Assessment Vocabulary Quiz

Information and data gathered along the way that is used to improve, modify, or revise a program, curriculum, or unit of instruction to enhance student learning. This type of evaluation helps guide ongoing classroom instruction.

• Summative Evaluation

• Rubric

• Formative Evaluation

• Evaluation

A teacher-constructed list of characteristics used as criteria for ranking the quality of students' work, along with some type of guide for scoring or grading.

• Standards

• Rubric

• Diagnostic Test

• Portfolio Assessment

The middle number; the point where there is one-half above and one-half below, thus dividing the group into two equal parts.

• Range

• Deviation

• Mean

• Median

A collection and evaluation of student products and performances selected for inclusion based on agreed-upon criteria, often showing growth, self-reflection, and achievement.

• Evaluation

• Portfolio Assessment

• Aptitude Test

• Likert Scale

The process of gathering and using qualitative and quantitative data to make a judgment of value, worth, merit, or effectiveness.

• Correlation

• Evaluation

• Standard Deviation

• Grade Equivalent

The extent to which scores, tests, or assessments are accurate, dependable, consistent, and free from error over time.

• Reliability

• Validity

• Correlation

• Standards

A relationship or connection between two things, not implying a cause-and-effect relationship.

• Correlation

• Standard Deviation

• Deviation

• Grade Equivalent

The difference between the highest and lowest scores plus 1.

• Standard Deviation

• Mean

• Range

• Median

An assessment that measures progress toward mastery of specific objectives or standards, not in comparison to others.

• Grade Equivalent

• Criterion-referenced

• Diagnostic Test

• Summative Evaluation

A score that relates a student’s raw score to the average scores of students in different grade levels, though often misleading due to instructional differences.

• Grade Equivalent

• Aptitude

• Median

• Deviation