Pre-Assessment

What is a Formative Assessment?

• Involves spontaneous, unsystematic observations

• Involves determining what students have learned at the end of instruction

• Involves determining what students can do before or during instruction

• Involves preplanned, systematic data gathering

What is a Summative Assessment?

• Involves determining what students have learned at the end of instruction

• Involves determining what students can do before or during instruction

• Involves spontaneous, unsystematic observations

• Involves preplanned, systematic data gathering

What is a Informal Assessment?

• Involves spontaneous, unsystematic observations

• Involves determining what students have learned at the end of instruction

• Involves determining what students can do before or during instruction

• Involves preplanned, systematic data gathering

What is a Formal Assessment?

• Involves spontaneous, unsystematic observations

• Involves determining what students have learned at the end of instruction

• Involves preplanned, systematic data gathering

• Involves determining what students can do before or during instruction

What is a Paper-pencil Assessment?

• Indicates mastery or non mastery of specific topics

• Compares performance to that of peers

• Involves written responses

• Involves non written behaviors

What is a Performance Assessment?

• Involves written responses

• Involves non written behaviors

• Compares performance to that of peers

• Indicates mastery or non mastery of specific topics

What is Criterion-referenced Assessment?

• Involves non written behaviors

• Compares performance to that of peers

• Involves written responses

• Indicates mastery or non mastery of specific topics

What is Norm-referenced Assessment?

• Indicates mastery or non mastery of specific topics

• Compares performance to that of peers

• Involves written responses

• Involves non written behaviors

What is a Traditional Assessment?

• Developed by experts for use in many schools

• Developed by teachers for their own classroom

• Assesses ability to apply learning to real-world tasks

• Assesses learning separate from real-world task

What is a Authentic Assessment?

• Developed by experts for use in many schools

• Developed by teachers for their own classroom

• Assesses ability to apply learning to real-world tasks

• Assesses learning separate from real-world task