1. A curriculum expert declares that new curriculum in honors physics has merit, but the worth
of the curriculum is not consistently high. Was the expert:
2. Which of the documents below would not be the subject of formal curriculum assessment?
3. The Tyler rationale includes all of the following strengths except
4. The Stufflebeam approach to curriculum evaluation includes four separate factors, the first of
which is:
5. The main weakness of the Stufflebeam approach to curriculum evaluation is:
6. The chief advantage to the responsive is:
7. Eisner speaks in terms of nondiscursive communication. One characteristic of such
communication is:
8. There are many criteria for a curriculum evaluation model including all of those below except.
9. In evaluating a field of study, there are several questions to be asked. Each of the questions
below is appropriate except
10. In planning for an evaluation of the program of studies all of the following would be required
as stated, except:
11. One question to answer when assessing the context of a field of study is:
12. Which of the following questions do not belong with the other three?
13. With respect to the time allowed for assessment of the supported curriculum:
14. When evaluating materials in the supported curriculum many questions are asked. Of the four
questions below which one is not an appropriate question?
15. Which of the following questions does not belong with the other three?
16. The question: “What specific provisions are there for continuing input from those
constituencies?” most likely relates to
17. In value added assessment:
18. In a Sioux Falls study it was found that you could identify effective teachers based on
normative tests. Fourteen categories of instructional performance were examined. Of the
categories below, which showed the greatest impact on a student’s performance?
19. In general specific indicators of effective teaching exist
20. Successful evaluation and assessment procedures should focus on
21. Bradley’s effectiveness model includes all but which of the following?
22. When evaluating the written curriculum which of the following questions should be
reviewed?
23. Williams and Engel found four primary approaches to accountability: professional,
organizational, market and parental/community which of the following is not one of the four?.
24. A variety of countries are known to have outpaced the United States in student achievement
as well as the area of evaluation and assessment. After researching evaluation approaches in
Finland, Korea, Japan, Singapore, and Canada, Williams and Engel (2012-2013) determined
which of the following?
25. Teachers with high student achievement exhibit all but which of the following?
26. True or False. In recent years the interest in curriculum has been declining.
27. True or False. According to Kohn: “Any responsible conversation about assessment must
attend to the quality of the curriculum.”
28. True or False. The father of modern curriculum and curriculum evaluation was Ralph Tyler
29. True or False. Michael Scriven insists that goals are central to curriculum evaluation.
30. True or False. Eliot Eisner considers appreciation in his model of curriculum evaluation.
31. True or False. Districts rarely use an eclectic approach to evaluating curriculum.
32. True or False. As technology in the classroom increases so does the need for curriculum
evaluation.
33. True or False. Assessing the context of a field of student should result in calling attention to
the salient aspects affecting the field of study and identifies special needs of learners.
34. True or False. Frequently only the written curriculum and learned curriculum are evaluated.
35. True or False. Monitoring multicultural and equity issues as they relate to technology
36. True or False. Curriculum evaluation attempt to look at how the curriculum offerings best be
improved.
37. True or False. The district philosophy, outcomes, and text review are called theory-into-
action.
38. True or False. The eclectic approach to evaluation is one that draws from strengths of several
different models.
39. True or False. In identifying the methods for collecting information, evaluators should
include qualitative methods.
Type: F
40. Guba and Lincoln suggested we use two concepts in evaluating curriculum ______
and______.
Type: E
41. Identify three areas included within curriculum and evaluation.
Type: E
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Type: E
43. Who was the first person to question whether goals were important in evaluating the
curriculum?
Type: F
44. The educator who developed the “responsive model of curriculum was ____.
Type: F
45. Elliot Eisner, perhaps to his background in art, developed an evaluation
called________________.
46. Identify the five phases, in sequence, in evaluating a field of study.
47. When the context of a curriculum is evaluated there is a question as to the nature of the
student body. Within the question are five areas where information is requested; identify four of
Type: F
48. It is essential that the direction for the technology initiative be focused on
___________________________.
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Type: F
49. The key behind computer assessment is to make a more symbiotic relationship between
Web-based learning and the_____________.
Type: F
50. Planned change looks at _________ evidence that internal and external publics accept the
developed program course of study.
Type: F
51. Baron and Boschee stress that “we are encountering ___________ changes in the way we
view and conduct assessment.
Type: F
52. Research supports the notion that principals must have the skills and work in _____________
with faculty and staff to improve their professional practice.
Type: F
53. The key to computer usage for focusing on student performance is there are set __________
mechanisms and ____________ structures.
Type: E
54. A school administrator maintains that a curriculum may have merit in all cases, but may not
have worth in all cases. Do you agree or disagree? Explain.
Type: E
55. Your district curriculum used the Stufflebeam approach which consists of four major factors.
Identify the four factors and explain the procedures within each.
Type: E
56. In this modern-day world with exit exams and other high-stakes tests, is it better to use
Tyler’s approach to curriculum evaluation or that of Stufflebeam? Explain.
Type: E
57. Briefly describe the Stake’s responsive model of curriculum development.
58. What makes Eisner’s perspective on curriculum unique and what are the three aspects of his
approach? Explain.
Type: E
59. One characteristic that a curriculum evaluation plan must have is that both quantitative and
qualitative measures be used. Why is this guideline an essential aspect?
60. A young teacher of reading was very excited over a new approach for their Title I reading
program. She developed an appropriate plan to evaluate the new approach by comparing growth
rates. Looking at the final results where neither the experimental or control group showed a
statistically significant difference in growth, she concluded the teachers must revert back to the
old program. Do you agree? Why or why not?
61. When evaluating context, why is it important to assess the nature of the student body?
62. In evaluating curriculum why is it very important to identify the issues before going into
detail with the evaluation?
63. In evaluating the writing curriculum why is it important to evaluate the scope and sequence
of level objectives? Remember this is an essay, not a list.
64. The text suggests when you evaluate the learned curriculum you ask: “Do pupils believe that
what they are learning is useful and meaningful?” Why is this important?
65. Relationship building with expertise and integrity is the cornerstone for movement into a
successful evaluation process. Therefore, the principal must establish his credibility as an
instructional leader by knowing the indicators of effective teaching, explain the components a
principal needs to understand and apply.
66. Describe the concept and process of value-added assessment?
67. At least one state is trying to use value-added assessment to assess the quality of a
university’s teacher education problem by state-wide testing over time. Do you believe this is
reasonable? Why or why not? What problems, if any, do you see in such a program?
68. When implementing an evaluation design the text indicates there are two matters of great
importance that should be stressed. Identify the two and explain why they are important.
69. Explain in detail how a developed curriculum can be assessed and evaluated for effectiveness
using Bradley’s outline.