Characteristics of Good Assessment
should always use more than one assessment to fully understand students' abilities and target instruction
What is Multiple?
real tasks in real context, a real purpose for the assessment
What is Authentic?
to determine whether students are making adequate progress and whether instruction needs to be adjusted
What is Progress Monitoring?
informal tools used by teachers
What is Classroom-based?
student's scores are compared to all others who take the measure
What is Norm-referenced?
there is a reason for using a particular assessment
What is Purposeful?
must give information to inform instruction
What is Useful?
to determine mastery of skills and overall effectiveness of instruction
What is Outcome?
any assessment for which a critical decision will be based on the result
What is High Stakes?
collecting data
What is Assessment?
systematic approach to assessment, following a predetermined system
What is Planned?
students should know what good reading is and what you're looking for
What is Transparent?
to identify students who are at risk for reading difficulty and to determine a starting point for instruction
What is Screening?
official progress monitoring points, established points to meet goals
What is Benchmark?
student's scores are compared to a benchmark score and grade-level expectations
What is Criterion-referenced?
different kinds of assessments that focus on different skills or processes
What is Varied?
cycle of assessment and instruction
What is Ongoing?
to provide in-depth information about a student's skills and to pinpoint a student's specific areas of need
What is Diagnostic?
district or state level measures and other standardized tests
What is External?
making a value judgment based on data
What is Evaluation?