Author Question: A school district wants to use assessments to evaluate its social studies program. Which of the ... (Read 85 times)

appyboo · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

A school district wants to use assessments to evaluate its social studies program. Which of the following would be potentially valid types of assessment instruments?

a. Standardized tests in social studies that covered desirable content and skills.
b. Tasks crafted specifically to match the social studies curriculum of the district.
c. Tasks developed based on the social studies curriculum of one of the best schools in them district.
d. All of the above would be potentially valid sources of assessment instruments for program evaluation.
e. Only b. and c. would be potentially valid sources of assessment instruments for program evaluation.

Question 2

What should be included as evidence to support the claim that the results of an assessment procedure validly reflect important mathematics thinking skills and processes?

a. Expert judgments on the thinking processes and skills involved in students' solutions of the tasks.
b. A clear description of the thinking processes and skills purported to be assessed by the tasks.
c. Teachers' judgments that the assessment covers the topics listed in the curriculum.
d. Both a. and b. should be included.