Assessment Declarative Knowledge Self-Assessment Quiz 1

A ________ represents one small sample of someone’s everyday life.

We use this sample of performance to infer a person’s ability or

knowledge.

• ASSESSMENT

• TEST

• MEASUREMENT

• FEEDBACK

It is the process of collecting information about skills,

knowledge or abilities. It is a method of collecting information

from tests or other sources.

• testing

• assessment

• measurement

• evaluation

It is the process of getting a number that tells us how much of a

characteristic that someone has.

• assessment

• testing

• measurement

• evaluation

We use this word to

refer to the person taking the test.

• test-taker

• interviewer

• interviewee

• student

The synonym of test-taker is....

• interviewee

• interviewer

• examinee

• student

These are judgments and decisions that are made using

the information collected from tests and assessments.

• measurement

• informal assessment

• alternative assessment

• evaluations

These assessments are given during the learning process

(during a class). They give the teacher information about how

well the students are learning. Teachers can use the information

from formative assessments to change their teaching and help

students who are not learning.

• formative assessment

• summative assessment

• alternative assessment

• authentic assessment

These assessments are given at the end of the learning

process (at the end of a class). The allow the teacher to evaluate

how well students have succeeded at mastering the class

objectives.

• formative assessment

• summative assessment

• alternative assessment

• authentic assessment

These assessments allow students to evaluate their own learning

or performance.

These assessments may improve student motivation by giving

students more control over their learning.

• formative assessment

• summative assessment

• alternative assessment

• Self-assessments

These tests are used when the goal is to

compare student performance against clearly defined body of

knowledge or set of skills. These tests usually have about 10

items for each area included in the test.

• formative assessment

• Criterion-referenced tests

• Norm-referenced tests

• Self-assessments