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Psychology Tests and measures Chapter 9 and 10

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In the united states, dubious outcomes with regard to K-12 educational systems led to federal legislation known as
No child Left behind
If an individual state fails to meet federal quidelines regarding mandated improvements in students reading and math scores then
federal funds for education could be withheld
Critics have argued that the net result of federal mandates to improve students score on standardized tests have been that
teachers "teach to the test"
advocates of standardized testing in the schools argue that testing can
alert educators to "at risk" children
have important diagnostic implications
and identify areas where a student excels
in addition to screening and diagnostic purposes, standardized educational tests are indispensable for purposes of
comparison
the common core state standards mandates that nationally, all children perform at grade-level in reading and math. a problem with this mandate is
the individual states set their own proficiency levels for reading and math
the common core state standards
set objectives for what K-12 school children should know
what role do standardized tests play with respect to common core state standards
standardized tests are the "enforcer" of sorts, they are inextricably linked and aligned to the CCSS, and they are the sole CCSS-recommended tool to gauge student progress
Although the federal government did not create the common core state standards, the federal government's monetary incentives to participating states
encouraged buy-in to the program despite the fact that there was absolutely no evidence that the program worked
a simplified statement of the response to intervention (Rti) model is as follows:
1. instruct
2. evaluate
3. remediate or instruct as needed
response to intervention is said to be "multilevel" in nature because there are at least three levels of intervention. as noted in the text, these three levels feature instruction administered
1. in the regular classroom
2. in small groups
3. individualized instruction
the term integrative assessment may best be interpreted as referring to
the integration of findings from a variety of sources into one report
an approach to discovering a student's learning potential based on a model of testing-intervention-retesting is referred to as
dynamic assessment
an informant marks test items indicating how often a particular behavior occurs. this informant is MOST likely completing a
rating scale
psychoeducational test batteries are designed to measure
ability and achievement
which of the following contributes to academic performance?
study habits, interests, and attitudes
the woodcock-johnson III includes tests of
achievement
a teacher wishes to administer an individual psychoeducational battery. which would you recommend?
none of these unless the teacher was a licensed psychologist
a graphic representation of peer appraisal is referred to as
a sociogram
what is a difference between achievement and aptitude tests?
aptitude tests draw on a broader fund of knowledge than achievement tests
tests of achievement typically measure
learning that has occurred in formal and structured setting
aptitude tests measure
learning that has occurred informally through life experienes
for admission to college, you may be required to take a test published by the american college testing program. the ACT is what type of test?
an aptitude test
a primary reason for administering an aptitude test is
to predict future performance
the BEST approach to diagnosing a specific learning ability would be for the examiner to
administer a psychoeducational test, conduct a parent interview, and review past assessments and interventions
evaluating reading skills by asking a college student to read an article in a scholarly journal is an example of
authentic assessment
intelligence may be assessed at various stages in the life span and
different behaviors are assessed at different ages
an assumption in factor analysis is that
things that co-occur tend to have a common cause
ability tests should include questions at the examinee's optimal level of difficulty because such questions
help maintain the examinee's interest, minimize the potential for examinee fatigue, allow the test user to collect the maximum amount of information in the minimum amount of time
convergent thinking refers to
a deductive reasoning process
which statement is TRUE about creativity and its measurement
measures of creativity may be thought of as tools for assessing aspects of intellectual functioning
a lay person asks a psychologist, "what is intelligence" based on the test, what would be the psychologist's BEST response?
"a miltifaced construct influenced by heredity and environment that, in general, is related to verbal, quantitative, social, and problem-solving abilities"
what conclusion concerning intelligence could reasonably be drawn based on the 1921 symposium published in the journal of educational psychology
none of these
which is TRUE of the debate over the definition of intelligence
the debate has been ongoing almost since tests of intelligence were devised
on a test of intelligence, teaching items are
both designed to illustrate the task required and not formally scored
a major thread running through the theories of Binet, Wechsler, and Piaget is the concept of interactionism. in this context, interactionism refers to
interactions between heredity and environment
Galton's conception of intelligence focused on
sensory abilities
who first hypothesized that the proportion of the variance that a number of tests have in common accounts for a general factor of intelligence?
spearman
all of the following are true of cattell's two-factor theory of intelligence EXCEPT:
crystallized intelligence is relatively culture-free
the theories of intelligence advanced by Guildford, Thyrsone and Cattell, are all
factor-analytic models
what is the main difference between the information-processing view and the traditional view of intelligence?
the information-processing view focuses more on how the brain processes information
spearman proposed a two-factor theory of intelligence consisting of which two factors
general and specific intelligence
On the Wechsler tests of intelligence, the Full scale IQ has a mean of ______________ and a standard deviation of _________________
100, 15
The WAIS was created mainly so that
test users could have a short form of the Wechsler scales with sound psychometric properties
short forms of intelligence tests
are recommended for screening purposes only
a primary use for group intelligence tests is
screening
All of the following are considered trusted sources of information on published intelligence tests, except:
Dr. Linda Smith's blog, "intelligence tests"
evaluating reading skills by asking a college student to read an article in a scholarly journal is an example of
authentic assessment
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