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Applying What You Know

Applying What You Know

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As the superintendent of a local school district, you are responsible for numerous accountability issues, one of which is the standardized testing program. You must decide on a test to be taken by all fifth graders in your district, but you are debating the merits of using a norm-referenced or criterion-referenced test. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each in this situation.

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Identify the differences between MMY, Tests in Print, and the ETS Test Collection. Discuss the implications these differences have on your strategies for searching for an instrument.

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Explain why reliability is a necessary but not sufficient characteristic of a test.

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Describe four separate situations in which you would be most concerned with evidence of content, criterion related, construct, and consequential validity.

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Explain the unique problems associated with assessing a subject's affective traits such as attitudes, values, personality, and interests.

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