Ontario MPT: Pedagogy: assessment and evaluation

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1. Learning skills and work habits are reported separately from achievement. Which is one of them?

   1. Knowledge and understanding
   2. Final evaluation
   3. Self-regulation
   4. Application

2. Students use success criteria to check their own work and set next steps. Which kind of assessment is this?

   1. Assessment of learning
   2. Norm-referenced assessment
   3. Assessment as learning
   4. Diagnostic testing

3. In secondary courses, how is the final grade split under Growing Success?

   1. 50% course work, 50% final exam
   2. 30% course work, 70% final evaluation
   3. 90% course work, 10% final project
   4. 70% course work, 30% final evaluation

4. How many categories of knowledge and skills are in the achievement chart?

   1. Three
   2. Four
   3. Five
   4. Six

5. Which qualifier describes level 2 performance in the achievement chart?

   1. Limited effectiveness
   2. Some effectiveness
   3. A high degree of effectiveness
   4. Considerable effectiveness

6. What kind of feedback does Growing Success describe as supporting improved learning?

   1. Feedback given only at the end of the school year
   2. Praise only, such as "Good job!" on every task
   3. Descriptive feedback that is clear, specific and timely
   4. A single letter grade with no comments at all

7. A teacher observes students during group work and notes their strategies. How can these observations be used?

   1. As evidence of learning alongside conversations and products
   2. Only for keeping the class's discipline records
   3. Never, because only tests count as evidence
   4. Only for recording attendance in the register

8. How many fundamental principles of assessment does Growing Success set out?

   1. Three
   2. Five
   3. Ten
   4. Seven

9. Which is one of the four achievement chart categories?

   1. Attendance
   2. Thinking
   3. Behaviour
   4. Effort

10. What should teachers share with students at the start of learning, according to Growing Success?

    1. Every student's previous marks
    2. Learning goals and success criteria
    3. Only the date of the unit test
    4. The answers to the final test

11. A teacher gives a short quiz before a unit to find out what students already know. What kind of assessment is this?

    1. A final evaluation
    2. Diagnostic assessment for learning
    3. Summative assessment of learning
    4. Assessment as learning only

12. According to Growing Success, what is the primary purpose of assessment?

    1. To decide report card comments only
    2. To rank students against each other
    3. To improve student learning
    4. To fill the gradebook with marks

13. What does it mean that Ontario uses criterion-referenced assessment?

    1. Students are graded on a curve against their classmates
    2. Work is judged against set standards, not other students
    3. Marks depend on how the rest of the class performs
    4. Only multiple-choice tests are allowed for evaluation

14. What percentage range corresponds to level 3 achievement?

    1. 70–79%
    2. 50–59%
    3. 60–69%
    4. 80–100%

15. When determining a report card grade, what does Growing Success ask teachers to reflect?

    1. The average of every mark collected since the first day
    2. Only the lowest mark the student earned during the term
    3. The class average on the same task, adjusted to a curve
    4. The most consistent level, with more weight on recent evidence

16. Which level of the achievement chart represents the provincial standard?

    1. Level 3
    2. Level 2
    3. Level 1
    4. Level 4