Which one of the following paper-pencil assessments is most likely to have a reliability problem when the teacher scores students' responses?
A) Ms. Gibbons asks students to describe the first Thanksgiving in one or two pages.
B) Mr. Hammond gives 50 true-false questions about the geography of Russia.
C) Ms. Sonnenschein administers a 30-item multiple-choice test about invertebrates.
D) Mr. Strauch gives a 15-word spelling test.
Question 2
One problem with informal assessments of student achievement is that they:
A) Can be influenced by teachers' prior expectations.
B) Can be used only by teachers with many years of teaching experience.
C) Are useful only in evaluating verbal behaviors.
D) Are useful only in evaluating nonverbal behaviors.