Assessing Student Learning Strategies
Assessing Student Learning Strategies
126. If I have to use the most authentic method of 3. Teacher James Vincent gave a test in Science. The
assessment, which of these procedures should I difficulty index of item No. 6 is .92 . The best way to
consider? described No. 6 is
A. Traditional Test A. difficult item
B. Performance-based Assessment B. very easy item
C. Written Test C. very difficult item
D. Objective Assessment D. average item
107. Ms. Aviz wants to determine if the students’ 125. After doing the exercise on verbs, Ms. Borillo
scores in their Final Test are reliable. However, she gave a short quiz to find out how well students
has only one set of test and her students are already understood the lesson. What type of assessment was
on vacation. What test of reliability can she employ? done?
A. Summative Assessment C. I and II
B. Formative Assessment D. I and III
C. Diagnostic Assessment
D. Placement Assessment 91. You are assessing for learning. Which of these will
you likely do?
30. A class is composed of academically good A. Giving grades to students
students. The distribution of their grades will most B. Reporting to parents the performance of their child.
likely to be ____________. C. Recommending new policies in grading students.
A. Platykurtic D. Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of
B. Skewed to the right students.
C. Skewed to the left
D. Perfectly normal 48. Student data such as scores on tests and
assignments would be the best criteria for determining
139. Researchers found that when a child is engaged which of the following?
in learning experience, a number of areas of the brain A. Can be positively directed with procedures already
are simultaneously activated. What is an application of in place.
this in the teaching-learning process? B. Should be monitored on a case-by-case basis.
I. Make use of field trips, guest speakers C. Are inevitable in a classroom.
II. Do multicultural units of study D. Do not disrupt the classroom.
III. Stick to the "left brain and right brain" approach
A. II only 23. Here is a True-False test: Based on research
B. I only findings, girls usually develop earlier than boys.
C. I and III What is faulty with the test item?
D. I and II I. It makes use of a specific determiner, “usually”.
II. The word “usually” gives clue to the answer.
87. Mr. Fernandez is judging the accuracy of these III. It is a sweeping statement.
statements. Which statements will he consider as IV. It is an opinionated statement.
correct? A. I and IV
I. Test is a tool to measure a trait. B. III and IV
II. Measurement is the process of qualifying a given C. I and II
trait. D. I and III
III. Assessment is the gathering of quantitative and
qualitative data. 24. A multiple choice test item has been analyzed. The
IV. Evaluation is the analysis of quantitative and analysis shows that option A among other options B,
qualitative data for decision C, and D was not at all chosen by the examinees.
A. I and II only What does this imply?
B. III and IV only A. A was the correct answer.
C. I, II, and III B. A was not an effective distracter.
D. I, III, and IV C. A was a plausible option.
D. A was a very effective distracter.
27. The distribution of the Mathematics Achievement
Test scores of 60 students is positively skewed. What 57. Which assessment tool is most appropriate in the
does this imply? assessment of the internalization of a value?
A. Their mean score is a high value. A. Conflict story
B. Their mode corresponds to a low value. B. Semantic differential
C. Most of the students got low scores. C. Frequency inventory
D. Most of the students got high scores. D. Sentence completion
75. How would the guidance function of the school 34. Leian’s school adopts a grading system based on
make use of the test result? the normal curve. This is so because the
A. Preparing guiding activities for specific learners. administration believes that majority of the students
B. Determining the appropriateness of the school are average with only a few of them below or above
curriculum. average. What kind of grading/assessment does this
C. Identifying learners who need corrective and school have?
enrichment experiences. A. Criterion-referenced Assessment
D. Improving the teacher’s and the parent’s B. Norm-referenced Assessment
understanding of children with problems. C. Percentage Grading
D. Relative Grading
63. What does Teacher P do when she uses norm-
referenced grading? 110. Mr. Gringo tried to correlate the scores of his
I. Explains score type either percentile of stanine pupils in the Social studies test with their grades in the
II. Compares scores to standard accepted same subject last 3rd quarter. What test validity is he
III. Interprets scores in terms of the intended trying to establish?
learning outcome A. Content validity
A. II and III B. Construct validity
B. I only C. Concurrent validity
D. Criterion related validity 53. Student data such as scores on tests and
assignments would be the best criteria for determining
44. Feedback sessions for a test are most effective which of the following?
A. When they are immediate. A. Only the students’ academic grades
B. Behavior assessment
B. they are delayed by a day or so. C. Student grades and the teacher’s quality of
C. When they are delayed for a few weeks. instruction
D. When the feedback is written on paper only. D. Student grades and behavior assessment
5. Which of the following measures is more affected by 56. According to the Socratic method, teachers should
an extreme score? A. Impart all of their knowledge to their students in
A. Semi-interquartile range ways they deem most appropriate.
B. Median B. Ask questions to get students to think about
C. Mode universal truths.
D. Mean C. Ask questions so that students can show how much
they know.
