Why Assessment?
Traditional Assessment
Purpose of Assessment
Terminology
Guidelines
100
The general desire or willingness of someone to do something or the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way.
What is motivation?
100
A particular level of rank, quality, proficiency, intensity, or value.
What is a grade?
100
The measurement of a student's ability to put learning into operation in authentic situations.
What is real-life application?
100
A form of assessment in which students are asked to perform real-world tasks that demonstrate meaningful application of essential knowledge and skills.
What is authentic?
100
Not difficult to evaluate.
What is scored easily?
200
To help students make partial or minor changes so as to improve learning.
What are study habits?
200
The facts, information, and/or the ability acquired by a person through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject.
What are knowledge and skills?
200
The assessment of a student's ability to comprehend.
What is understanding and learning achievement?
200
Conventional methods of testing which produce a written document, such as a quiz, paper, or exam.
What is traditional?
200
Do this with students after completing and evaluating assessments.
What is review missed answers?
300
A settled way of thinking or feeling about someone or something, typically one that is reflected in a person's behavior.
What are attitudes?
300
An obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one's actions. The fact or condition of being responsible.
What is accountability?
300
The assessment of a student's ability to do something successfully or efficiently.
What is subject matter competence?
300
Assessment used to determine strengths and areas of need in all students.
What is diagnostic?
300
Do this to minimize frustration and instill confidence.
What is place easier problems/questions at the beginning of assessment?
400
Develop the state of wanting to know or learn about something or someone in students.
What is new interests?
400
The time of evaluation or estimation of the nature, quality, or ability of someone or something.
What is the end of a lesson, unit, or term?
400
A measurement of a student's state of being prepared to do something; readiness.
What is a willingness to work?
400
A range of formal and informal assessment procedures conducted by teachers during the learning process in order to modify teaching and learning activities to improve student learning and knowledge.
What is formative?
400
To ensure academic integrity teachers should use this strategy.
What is spread students out when taking tests.
500
The management or guidance of someone or something.
What is provide new direction?
500
Traditional methods habitually done, used, or found to assess student learning.
What are multiple choice, fill in the blanks, true-false, or matching paper tests?
500
The assessment of methods employed, instruction delivery, and student involvement/motivation informs this.
What is teaching?
500
Assessments used to evaluate student learning, skill acquisition, and academic achievement at the conclusion of a defined period.
What is summative?
500
Other methods for evaluating student learning.
What are alternative assessments?