Assessment Terminology

1. Represents that a student scored as well as or better than a certain percentage of their peers.
4. Evaluate student work to determine a pattern of errors or specific types of errors.
6. When students create a product to demonstrate skills or competency.
7. Evaluation of classroom variables to determine possible classroom environmental influences of learning or behavior.
9. Scores that fall on a normal distribution and can be used to compare multiple scores to each other.
10. Represents that a student scored similar to that of a particular grade level group.
11. Tests designed to compare a specific student’s ability with the ability of the same age students in a national sample.
13. Breaking down a skill or task into basic sequential steps, component parts, or skills necessary to accomplish the task. Measuring student’s ability to complete each step.
14. Represents that a student scored similar to that of a particular age group.
15. Specific techniques to measure progress of a specific skill against and aim line.

2. To determine how a student is performing using actual content or curriculum such as chapter tests or teacher made tests.
3. Interactive assessment to determine if a student has the potential to learn a new skill.
5. Scores obtained through comparing a raw score to a norming sample.
8. Tests given with specific instructions and procedures, often norm-referenced.
12. Number of correct items.