provide alternatives to traditional paper-and-pencil assessments ✔✔Alternative Assessments
ask students to demonstrate their understanding by
... [Show More] performing a task ✔✔Performance
Assessments
Mimic application of skills to "real-world" settings ✔✔Authentic Assessments
Focus on the common sources of error encountered by students, so that the learning difficulties
can be pinpointed and remedied. ✔✔Diagnostic Assessments
Given at the end of instruction to certify mastery or assign grades ✔✔Summative Assessment
Used to monitor student progress during instruction ✔✔Formative Assessment
Covers the intended learning outcomes of the planned instruction ✔✔Placement Assessment
When converted to instructional objectives, they provide guidelines for planning instructional
activities and preparing assessment instruments ✔✔Content Standards
Describe what students should know and be able to do at the end of a specified period of learning
✔✔Content Standards
Describe how the student will demonstrate achievement of the learning outcomes ✔✔Instructional
Objectives
Effective achievement assessments can contribute to... ✔✔The evaluation of instructional
effectiveness, student motivation, retention, and transfer of learning
Usually a summative assessment; The manner in which educators inform stakeholders of how
students are doing. ✔✔Assessment "of" learning
Formative Assessment; How teachers make adjustments to teaching throughout the instructional
process ✔✔Assessment "for" learning
Formative Assessment/Self Assessment; Focused on making the students part of the assessment
process ✔✔Assessment "as" learning
Real-life correlation; Hands-on; Application and transfer of knowledge ✔✔Authentic Assessment
Limited in scope; Tests knowledge, content, and skills only; Paper and pencil ✔✔Traditional
Assessment
Assessments should first be aligned with ✔✔Content Standards
Helps students to determine their own progress towards specific and clearly defined goals
✔✔Rubric
Ask students to develop or create a response; might include short answer or essay questions, or
open-ended questions ✔✔Constructed-response Tests
Provide items from which students can choose; might include multiple choice, matching, and/or
true and false ✔✔Selected-response Tests
Use a constructed-response format, because the questions or tasks are open-ended
✔✔Performance-based Assessments
Not necessarily related to a student's learning style ✔✔Visible Criteria [Show Less]