D. Encourage students to ask questions which will
127. Teacher Vivian is asking her students to identify enable them to learn.
the equipment in the Chemistry Laboratory. Under the
cognitive domain, in which assessment level is this? 122. An the context of the Theory of Multiple
A. Remembering Intelligence, which is a weakness of the paper-pencil
B. Understanding test?
C. Analyzing A. It puts non-linguistically intelligent at a
D. Creating disadvantage.
B. It is not easy to administer
108. After doing the exercise on verbs, Ms. Borillo C. It utilizes so much time.
gave a short quiz to find out how well students have D. It lacks reliability.
understood the lesson. What type of assessment was
done? 28. The distribution of the scores of a group of
A. Summative Assessment students in English is negatively skewed? What does
B. Formative Assessment this imply?
C. Diagnostic Assessment A. The mean corresponds to a high value.
D. Placement Assessment B. The mode corresponds to a low value.
C. The median is higher than the mean.
42. If mastery level for a skill is set at 75 percent, what D. The mean is higher than the median.
does the student need to accomplish to exhibit
mastery? 18. Which of the following does NOT belong to the
A. A grade of C or higher. group when we are talking projective personality test?
B. A grade of B or higher. A. Sentence completion test
C. Answer 75 percent of all of the particular skill B. Word association test
questions correctly. C. Interview
D. Answer 75 percent of all of the skills correctly. D. Thematic Apperception test
144. A score distribution follows a normal curve. What 96. The school principal has 3 teacher applicants all of
does this mean? whom graduated from the same institution and are
A. Most of the scores are on the -2SD. licensed teachers. She only needs to hire one. What
B. Most of the scores are on the +2SD. should she do to choose the best teacher from the
C. The scores coincide with the mean. three?
D. Most of the scores pile up between -1SD to +1SD. I. Give them a placement test.
II. Interview them about why they want to apply to the
35. What does a test item with negative discrimination school.
index indicate? III. Let them demonstrate how to teach a particular
A. The students did not study very well. lesson.
B. The test item may not be reliable. IV. Study their portfolio to examine the qualities of the
C. The teacher may have not taught the item well. students’ outputs when they were in College.
D. The test item may lack content validity. A. I and II
B. II and III
95. If Mr. Paraiso will have to make a scoring rubric for C. I, III, and IV
the student’s output, what format is better to construct D. II, III, and IV
considering that the teacher has limited time to
evaluate their work? 13. In the parlance of test construction, what does
A. Analytic Rubric TOS mean?
B. Holistic Rubric A. Test of Specifics
C. Either A or B B. Term of Specifications
D. Neither A nor B C. Table of Specifications
D. Table of Specific Item Test
A. Norm-referenced tests, because they allow the
19. Which of the following can measure awareness of comparison of students to a normative sample, using
values? percentile rank.
A. Rating scales B. Criterion-referenced tests, because they allow the
B. Projective technique teacher to assess each student’s knowledge on
C. Role playing specific content addressed in class.
D. Moral dilemma C. Norm-referenced tests, because they allow up to
100 percent of students to score at the highest rank.
150. The distribution of the Mathematics Achievement D. Criterion-referenced tests, because they allow
Test scores of 60 students is positively skewed. What students to be ranked along the bell curve.
does this imply?
A. Their mean score is a high value. 116. Ms. Delos Angeles advocates assessment for
B. Their mode corresponds to a low value. learning. Which will she NOT likely do?
C. Most of the students got low scores. [Link] Assessment
D. Most of the students got high scores. B. Diagnostic Assessment
C. Placement Assessment
49. The purpose of a mentor is to D. Summative Assessment
A. Supervise new teachers.
B. Inform the principal of problems. 130. In the present marking system of K-12, how are
C. Keep track of resources given to a new teacher. learners’ behavior reported?
D. Promote and support peer teacher growth. A. Numerical rating
B. Non-numerical rating
52. Objectives given to a class for student mastery C. Pass-fail system
A. Should be tailored to students at all levels. D. Anecdotal record
B. Should only be expected of certain students.
C. Should be ignored. 46. While waiting for students to formulate their
D. Are unnecessary. responses to a question, a student blurts out an
answer. The teacher should
105. In the context of the Theory of Multiple A. Ignore the answer entirely.
Intelligence, which is a weakness of the paper-pencil B. Respond immediately to the student’s answer.
test? C. Silently acknowledge the student’s response, and
A. It puts non-linguistically intelligent at a then address the response after the question has been
disadvantage. answered by someone else.
