Assessment of Learning
Assessment of Learning
Two teachers of the same grade level have set the following objectives for the day’s lesson. At the end of the
period, the students should be able to:
a. Construct bar graph, and
b. Interpret bar graphs
To assess the attainment of the objectives, Teacher A required the students to construct a bar graph for the given set
of data then she asked them to interpret this using a set of questions as guide. Teacher B presented a bar graph then
asked them to interpret this using also a set of guide questions.
16. In the context of the Theory of Multiple Intelligence, which is weakness of the paper – pencil test?
a. It puts non – linguistically intelligent at a disadvantage.
b. It is not easy to administer.
c. It utilizes so much time.
d. It lacks reliability.
17. Mr. Umayam is doing a performance – based assessment for the day’s lesson. Which of the following will
most likely happen?
a. Students are evaluated in one sitting.
b. Students do an actual demonstration of their skill.
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c. Students are evaluated in the most objective manner.
d. Students are evaluated based on varied evidences of learning.
18. Ms. Del Rosario rated her students in terms of appropriate and effective use of some laboratory equipment
and measurement tools and the students ability to follow the specified procedures. What mode of
assessment should Miss del Rosario use?
a. Portfolio Assessment c. Traditional Assessment
b. Journal Assessment d. Performance – based Assessment
19. Mrs. Hilario presented the lesson on baking through a group activity so that the students will not just learn
how to bake but also develop their interpersonal skills. How should this lesson be assessed?
I. She should give the students an essay test explaining how they bake the cake.
II. The students should be graded on the quality of their baked cake using a rubric.
III. The students in a group should rate the members based on their ability to cooperate in their
group activity.
IV. She should observe how the pupils perform their task.
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68. Which set of scores has the least variability?
Set 1 0,5,10,15,20
Set 2 25,35,45,55
Set 3 0,2,8,15,20
Set 4 505,501,503
a. Set 1 b. Set 2 c. Set 3 d. Set 4
69. Standard deviation is to variability as mode to?
a. Correlation b. Discrimination c. Central Tendency d. Level of Difficulty
70. Goring performed better than 65% of the total number of examines in the district achievement test. What is
his percentile rank?
a. P35 b. P65 c. P66 d. P75
71. Which is a guidance function of a test?
a. Identifying pupils who need corrective teaching.
b. Predicting success in future academic and vocational education.
c. Assigning markers for courses taken
d. Grouping pupils for instruction within a class.
72. Mr. Reyes, an elementary school teacher in Science found out that many of his pupils got very high scores
in the test. What measure of central tendency should he use to describe their average performance in the
subject?
a. Mean b. Median c. Mode d. Range
73. Which of the following indicates how compressed or expanded the distribution of score is?
a. Measures of position
b. Measures of central tendency
c. Measures of correlation
d. Measures of variability
74. The proportion passing the upper and lower group is .80 and .95, respectively. What is the index of
difficulty?
a. .38 b. .40 c. .58 d. 1.02
75. Mr. Gringo tried to correlate the scores of his pupils in the Social studies test with their grades in the same
subject last 3rd quarter. What test validity is he trying to establish?
a. Content validity c. Concurrent validity
b. Construct validity d. Criterion related validity
76. If a test item has difficult index of 0.06, how would you describe the test item?
a. It is very easy. c. It is very difficult.
b. It is moderately difficult. d. It is difficult.
77. Two sections have the same mean but the standard deviation of section 2 is higher than section 1. Which of
the two section is more homogenous?
a. Section 1 b. Section 2 c. Both a and b d. None of the Above
78. Miss Corteza administered a test to her class and the result is positively skewed. What kind of test do you
think Miss Corteza gave to her pupils?
a. Post test b. Pretest c. Mastery Test d. Criterion – referenced test
79. In his second item analysis, Mr. Gonzales found out that more from the lower group got the test item 15
correctly. What does this mean?
a. The item has become more valid.
b. The item has become more reliable.
c. The item has a positive discriminating power.
d. The item has a negative discriminating power.
