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An individual has been hired to train an organization’s administrative staff to use a new automated scheduling system. The training
runs for three days. The individual wants to know the progress of each participant at the end of the first day and use that information to
plan the second day’s instruction.

Which type of assessment should be used to obtain this information?

FORMATIVE

An instructor is teaching an eight-week clinical health course to college students. At the beginning of the course, each student
performs a complex clinical procedure while being recorded. At the end of the course, students perform the same procedure while
being recorded. The students compare these performances and reflect on how their ability to perform the complex procedure has
progressed.

Which assessment strategy does this describe?

IPSATIVE

The learning goal for a research foundations course is “Apply a variety of approaches to identify and solve problems.” The summative
assessment for the course involves applying these approaches to a case study.

Why would this authentic assessment strategy be effective in measuring students’ achievement of the learning goal?
It requires students to apply acquired knowledge to realistic situations.

The learning goal for a fifth-grade language arts unit is “Students will be able to use context clues to identify the meanings of
unfamiliar words.”

Using a traditional assessment strategy, how should an instructor determine if students met this learning goal?
Have students complete a multiple-choice vocabulary quiz at the end of each chapter

In a nursing course, students examine body systems, including the nervous system. The learning objective is “Interpret terms related to
the nervous system.” An instructor for the course wants to determine students’ ability to interpret these terms accurately.

Which skill demonstration aligns with this learning objective?

Matching nervous system elements on an image of the human body

In an introduction to programming course, students analyze the structure and components of a program. The learning objective is
“Create a simple program.”

Which direct assessment method would determine whether students have met this objective?
Developing program code

One of the learning objectives of a ninth-grade anatomy unit about the systems of the body is “Students will be able to describe the
functions of the respiratory system.”

Which project-based assessment would determine whether students have met this objective?
Creating a song with lyrics about the role of the respiratory system

Students in a second-grade class are learning how to tell time. The learning objective of a lesson is “Students will be able to identify
the correct time on an analog clock.” At the end of the lesson, a teacher distributes a scaled survey to the students so they can self-
assess their confidence in reading an analog clock.

Why does this indirect assessment method align with the learning objective?
Because it allows the teacher to gather information on the students’ perceptions about their own learning

In a college chemistry course, students construct a model of a benzene ring. The learning objective is “Investigate the properties of a
benzene ring.”

Which cognitive level of the revised Bloom’s taxonomy does the students' construction of the model reflect?
Create
A learning goal for a group of kindergarten students is “Students will be able to differentiate how objects are alike and different.” A
teacher provides each student with a sorting mat and a bag filled with tiles in a variety of colors. The teacher asks students to sort the
tiles by color on their mats.

Why does this performance-based assessment align with the learning goal and the Analyze level of the revised Bloom’s taxonomy?”
Because students demonstrate their ability to distinguish attributes of tiles

A teacher of a first-year German class is interested in determining the impact of using online learning games on vocabulary
knowledge.

How could this teacher use learning analytics to determine the efficacy of the learning games?
By comparing assessment scores from students who did and did not use the online learning games

Employees in an organization are not completing a training course on their first attempt, resulting in additional costs for the
organization. A training manager wants to anticipate the likelihood of participants’ failure while participants are engaged in the course
and recommend customized remediation that is embedded throughout participants' first attempt at the course and is based on each
participant’s needs.

Which type of learning analytics should this trainer use to suggest various actions to participants to help them complete the course
successfully on their first attempt?
Prescriptive

A data analyst for a school district is asked to provide information to the district’s superintendent on how each school in the district
performed on the math portion of a state standardized test. Specifically, the superintendent wants to know which schools had fifth-
grade students solve two-step math word problems with at least 70% accuracy on the test. The data analyst plans to summarize the
schools’ performance data using graphs.

Which type of learning analytics does this assignment represent?

Descriptive

A special education school administrator is concerned that students with special needs are not making adequate progress in
developing literacy skills. The administrator sets a goal that the literacy scores of students with disabilities will increase by 12% by the
end of the following school year.

