It is the ongoing process of gathering, analyzing and interpreting evidence, reflecting on findings and making informed and consistent judgment to improve student learning.

It is a type of assessment that occurs at the start of the lesson to gauge pre-knowledge of students

• Diagnostic

• Formative

• Summative

• Pre-test

it is used in the middle of the lesson to determine how students are progressing

• Diagnostic Test

• Summative Assessment

• Formative Assessment

• Achievement Test

In the TABLE OF SPECIFICATIONS, what percentage is allocated for Remembering and Understanding questions?

• 55%

• 60%

• 65%

• 70%

This percentage is allocated for Evaluating and Creating questions during Assessments

• 5%

• 15%

• 10%

These questions encourage students to break material into parts, describe patterns and relationships among parts, to subdivide information and to show how it is put together.

• Evaluating

• Understanding

• Applying

• Analyzing

These questions encourage students to develop opinions and make value decisions about issues based on specific criteria.

• Remembering

• Applying

• Analyzing

• Evaluating

These questions test the students’ ability to summarize and describe in their own words without necessarily relating it to anything.

• Remembering

• Applying

• Understanding

• Analyzing

Key Words: Memorize, Define, Identify, Repeat, Recall, State, Write, List & Name

• Understanding

• Remembering

• Applying

• Evaluating

Examples of questions:

"What would result if...?"

"What facts would you select to show...?"

"What approach would you use to...?"

"How would you use...?" 

• Understanding

• Applying

• Analyzing

• Evaluating