the Scoring Rubric as guide in the making of
their research report. They were all motivated to pass an excellent research report and as a group checked now
and then if they were true to the qualities of an excellent research report as seen in the scoring rubric. What
form of assessment is described?
A. Assessment AS Learning C. Assessment OF Learning
B. Assessment FOR Learning D. Assessment FOR and AS Learning

10. Complete this analogy.

Formative Assessment; Assessment for learning
Summative Assessment: ______________________
A. Assessment as learning
B. Assessment in learning
C. Assessment of learning
D. Assessment with learning

11. Which test is used to determine admission or non-admission of the student to the program?
A. Achievement C. Aptitude
B. Placement D. Diagnostic
12. Which test will determine your student's entry knowledge and skills?
A. Aptitude C. Diagnostic
B. Standardized D. Placement
13. Which is wrong to assume about traditional assessment?
A. It can assess fairly all the domains of intelligence of an individual
B. It is easier to assess than performance tests.
C. It can assess individuals at the same time.
D. t can assess individuals objectively
14. If I have to use the most authentic-method of assessment, which of these procedures should consider?
A. Traditional assessment C. Written test
B. Performance-based assessment D. Objective assessment
15. To maximize the amount of time spent for performance based assessment, which one should be done?
A. Limit the task to one meeting only.
B. Assess one objective for one performance task.
C. Plan a task that can be used for instruction and assessment at the same time.
D. Set objectives only for cognitive domain.
16. Which of the following is observed in a class doing authentic assessment? The students:
I. Perform tasks that demonstrate meaningful application of essential skills
II. Are required to apply knowledge and skills they have learned in a written test
III. Demonstrate understanding by answering essay questions
IV. Create presentation to demonstrate certain competencies and skills
A. Il and IV C. I, II, and ll
B. I and V D. II, IIl and IV
17. What should the teacher require his students to do for finding out whether an aerial plant can live on land?
A. Retrieve answers from the internet.
B. Research orn past similar experiments.
C. Copy and paste literature about the experiment.
 D. Observe the aerial plant's survival after transferring to the soil.
18. The first step to do in constructing a periodical test is to ___________________.
A. Decide on the type of test to conduct
B. Go back to the instructional objectives
C. Decide on the number of test items
D. Determine the effectiveness of distractors
19. Why should negative terms be avoided in the stem of multiple choice test items?
A. They may be overlooked.
B. It increases the length of the stem.
C. It increases the difficulty of scoring.
D. They make the construction of alternatives more difficult.
20. ________________________is a part of speech that describes a verb and an adjective. What is wrong
with this completion test item?
A. lt is extremely easy.
B. It is pure recall.
C. The blank is at the beginning of the sentence.
D. The sentence is quite short.

21. Teacher wants to evaluate the child writing performance at the beginning, middle and after school year.
Which type of portfolio should the teacher use?
A. Evaluation portfolio C. Showcase portfolio
B. Development portfolio D. Assessment portfolio
22. Teacher Ian wants her pupils to display their work where each one has worked. What type of portfolio is
Teacher Ian expecting to see?
A. Assessment C. Development
B Showcase D. Evaluation

23. If Teacher Prince will have to make a scoring rubric for the student's output, which type is better to
construct considering that the teacher has limited time to evaluate their wok?
A. Analytic rubric C. Either A or B
B. Holistic rubric D. Neither A or B

24. Which rubric will provide specific feedback for improvement?

A. Analytic rubric C. Holistic
B. General analytic D. Developmental rubric

25. Which characteristic of a good test will pupils be assured of when a teacher constructs a table of
specifications for test construction purpose?
A. Reliability C. Validity
B. Seorability D. Economy
26. A test is considered reliable if ___________________________________
A. It serves the purpose for which it is constructed
B. It is consistent and stable
C. It is easy to administer
D. It is easy to score

27. Reliability of tests can be improved by various factors, and one is _______________ in which scores are
spread over a range of abilities.
A. Objective scoring
B. Moderate item difficulty
 C. Increased number of score items
D. Heterogeneous grouping of students

28. What type of validity does the Pre-board Examination of JPC possess if its results can explain how the
students will likely perform in their actual board examination?
A. Concurrent C. Content
B. Construct D. Predictive
29. Which is an advantage of teacher-made tests over those standardized tests?
A. They are more reliable.
B. They are better to the needs of the students.
C. They are more valid.
D. They are more objectively scored.
30. For mastery of learning in a certain subject, which type of test is appropriate?
A. Norm-referenced test
B. Criterion-referenced test
C. Formative test
D. Aptitude test
31. In group norming, the percentile rank of the examinee is _____________.
A. Dependent on his batch of examinees.
B. Independent on his batch of examinees,
C. Unaffected by skewed distribution
D. Affected by skewed distribution.

