Educational Measurement and Evaluation MCQs

How does Assessment ‘For’ Learning benefit teachers?

A) By grading students’ performance

B) By involving students in the learning process

C) By improving teaching tactics and classroom management

D) By evaluating final projects

Which assessments are generally grade-based and can include portfolios, exams, final projects, and standardized tests?

A) Assessment ‘For’ Learning

B) Assessment ‘Of’ Learning

C) Assessment ‘By’ Learning

D) Assessment ‘Through’ Learning

Diagnostic Assessment aims to:

A) Measure students’ knowledge after instruction.

B) Gauge students’ knowledge, skills, strengths, and weaknesses before instruction.

C) Compare and rank a group of students.

D) Evaluate students’ understanding throughout the learning process.

Formative Assessment is primarily used for:

A) Measuring students’ knowledge after a subject has been taught.

B) Comparing students’ scores against a set standard.

C) Collecting information on students’ understanding throughout the learning process.

D) Tracking students’ performance by comparing their current scores with their past scores.

The main purpose of Summative Assessment is to:

A) Compare and rank a group of students.

B) Measure students’ knowledge before instruction.

C) Evaluate students’ knowledge after a subject has been taught.

D) Compare a student’s score to a set learning standard.

Ipsative Assessment focuses on:

A) Evaluating a student’s performance against specific criteria.

B) Comparing and ranking a group of students.

C) Tracking an individual student’s performance by comparing current and past scores.

D) Measuring students’ understanding throughout the learning process.

Norm-Referenced Assessment primarily involves:

A) Evaluating students’ understanding throughout the learning process.

B) Comparing students’ scores against a set standard.

C) Gauging students’ knowledge, skills, strengths, and weaknesses before instruction.

D) Comparing and ranking a group of students.

Criterion-Referenced Assessment is used to:

A) Compare a student’s score to a set learning standard.

B) Measure students’ knowledge after a subject has been taught.

C) Track an individual student’s performance by comparing current and past scores.

D) Collect information on students’ understanding throughout the learning process.

Authentic assessment refers to:

A) Evaluating students’ performance based on real-life situations

B) Assessing students’ knowledge through rote memorization

C) Providing standardized test scores to students

D) None of the above

From the following the right sequence is:

A) Test, measurement, assessment, Evaluation

B) Evaluation, Test, Measurement, Assessment

C) Test, assessment, Evaluation, Measurement

D) Assessment, Measurement, Evaluation, Test