B. It is not easy to administer D. Move on to another question without comment.
C. It utilizes so much time.
D. It lacks reliability. 143. Which is the most reliable tool of seeing the
development in your pupils ability to write?
22. _____________ is a part of speech that describes A. Portfolio assessment
a verb and an adjective. What is wrong with this B. Scoring rubric
completion test item? C. Interview of pupils
A. It is extremely easy. D. Self-assessment
B. It is pure recall.
C. The blank is at the beginning of the sentence. 20. For ease of correction, Teacher B’s answers to to
D. The sentence is quite short. his True-False test follow this pattern:
T,F,T,F,T,F,T,F,T,F,T,F. Is this in accordance with
142. Which appropriate teaching practice flows from guiding principles in test construction?
the research finding on the brain: the brace emotional A. No.
center is tied into its ability to learn. B. Yes, to facilitate checking
A. Create a learning environment that encourages C. Yes, provided the number of items is at least twenty
students to explore the feelings and ideas freely. D. It depends on the developmental stage of the
B. Come up with highly competitive games where examinees
winners will feel happy.
C. Tell students to participate in class activities or else 11. Teacher Marcy gave a test in English. Item No. 18
won't receive plus points in class recitation. has a difficulty index of 0.85 and discrimination index
D. To establish discipline is judgmental in attitude. of -0.10. What should teacher Marcy do?
A. retain the item
17. Assessment is said to be authentic when the B. make the item bonus
teacher C. reject the item
A. considers students' suggestions in testing D. reject it and make the item bonus
[Link] valid and reliable paper-and-pencil test
C. includes parents in the determination of assessment 109. Mrs. Catalan allowed the students to develop
procedures. their own portfolio in their own style as long as they
D. gives students real-life tasks to accomplish show all the non-negotiable evidences of learning.
What principle in portfolio assessment explains this
55. Teacher-made tests should be practice?
A. Content Principle
B. Learning Principle 121. If a teacher has set objectives in all domains or
C. Equity Principle learning targets and which could be assessed using a
D. Product Principle single performance task, what criterion in selecting a
task should she consider?
100. Ms. Ricafort uses alternative methods of A. Generalizability
assessment. Which of the following will she not likely B. Fairness
use? C. Multiple Foci
A. Multiple Choice Test D. Teachability
B. Reflective Journal Writing 97. What should be done first when planning for a
C. Oral Presentation performance-based assessment?
D. Developing Portfolios A. Determine “table of specifications” of the tasks.
B. Set the competency to be assessed.
64. Student Justin got a percentile score of 85. What C. Set the criteria for scoring the task.
does this mean? D. Prepare a scoring rubric.
A. He belongs to the upper 85% of the examinees.
B. He belongs to the lower 15% of the examinees. 61. What does Teacher P do when she uses norm-
C. He went beyond the cut off score. referenced grading?
D. He belongs to the upper 15% of the examinees. A. Explain norm group
B. Explains standard of mastery
129. What is the lowest mark that can be reflected in C. Interprets score in terms of the intended learning
the report card? outcome
A. 60 D. Tells whether student achieved standard of mastery
B. 65
C. 70 141. Teacher A discovered that his pupils are very
D. 75 good at dramatizing. Which tool must have helped him
discover his pupil's strength?
88. If I have to use the most authentic method of A. Portfolio assessment
assessment, which of these procedures should I B. Performance test
consider? C. Journal entry
A. TraditionalTest D. Paper-and-pencil test
B. Performance-based Assessment
C. Written Test 149. Which assessment tool shows evidence of
D. Objective Assessment students writing skills?
A. Project
10. Which of the given statement is true about rubrics? B. portfolio
A. It is analytical. C. critiquing sessions
B. It is holistic D. daily journal
C. It is developmental.
D. It is both analytical and holistic. 39. A student’s permanent school record should be
discussed with the?
40. When are students more likely to score higher on a A. Student’s parents/legal guardians, current teachers,
test? and school administrators.
A. When the questions are multiple choice B. Parents only.
B. When they are not coached by a teacher C. School administrators only.
C. When they are familiar with the test format and D. School administrators and parents only.
content
D. When the format is always changing 79. Teacher Anne asks her students to submit a
portfolio that showcases their best literary works from
137. Which is the most reliable tool of seeing the all their finished compositions. What type of portfolio is
development in your pupils ability to write? teacher Anne asking?
