learning develops and supports students' metacognitive skills. This form of assessment is crucial in helping students become lifelong learners. As students engage in peer and self-assessment

• Assessment of Learning

• Assessment for Learning

• Assessment as Learning

a tool, technique or a method that is intended to measure students’ knowledge or their ability to complete a particular task. In this sense, testing can be considered as a form of assessment.

• Assessment

• Measurement

• Test

• Evaluation

the process of determining a quantitative or qualitative academic attribute of an individual or group of individuals.

• Educational Assessment

• Educational Measurement

• Educational Test

• Education Evalutation

the systematic collection, review, and use of information about educational programs undertaken for the purpose of improving student learning and development.

• Assessment

• Test

• Measurement

• Evaluation

It measures performance relative to all other students taking the same test. This is the type of test you can use if you want to know how a student is compared to the rest.

• Summative Assessment

• Criterion-referenced testing

• Norm-referenced testing

• Formative Assessment

tests used to make important decisions about students. These include whether students should be promoted, allowed to graduate, or admitted to programs.

• Norm-referenced testing

• Norm-referenced testing

• High Stakes Testing

theory which holds that system-wide improvement is most likely to occur if educators align the major components of the educational system (standards, curriculum, and assessments) surrounding schools so that they reinforce each other.

• The theory of alignment

• Motivational theory

• Symbolism theory

• Information theory

the process of characterizing and appraising some aspect or aspects of an educational process. It is a systematic determination of merit, worth, and significance of something or someone using criteria against a set of standards.

• Educational evaluation

• Educational Essessment

• Formative Assessment

• Summative Assessment

maintains that student performance data are useful for teachers and administrators to make decisions about students and programs and that providing such data to local educators and giving them incentives to improve their performance will guide classroom and organizational decision-making.

• Symbolism theory

• Information theory

• Motivational theory

• The theory of alignment

a type of test developed by the classroom teachers.

• Non-standardized

• Standardized test

• Objective test

• Subjective