Assessment

1. Placement Assessment: To determine student performance at the beginning of instruction. Placement assessments are given before beginning instruction.

1.1. Pre-tests, observations, readiness tests, and class goals.

2. Formative Assessment: To monitor learning progress during instruction. Formative assessments are given during instruction

2.1. Teacher made tests, observations, test made by publishers, and feedback

3. Diagnostic Assessment: To diagnose learning difficulties during instruction. Diagnostic assessments are given during instruction

4. Summative Assessment: To assess achievement at the end of instruction. Summative assessments are given after instruction.

4.1. Survey tests, performance rating tests, and certifications

5. Fixed choice tests includes multiple choice tests. Tests students knowledge on a particular subject.

5.1. Highly efficient because students can respond to a relatively large number of questions in a brief period of time and the responses can be machine scored. Objective scoring, high reliability, and cost effectiveness are major advantages in this technique.

6. Complex-Performace are frequently referred to as "authentic assessments" to emphasize that they assess performance while students are engaged in problem-solving and learning experiences that are valued in their own right, not just as a means of appraising student achievement.

6.1. More time consuming to administer and score than fixed-choice tests.