Assessments

A test that requires all test takers to answer the same questions, or selections of questions from a common bank of questions and that is scored in a "standard" or consistent manner.

• standardized test

• teacher made test

• semester tests

• unit tests

A characteristic of assessments that actually measures the learning objectives

• reliability

• validity

• fair

• competency

Designed to evaluate students' learning after instruction has taken place.

• formative assessment

• summative assessment

• formal assessment

• self-assessment

A characteristic of assessments that measures learning consistently and fairly, even with different groups or under different circumstances

• fair

• validity

• reliability

• competency

Designed to provide feedback about students' learning and understanding while the learning is occurring, rather than after it is completed

• summative assessment

• peer evaluation

• self-evaluation

• formative assessment

To evaluated one's own self

• peer evaluation

• course evaluation

• self-evaluation

making judgments about how well a course meets its goals and identifying suggestions

• self-evaluation

• course evaluation

• self-evaluation

A collection of a student's work

• scrapbook

• portfolio

• cumulative record

• file

A scoring tool that lists the criteria for judging a particular type of work

• answer key

• rubric

• scan tron reader

• EZ grader

Which is NOT a standardized test?

• SAT

• ACT

• MCT

• Semester exams