Which One of the Following Is Most Likely to Be

question 100

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following is most likely to be what educators refer to as a standardized test?

• A)Ms. Argon's students are taking a test asking them to find the diameter,circumference,and area of a circle with a radius of 5 centimeters; Ms. Argon wants to find out if her students know this material well enough to proceed on to spheres.
• B)Mr. Basili's students are taking a multiple-choice test,developed by a testing company,that assesses students' knowledge of language,mathematics,and logic; scores on the test have been shown to predict college success with some degree of accuracy.
• C)Mr. Conway's fifth graders are taking a test of mathematical word problems requiring addition and subtraction. Mr. Conway has instructed his students to work as quickly as they can so he can get an idea of whether they have developed automaticity in their ability to solve such problems.
• D)Mr. Delano's eighth graders are taking an objective test over what they have learned in their geography unit on Asia. Students are marking their answers on a bubble sheet with a number two pencil so that Mr. Delano can have the school district's computer center score the tests for him.

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