Assessment Types

3. Administered periodically during a course or school year (e.g. every six weeks)
4. How well does the test do to measure what it claims to measure
7. Viewing of students' behaviors, skills, work environment, and interactions with other students and teachers
9. Multiple choice, short response, state-test
10. Self-assessment, exit slips, individual whiteboards, presentation, quiz
14. Each examinees performance is compared to a pre-defined standard
16. Form of questioning which can have more than one correct answer

1. Assessment tool that produces stable and consistent results
2. Published test bank
5. Assess students' memory and understanding of the information (e.g. multiple choice, true-false, sentence completion items)
6. Test to measure a students' performance by utilizing real life experiences to create direct evidence
8. Compare performance to that of other examinees
11. Any test that is given in the same manner to all test takers
12. Lab reports, tests, self-evaluation, math problems, writing pieces
13. Student demonstrates that they have mastered a specific skill by demonstrating the skill rather than answering questions
15. Test to determine the level of instruction and where to place the student