Which type of learning analytics should this special education administrator use when reviewing performance levels during the year?
Descriptive

During the first week of a 12-week semester, students in an online accounting course complete an orientation. The orientation includes
a knowledge check of the student’s ability to locate specific course information and access navigation menu items. However, three
weeks into the course, students are asking the instructor how to access assignment information. The instructor would like to provide
further direction to these students.

Which data measure should the instructor review to determine how to help these students?
The frequency of students' access to course activity content

An instructor identifies several students in a college math course who have not completed their weekly assignments at the end of the
first three weeks. The instructor determines that these students begin the weekly activities but stop at the point where they must apply
the presented math concept. The instructor would like to help foster successful learning for these students.

How should this instructor use data measures to do this?

By identifying students who should participate in an adaptive learning experience in the LMS that includes additional practice

A trainer identifies several participants in an advanced, self-paced Excel course who have not completed a complex table activity at
the end of the first unit. The trainer examines the performance dashboard in the learning management system (LMS) and determines
that these participants attempted the complex activity but quit after several unsuccessful attempts.
How should the trainer use data measures to foster successful learning for all participants?
By identifying participants who should participate in an adaptive learning experience in the LMS that includes customized
instruction

A curriculum specialist is developing an online assessment that checks students' preparedness for a state math assessment.

Which feedback provides the most meaningful information?

For each incorrect answer, students are provided with a video that demonstrates the correct way to answer the question.

An American Sign Language instructor designs an assessment activity where pairs of students meet on a video conferencing platform
to participate in a friendly conversation using basic signs. The instructor will use a checklist to assess students’ use of basic signs.

Which feedback meets the goal of motivating learners?

“Your skillful use of facial expressions will continue to serve you well in expressing the meaning of the signs.”

Students in a web design course are assigned to develop a custom logo for their website. One student uses an offensive image as the
basis for the logo.

Which instructor feedback would help motivate this learner to recognize the importance of inclusivity in design?
“The purpose of your website is to promote your business. Reconsider the basis of your logo so that you do not offend potential
customers.”

Students in a math class submit a homework assignment about adding decimal numbers on an online learning platform. While
reviewing their work, the students’ teacher noticed they did not line up the numbers and decimal points in the assignment correctly.
The online learning platform automatically marks the incorrect answers with an X. The teacher follows up with these students by
emailing a comment: “Your numbers and decimal points were not aligned.”
“Please use the graph paper technique when completing the next problem set to ensure the numbers and decimal points are
aligned."

Several students who are enrolled in an online business communications course do not have access to a computer and instead interact
with the course using their smartphones. An assessment in the course requires students to access five websites from links provided on
the course site and compare the communication styles of the sites’ content. Some of the linked websites have not been optimized for
viewing on a smartphone, and several students are unable to experience the features of the websites using their smartphones.

Which high-level principle of functional accessibility is missing in this course site?

Robust

A high school chemistry teacher has developed several assessments that measure four different objectives. The teacher plans to use the
assessments in the upcoming year to measure the students’ preparedness for the summative state chemistry assessment.

What is a construct-validity bias issue with this plan?

It has not been determined that the created assessments measure the student’s knowledge of the objectives.

Students are assessed with an at-home science project in which they must use the steps in the scientific method to test whether bean
pods can grow without direct sunlight. The students will report the results of their projects in a month.

What is a content-validity bias issue in this assessment?

Some students may not have access to proper supplies.

Freshman college students are required to take a course that introduces them to the college experience during their first semester. The
course includes an initial assessment that measures how the students’ knowledge of resources supports their academic performance.
The assessment is administered online and includes questions that require students to press and hold the Control key while selecting
answers in a drop-down menu. Specific directions are provided for these items. Additionally, a graphic that demonstrates the process
is provided.
How could the instructor improve the functional accessibility of this assessment?
By changing the format of the questions to allow for a single keyboard click to select answer choices

A high school chemistry teacher has developed several assessments that measure four different objectives. The teacher plans to use the
assessments in the upcoming year to measure the students’ preparedness for the summative state chemistry assessment.

What could this teacher do to decrease the predictive-validity bias of the created assessments?
Ensure students take the assessments under the same conditions that the state assessment is administered

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