32. Which type of test will yield significant data for a region wide assessment of school performance?
A. Placement C. Achievement
B. Aptitude D. Diagnostic
33. Which type of test measures student's thinking, organizing and written communication skills?
A. Short answer C. Completion type
B. Essay D. Extemporaneous speech
34. Mrs. Alfaro wants to test her student’s knowledge of the different places in the Philippines, their capital
end their products. So she gave an essay test. If you were the teacher will you do the same?
A. Yes, essay test can measure more than what the other tests can measure
B. Yes, essay is the best in measuring any type of knowledge.
C. No, the giving of objective test is more appropriate than the use of essay.
D. No, such method is inappropriate because essay is difficult.
35. Teacher wants to test student's acquisition of declarative knowledge. Which testis the most appropriate?
A. Short answer C. Performance test
B. Essay D. Role play
36. Which test measure is basic to select and connect ideas?
A. Multiple choice C. Matching type
B. Mapping D. Outlining
37. Which assessment task works best for language-smart learners?
A. Dance C. By the use of graphic organizers
B. Oral presentation D. By demonstration
38. Which does NOT belong to the group?
A. Completion test C. Multiple choice
B. Matching type D. Alternate response
39. Teacher Virgo wants to know how well his students have imbibed the virtue of honesty. Which tool is
most appropriate?
A. Student interview C Reflective journal on "How Honest Am I"
B. Personality Test D. Written test

40. Jillian showed a video in her class about the life in an urban poor community. She wants to determine how
the video changed students' thoughts about the life of these underprivileged people. What technique is
appropriate for this?
A. Role Play C. Observation
B. Reflection Log D. Likert Scale
41. A test item has a difficulty index of 85 and a discrimination index of 0.15. What should the test
constructor do?
A. Revise the item. C. Make it a bonus item.
B. Retain the item. D. Reject the item.
42. In which competency do the students find greatest difficulty? In the item with the difficulty index
of____________________________
A. 0.10 C. 0.90
B.0.50 D. 1.00

43. A multiple-choice test item has been analysed. The analysis shows that option B among other options A,
C, and D was not at all chosen by the examinees. What does this imply?
A. B was the correct answer C. B was not an effective distracter
B. B was a plausible option D. B was a very effective distracter
44. A negative discrimination index means that:
A. The test item has low reliability.
B. The test item could not discriminate between the lower and upper groups.
C. More from the lower group answered the test item correctly.
D. More from the upper group got the item correctly.
45. Which of the following could produce more than one value?
A. Mean C. Mode
B. Median D. Mean of grouped data
46. Which one describes the percentile rank of a given score?
A. The percent of cases of a distribution within the given score.
B. The percent of cases of a distribution above the given score.
C. The percent of cases of a distribution below and above a given score.
D. The percent of cases of a distribution below the given score

47. Tom's raw score in the Filipino class is 23 which is equal to the 70th percentile. What does this imply?

A 70% of Tom's classmates got a score lower than 23.

B. Tom's score is higher than 23% of his classmates.
C. 70% of Tom's classmates got a score above 23.
D. Tom's score is higher than 23 of his classmates.
48. Which statement on test result interpretation is CORRECT?
A. Test scores do not in any way reflect teachers
B. The score of the student is the final indicator of his ability.
C. A raw score by itself is meaningful.
D. The use of statistical technique gives meaning to pupil's score.
49. Which applies when there are extreme scores?
 A. The mean will not be a very reliable measure of central tendency.
B. The mode will be the most reliable measure of central tendency.
C. The median will not be a very reliable measure of central tendency.
D. There is no reliable measure of central tendency
50. The teacher wants to make use of the most stable measure of variability? Which one(s) should you
recommend?
A. External range C. Quartile range
B. Standard deviation D. External range and quartile range
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51. Lambert is standard deviation above the mean of his group in arithmetic and one standard deviation
2
above in Spelling. What does this imply?
A. He excels both in spelling and in arithmetic.
B. He is better in arithmetic than in spelling.
C. He does not excel in spelling nor in arithmetic.
D. He is better in spelling than in arithmetic
52. What can be said of student performance in a negatively skewed class score distribution?
A. Most students performed well. C. Few students performed well
B. All students have average performance D. Most students performed poorly.
53. Which score distribution shows the scores in a very narrow range?
A. Bimodel C. Left skewed
B. Platykurtic D. Leptokurtic
54. Which is the percentage contribution of quarterly assessment to the grade of the student from Grades 1to
10?
A. 30% C. 20%
B. 25% D. 15%
55. In MAPEH and TLE, which contribute/s heaviest to the student grade?
A. Written work C. Quarterly assessment
B. Performance tasks D. Quarterly assessment and performance
56. Which is TRUE of Kindergarten grades?
A. There are numerical grades with descriptions.
B. Grades are compared like the grades in Grade 1.
C. Remarks like Passed and Failed are used.
D. There are no numerical grades.
57. Who is retained in the same grade level for Grades 1 to 10? Any students who did not meet expectations
A. As shown in the general average C. in three or more learning areas
B. In 2 learning areas D. In four leaning areas

58. In the new K-12 Grading System, which is described as "Did not meet expectations"?
A Below 72% C. Below 76%
B. Below 74% D. Below 75%

59. How is the final grade per subject for Grades 11 and 12 obtained?
A. Get the average of the grades of ell subjects for the 4 semesters,
B. Get the average of the grades of all subjects for the 2 semesters
C. Get the average of the grades for the 2 Quarters.
D. Get the average of the grades for the 4 quarters

50. At the end of the school year, which is/are TRUE of grades?
I. The General Average is computed by dividing the Sum of all final grades by the total number of learning
areas
II. Each learning area has equal weight in computing for the General Average.
III. The Final Grade per learning area and the General Average are reported as whole numbers.

A. I and II C. II and III

B. I and III D. I, II and III

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