PLT Assessment Flashcards
assessments administered and scored in the same way for all students; mass produced
Standardized Tests
Standardized tests that indicate the performance results of students who take it are compared with the performance of others taking it
Norm Referenced Test (ACT, SAT)
Standardized tests that compare students’ knowledge and achievement in an academic area to objectives in curriculum; show mastery
Criterion Referenced Tests
Designed to measure the current level of learners’ performance and show the depth of one’s knowledge/mastery
Achievement Tests
Ex. IQ Test
Aptitude Test
Formal assessment where a teacher observes if a student has learned a task; includes monitoring at intervals
Structured Observations
Notes a teacher makes while observing students
Anecdotal Notes
- Dont record too much
- Be consistent
- Positives and Negatives
- Don’t infer from one single incident
Includes webbing, brainstorming, organizing terms, charts
Assessment for prior knowledge
The degree to which a test measures what it is intended to measure
Validity
refers to the consistency of test results
Reliability
Designed to measure achievement or past learnings based on student compared to others
Norm-Referenced
Enables teacher to compare student performance to a predetermined goal or outcome
Criterion-Referenced
Assessment of a student performance by means of a rating system
Analytical Scoring
Assessment of a student’s work in its entirety rather than specific points
Holistic Scoring
Examples of different types, models, illustrations, or levels of possible responses that are used as guidelines for assessing student work
Rubrics
index of how scores are spread out around the mean
Standard deviation
Used in judging reliability, refers to the fact that no score is absolutely precise
Standard error of measurement
on-going assessment that discovers where students are in the learning process
Formative evaluation
process where teacher determines how well students mastered a new concept
Summative evaluation
norm-referenced and standardized evaluation designed to be administered to students who show signs of difficulty in subject areas
Diagnostic evaluation
