Only one of the following statements describes an appropriate approach to summarizing students' overall achievement with final grades. Which one?
A) Students should be regularly informed of their progress so that they can predict their final grades with some accuracy.
B) Of the four RSVP characteristics, reliability is the most important one to consider in summarizing students' overall achievement; if you have reliability, then you will almost certainly have the other three characteristics as well.
C) Criteria for assigning class grades should be individualized for every student.
D) As long as individual assessments have all been standardized, it is unnecessary to worry about standardizing the way that those assessments are combined into a final grade.
Question 2
A parent of one of your students, Mr. Jones, criticizes the fact that you base your grades partly on students' paper-pencil test scores. You need to defend your use of such tests as a way of evaluating students. Three of the following are appropriate ways you might respond to Mr. Jones's concern. Which statement is not accurate?
A) Your tests provide a way of obtaining systematic samples of your students' performance.
B) You have determined that your tests have content validity for the material you cover in class.
C) Your tests have been shown to have perfect reliability.
D) Using tests is a fairer and more objective way to evaluate students than grading simply on the basis of your subjective impressions.
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