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Validity
What is how accurately a conclusion, measurement, or concept corresponds to what is being tested?
Assessment
What is the process of gathering data to understand strengths and weaknesses of students?
Formal Assessment
What is standardized testing in controlled conditions?
What is the degree to which an assessment tool produces stable and consistent results?
Informal Assessment
What is testing for observations on what students can actually do?
Intelligence Test
What is scholastic aptitude of students?
Summative Assessment
What is evaluating student learning at the end of an instructional unit by comparing it against some standard or benchmark?
Formative Assessment
What is an ongoing evaluation that takes place during learning?
Achievement Test
What is measuring the current level of student performance?
Diagnostic Tests
What is determining a students strengths and weaknesses?
Criterion-Referenced Tests
What is an assessment that allows the teacher to see if a student has achieved mastery of a goal?
Norm-Referenced Tests
What is an assessment tool that has been given to large populations of students from different locations and socioeconomic backgrounds?
Authentic Assessment
What is assessing many different kinds of literacy abilities in contexts that closely resemble actual situations in which those abilities are used?
Screening Assessment
What is several brief tests and/or instruments are used to identify children who may be at risk for certain mental health issue?
Progress Monitoring Assessment
What is assessing students' academic performance, to quantify a student rate of improvement or responsiveness to instruction, and to evaluate the effectiveness of instruction?