Assessment Basics
This is a deliberate effort to determine a student’s knowledge, skills, or attitudes.
What is assessment?
These assessments usually focus on recall and recognition of information.
What are traditional assessments?
This assessment requires students to complete tasks that mirror real-world challenges.
What is authentic assessment?
Alternative assessments focus on this instead of just memorization.
What is application of knowledge?
This framework identifies six levels of cognitive learning.
What is Bloom’s Taxonomy?
Assessment involves gathering this type of information to make decisions about learning.
What is quantitative and qualitative data?
Name one commonly used traditional assessment tool.
What is multiple choice / true-false / short answer / essay?
This assessment requires students to demonstrate skills through observable tasks.
What is performance-based assessment?
These assessments promote this type of thinking.
What is higher-order thinking?
The two lowest levels of Bloom’s taxonomy are these.
What are remembering and understanding?
According to Popham (2014), assessment determines a student’s status regarding these three areas.
What are knowledge, skills, and attitudes?
Traditional assessments are described as being one-shot and speed-based by this researcher.
Who is Bailey (1998)?
This assessment collects student work over time to show growth.
What is portfolio assessment?
Alternative assessment emerged due to dissatisfaction with this type of testing.
What is standardized testing?
These three levels represent higher-order thinking.
What are analyzing, evaluating, and creating?
Assessment is important because without it teachers cannot determine this.
What is whether students are learning what is important?
These assessments evaluate students’ ability to apply knowledge in meaningful contexts.
What are alternative assessments?
This type of assessment emphasizes reflection and student-driven learning.
What is portfolio/constructivist assessment?
One reason for the emergence of alternative assessment was that traditional tests ignored this type of thinking.
What is complex thinking?
Alternative assessments strongly focus on these top levels of Bloom’s taxonomy.
What are evaluating and creating?
This quote explains why assessment influences learning: “What and how students learn depends on how they think they will be ______.”
What is assessed?
Traditional assessments are criticized because they measure learning at only this point
What is a single point in time?
Some educators use these three forms interchangeably because they share similar goals
What are authentic, performance-based, and portfolio assessments?
Alternative assessments measure a student’s level of this rather than simple knowledge.
What is proficiency?
This level of Bloom’s taxonomy involves producing new ideas or solutions.
What is creating?