A. Portfolio assessment A. Display Portfolio
B. Scoring rubric B. Working Portfolio
C. Interview of pupils C. Documentation Portfolio
D. Self-assessment D. Growth Portfolio
148. What does Teacher P do when she uses norm- 58. Teacher D wants to know if a student responds to
referenced grading? call for voluntary service. Which is the most
I. Explains score type either percentile of stanine appropriate assessment tool?
II. Compares scores to standard accepted A. Frequency Inventory where the student will be
III. Interprets scores in terms of the intended asked to rate himself/herself the number of times
learning outcome he/she does voluntary service.
A. II and III B. Interest Inventory where the student will be asked if
B. I only he/she is interested in voluntary service.
C. I and II C. Open-ended questionnaire
D. I and III D. Semantic differential
147. Student Justin got a percentile score of 85. What D. Neither A nor B
does this mean?
A. He belongs to the upper 85% of the examinees. 133. The following are characteristics of a child-friendly
B. He belongs to the lower 15% of the examinees. school except for______.
C. He went beyond the cut off score. A. Exclusive
D. He belongs to the upper 15% of the examinees. B. Child- centered
C. Gender- sensitive
119. Mrs. Pua is judging the worth of the project of the D. Nondiscriminating
students in her Science class based on a set of 101. Which could be seen in a rubric?
criteria. What process describes what she is doing? I. Objective in a high level of cognitive behavior
A. Testing II. Multiple criteria in assessing learning
B. Evaluating III. Quantitative descriptions of the quality of work
C. Measuring IV. Qualitative descriptions of the quality of work
D. Assessing A. I and II only
B. II, III, and IV only
1. Which of the following measures of variation is C. I, II, and III
easily affected by the extreme scores? D. I, II, III, and IV
A. range
B. inter-quartile range 84. Which of the following test is considered to be
C. variance relatively less reliable for scoring and grading?
D. standard deviation A. Completion
B. Alternative Response
38. The purpose of a norm-referenced test (NRT) is to C. Essay
A. Provide a way to compare the performance of D. Matching Type
students to a set standard of performance.
B. Provide a way to compare the performance of 26. Which assessment task is aligned to this outcome
students, using teacher made tests. in the psychomotor domain? Focus the microscope
C. Provide a way to compare the performance of under the low power and high power objectives.
students relevant to one another and/or to a larger A. Performance test - Lecture on the steps in focusing
sample. the microscope by focusing the microscope scored
D. Provide a way to compare the performance of with rubric.
students, using authentic assessment. B. Written test – Why do we have to follow the steps in
focusing the microscope.
31. What does a skewed score distribution mean? C. Performance test - Focus the microscope; you will
A. The scores are normally distributed. be evaluated with the use of a rubric.
B. The mean and the median are equal. D. Written test – Enumerate the steps in focusing the
C. The mean, the median and the mode are equal. microscope in order
D. The scores are concentrated more at one end or
the other end of the distribution. 71. Which assessment task is aligned to this outcome?
Analyze the socio-cultural factors that affect
67. Ronald ranks 10th in a class of 40. Assuming that learning.
there are no ties, what is the percentile rank of A. Essay Test
Ronald? B. Multiple choice test
A. 10 C. Completion test
B. 25 D. Matching type of test
C. 75
D. 90 104. Mr. Umayam is doing a performance-based
assessment for the day’s lesson. Which of the
69. In a class of 40, the passing mark for a following will most likely happen?
mathematics test is the 4th decile. What does this A. Students are evaluated in one setting.
imply? B. Students do an actual demonstration of their skill.
I. 24 students passed the test. C. Students are evaluated in the most objective
II. 16 students did not pass the test. manner.
III. 60% of the students passed the test. D. Students are evaluated based on varied evidence of
A. I only learning.
B. II only
C. III only 92. Ms. Saplan is planning to do an assessment of
D. I, II and III learning. Which of these should she include in her plan
considering her purpose for an assessment?
114. If Mr. Paraiso will have to make a scoring rubric A. How to give immediate feedback to students’
for the student’s output, what format is better to strengths
construct considering that the teacher has limited time B. How to determine the area of interest of learners
to evaluate their work? C. How to certify student’s achievement
A. Analytic Rubric D. How to design one’s instruction
B. Holistic Rubric
C. Either A or B
70. Michael got a score of 60 which is equivalent to
75th percentile rank in a Science test. Which of the
following is NOT true?
A. His score is below the 7th decile.
B. He scored above 75% of his classmates.
C. If the passing mark is the 7th decile, he passed the
test.
D. Twenty-five percent of the class got scores 60 and
above.