Formative Assessment ✔✔Assessment during instruction guides student learning. used during
instruction to determine if students are making
... [Show More] satisfactory progress
Summative Assessment ✔✔Achievement is measured at the end of instruction. assess learning
outcomes following the instructional sequence
Authentic Assessment ✔✔Understanding and skills are applied in a real world scenario. assess
student learning in real world settings
Portfolio Assessment ✔✔Evaluation of collections of student work demonstrates progress over
time
Norm referenced assessment ✔✔compares performance to other individuals
criterion referenced assessment ✔✔compares performance to specified achievement domain
diagnostic assessment ✔✔used to probe deep into the causes of learning deficiencies
What is a benefit of implementing a system of assessment ✔✔An assessment system provides
multiple opportunities to measure aspects of desired performance
A 4th grade social studies teacher wants students to practice higher order thinking and problem
solving skills while working on a unit focusing on ancient Greece and Rome. What are 2
appropriate assessment methods to meet this goal? ✔✔Write and enact a play focusing on
everyday customs. Determine the most valuable natural resources of the area.
A science teacher wants to assess his students higher order thinking and problem solving skills
relating to animal adaptations. Which assessment option would achieve this goal? ✔✔Give
students an animal and an environment to study and ask them to describe possible adaptations the
animal may make.
A 6th grade social studies teacher is concerned about whether or not the students are progressing
satisfactorily thru the current lesson on the locations of ancient river civilizations. when asking
questions during a formative assessment, the teacher finds that most of the students do not know
the answers. what would be an appropriate instructional decision based on the assessment results?
✔✔Reteach the objective using another activity.
68 percent of the class did not meet mastery on an assessment at the end of a unit on figurative
language. which 2 instructional decisions would be appropriate based on the assessment results?
✔✔reteach low scoring concepts. plan differentiated activities
A student has a learning disability that makes processing and interpreting visual information
difficult. the teacher wants to assess the students problem solving skills related to area and volume
at the end of the unit. what is an appropriate accommodation for this student? ✔✔read written
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