Assessment Vocabulary

1. Assessment: the full range of procedures used to gain information about student learning.

2. Measurement: is assigning numbers to test results in a qualitative way

2.1. Maximum Performance: measures a person's developed abilities and achievements

2.2. Typical Performance: reflects a person's typical behavior (will do vs. can do)

2.3. Norm Referenced: measures the individual's relative standing in a group

2.4. Criterion Referenced: measures a clearly defined and delimited domain of standards

3. Validity: Does a test measure what it is supposed to measure?

3.1. Content

3.2. Construct

3.3. Predicition

3.4. Consequences

4. Reliability: Does this test consistently measure what it is supposed to measure?

4.1. Correlation Coefficient

4.2. Validity Coefficient

4.3. Reliability Coefficient

5. Test: is a particular assessment that consist of a set of question administered at a fix point in time

5.1. Fixed Choice: Includes a set of choices for the student to choose from like a multiple choice test

5.2. Complex Performance: subjective, and requires production like an essay

6. Purposes of Test:

6.1. Placement

6.2. Formative

6.3. Diagnostic

6.4. Summative