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Chelseaamend · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

A state has its own mandated accountability test. Your school district wants to use an additional standardized test. Which of the following is a recommendation by the Brookhart and Nitko textbook as the school district deliberates what test to adopt?

a. Use a test that assesses the same grades as the state test.
b. Use the test for no more than three years.
c. Use a test that reflects the concerns of the community.
d. Limit testing to reading and mathematics.

Question 2

A state wants to have a standardized test that specifically assesses the standards the state has adopted. What is the most likely way this test would be developed?

a. The state would develop it in-house using the staff it hires.
b. The state would ask another state with similar standards if it could have permission to use its tests.
c. The state would put out a request for testing companies to bid on developing the test for the state.
d. The state would ask teachers in all of the schools to submit test items that matched the standards, then select from that pool enough items for its test.