Achievement Tests May Be Administered in School Settings for Many

question 103

Multiple Choice

Achievement tests may be administered in school settings for many reasons.Which of the following is NOT one of those reasons?

• A) to gauge student progress towards instructional objectives.
• B) to survey interests in various occupations and professions.
• C) to compare an individual student's performance to peers.
• D) to help determine what instruction might best assist students.

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Definitions:

Concurrent

Existing, happening, or done at the same time.

Test-Retest

A method used to assess the consistency of a measure by comparing the scores of the same participants on the same test administered at two different times.

Parallel Forms

A method of reliability assessment in psychometrics where two different versions of a test are used to measure the same construct, to check for consistency.

Interrater

Relates to the degree of agreement among independent observers or raters evaluating the same phenomenon.