Assessment

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Part I: Identifying Appropriate Assessment Items: Decide if the assessment is appropriate for the stated objective.

1. Objective: The student will demonstrate appropriate procedures for leaving the school building during fire drill.
Assessment: You will be shown six slides of students leaving the building during a fire drill. Make a check on your worksheet for each slide in which students are demonstrating appropriate fire drill procedures:

_______slide a _______slide b ________slide c

_______slide d _______slide e________slide f

This assessment is appropriate for this objective.

This assessment is not appropriate for this objective.

2. Objective: The student will say the sounds of the letters b, d, and p, when each is shown.
Assessment: I am going to show you a letter and make a letter sound. Raise your hand if the sound I make goes with the letter shown.

a. Show p...Say "puh."
b. Show b...Say "buh."
c. Show d...Say "duh."

This assessment is appropriate for this objective.
This assessment is not appropriate for this objective.

3. Objective: Given a list of what, where, or when reference questions, the students will write the name of an appropriate reference resource for answering each question.
Assessment: What reference book would you use to answer the following questions?

a. When was Abraham Lincoln born? Reference book:
b. What is a synonym? Reference book:
c. Where is the highest mountain in Africa? Reference book:

This assessment is appropriate for this objective.
This assessment is not appropriate for this objective.

4. Objective: Given descriptions of instances in which constitutional rights have been denied, the student will name the rights involved in each instance.
Assessment: Name the constitutional rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights.

This assessment is appropriate for this objective.
This assessment is not appropriate for this objective.

Part 2: Identifying Well-Written Assessment Items. Decide whether each item is well written.

5. Match the Spanish word with the English words that have the same meaning.

________red	a. negro
________blue	b. rojo
________green	c. verde
________black	d. azul

This item is well-written.
This item is not well-written.

6. If it is 10:35 now, what time will it be 40 minutes later?

This item is well-written.
This item is not well-written.

7. There are four classes of instruments in an orchestra. Name one and tell something about it.

This item is well-written.
This item is not well-written.

8. Prepare a topic outline for a persuasive speech on an issue of your choice.

This item is well-written.
This item is not well-written.

9. Write an item that would be appropriate for assessing student performance on the following instructional objective:

Objective: Given a list of common food, the student will name the food group (milk, meat, vegetable-fruit, bread-cereal) to which each belongs.

Assessment: