Assessments

1. Nature of Assessment

1.1. Maximum Performance: what a person can do

1.2. Typical Performance: what a person will do

2. Format of Assessment

2.1. Selected Response

2.1.1. True or False

2.1.2. Multiple Choice

2.1.3. Word Bank

2.2. Complex-Performance

2.2.1. Written Essays

2.2.2. Open-Ended Mathematics Problems

2.2.3. Lab Experiments

2.2.4. Creation of a piece of art

2.2.5. Oral Presentations

2.2.6. Projects

2.2.7. Exhibitions of student work

3. Use in classrooms

3.1. Placement assessments: given at the beginning of instruction

3.1.1. Types of tests: readiness tests, self report inventories, pretests on course material, observational techniques

3.2. Formative assessment: monitor progress during instruction

3.2.1. Types of tests: teacher made tests, custom made tests from textbook publishers, observational techniques

3.3. Diagnostic assessment: diagnose learning difficulties during instruction

3.3.1. Types of tests: teacher made tests, custom made tests from textbook publishers, observational techniques

3.4. Summative assessment: assess achievement at the end of instruction

3.4.1. Types of tests: teacher made survey tests, performance rating scales, product scales

4. Interpreting the Results

4.1. Norm referenced: student's performance relative to position within a group

4.2. Criterion referenced: student's performance relative to clearly defined learning tasks