Student Assessment

1. Performance based

1.1. Focused on students' performance, demonstrated by their knowledge and skills, not the process they take.

1.2. As this assessment also focuses on end products, educators should consider using data from other assessment to gather complete ideas.

2. High-stakes

2.1. Tests that are accompanied with major decisions or consequences.

2.2. High stakes tests always have been controversial because the results impact students' lives and choices for their life immensely.

3. Portfolio

3.1. Long term collection of student work under specific goals.

3.2. It seems Portfolio assessment is ideal for checking students' learning, however often it is longitudinal.

4. Authentic

4.1. Unlike multiple choice tests, students are given with a task, which later evaluated per set rubric.

4.1.1. It is great to use authentic assessment to students who have learning difficulties or challenges with traditional styles of assessment.

5. Self assessment

5.1. Students evaluate their own work or learning

5.2. To be effective, teachers should provide ample guidelines and practices for students master how to self assess.

6. Diagnostic

6.1. To diagnose/evaluate students' knowledge and skills using data.

6.2. It can be utilized to find out students' strengths and weaknesses. For instance, if students are struggling with reading, teachers may consider assessing the student with dyslexia tests.

6.3. It can be utilized to find out students' strengths and weaknesses. For instance, if students are struggling with reading, teachers may consider assessing the student with dyslexia tests.

7. Formative

7.1. To gauge students' learning during lesson.

7.2. Great to use during lessons. There are many different ways to assure students' learning during lesson. The more small formative assessments are done, the better teachers get ideas about where each student is.

8. Summative

8.1. To evaluate/assess students' learning as a final outcome or end product.

8.2. Great to use at the end of a unit/lesson. However, summative assessment alone cannot gauge students' learning effectively and completely. Educators should use multiple assessment.

9. Peer Assessment

9.1. Students evaluate each other's work. It helps students learn from each other and use their meta cognitive skills.

9.2. Pros: Quick use during lessons. Helps students learn from each other and use their evaluation skills.

9.3. Cons: Younger students may not understand what they are supposed to do. They may use that time to chat. Also, students may not be able to give each other constructive advice.

10. References:http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Using_Classroom/ http://www.ccsso.org/Documents/2008/Formative_Assessment_Examples_2008.pdf http://www.oecd.org/edu/ceri/35661078.pdf http://ati.pearson.com/downloads/afldefined.pdf