80. Q1 is 25th percentile as media is to what percentile?
a. 40th percentile b. 60th percentile c. 50th percentile d. 75th percentile
81. Which is implied by a positively skewed scores distribution?
a. The mean, the median and the mode are equal.
b. Mose of the scores are high.
c. Most of the scores are low.
d. The mode is high.
82. In a normal distribution curve, what does a T – score of 60 mean?
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a. Two SDs below the mean
b. Two SDs above the mean
c. One SD below the mean
d. One SD above the mean
For items 8 to 13, what does each figure/distribution on the right indicate?
83.
a. mean>median>mode
b. mean < mode > median
c. mean > mode <median
d. mean <median<mode
84.
a. mode <mean<median
b. mode>mean>median
c. median<mode>mean
d. none of the above
85.
a. equal means, unequal standard deviations
b. equal means, equal standard deviations
c. unequal means, equal standard deviations
d. unequal means, unequal standard deviations
86.
a. unequal means, unequal standard deviations
b. unequal means, equal standard deviations
c. equal means, equal standard deviations
d. equal means, unequal standard deviations
87.
a. unequal variability, equal means, different shapes
b. unequal means, equal variability, different shapes
c. equal variability, equal means, different shapes
d. unequal variability, unequal means, different shapes
88.
a. unequal means, equal standard deviations
b. equal means, unequal standard deviations
c. equal means, equal standard deviations
d. unequal means, unequal standard deviations
89. In conducting a parent – teacher conference, which of the following is NOT true?
a. Be friendly and informal.
b. Be a know – it – all person
c. Be willing to accept suggestions
d. Be careful in giving advice
90. In a frequent distribution, what is the midpoint of the class interval whose lower and upper limits are 99.5
and 109.5?
a. 107.0 b. 105.0 c. 104.5 d. 102.5
91. In a frequent distribution, what is the interval size of the class whose lower and upper limits are 9.5 and
19.5?
a. 11.0 b. 10.0 c. 9.0 d. 5.0
92. Given a mean of 55 and a standard deviation of 8, what two scores include one standard deviation below
and above the mean?
a. 46 and 63 c. 47 and 63
b. 47 and 64 d. 46 and 64
93. Given the same mean of 55 and standard deviation of 8, what score corresponds to two standard deviation
above the mean?
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a. 70 b. 71 c. 72 d. 73
94. What principle of test construction is violated when one places very difficult items at the beginning, thus
creating frustration among students particularly those of average ability and below average?
a. All the items of particular type should be placed together in the test.
b. The items should be phrased so that the content rather than the form of the statements will
determine the answer.
c. All items should be approximately 50 percent difficulty.
d. The items of any particular type should be arranged in an ascending order of difficulty.
95. Mrs. Reyes would like to find out how well her students know each other. What assessment instrument
would best suit her objective?
a. Self – report instrument c. Guess – who technique
b. Sociometric technique d. All of the above
96. Mr. Reyes asked his pupils to indicate on the piece of paper the names of their classmates whom they
would like to be with for some group activity, what assessment technique did Mr. Reyes use?
a. Self – report technique c. Sociometric technique
b. Guess – who technique d. Anecdotal technique
97. Which of the following assessment procedures/tools is useful in assessing social relation skills?
a. Anecdotal records b. Attitude scale c. Peer appraisal d. any of the above
98. If the proportion passing for the upper and lower group is .90 and .30 respectively, what is the
discrimination index?
a. .40 b. .50 c. .60 d. .70
99. Which is an example of affective learning outcome?
a. Interpret stimuli from various modalities to provide data needed in making adjustments to the
environment.
b. Judge problem and issues in terms of situations involved rather than in terms of fix dogmatic
thinking.
c. Appreciate the quality and worth of the story read.
d. None of the above
100. Mr. Mirasol who is a high school teacher in English conducted an item analysis of his test. He found out
that four of the items of the test obtained the following difficulty and discrimination indices and as follows:
Item Number Difficulty Index Descrimination Index
1. .58 .49
2. .92 .72
3. .09 .32
4. .93 .15
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