Mr. Hatch wants to assess what his students have learned in a recent unit on four-sided figures. He realizes that the unit included four figuressquares, rectangles, parallelograms, and trapezoids. He also knows that he wants students to do three things for each of these figures: (1) recognize examples, (2) calculate the perimeter, and (3) calculate the area. In essence, Mr. Hatch is:
a. constructing a table of specifications for his assessment instrument.
b. increasing the extent to which his assessment instrument is standardized.
c. enhancing the reliability of his assessment instrument.
d. maximizing the likelihood that his assessment instrument will have predictive validity.
Question 2
Which one of the following is the best example of summative evaluation?
a. Ms. Vickery gives her social studies students a quiz at the end of a unit to determine how well they have learned the material in the unit.
b. Mr. Waters gives his history students a quiz at midterm to determine whether he needs to spend more time on certain aspects of the Constitution.
c. Ms. Yarborough gives her German students weekly exams to make sure they are keeping up with the material.
d. Mr. Zeller gives his science students a pretest before beginning a unit on water to determine how much they already know.
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