Summative assessment
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Given at end of instructional unit to evaluate students understanding of a
specific learning objective
Norm-referenced assessment
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Compares student performance to another population, such as peers who
have taken the same test
, Analytic scoring
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Scoring a student's performance on an assessment by evaluating various
aspects of it separately. Different skills are marked separately and each skill
is divided into components (listening: spelling, comprehension etc)
Holistic scoring
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Summarizing a student's performance on an assessment with a single score.
Authentic assessment
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Assessment procedures that test skills and abilities as they would be
applied in real-life situations
Assessment activities which reflect the actual workplace, family, community
and school curriculum. Involves using tasks that are typical of the kinds of
reading or writing that students perform in school and out.
An alternative form of assessment that reflects the actual learning and
activities of students. In this the emphasis is on the product produced, as
opposed to multiple choice or other type of objective assessments.
Examples of this methods would include rubrics, observations, samples of
work, anecdotal records, and portfolios.
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Given at end of instructional unit to evaluate students understanding of a
specific learning objective
Norm-referenced assessment
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Compares student performance to another population, such as peers who
have taken the same test
, Analytic scoring
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Scoring a student's performance on an assessment by evaluating various
aspects of it separately. Different skills are marked separately and each skill
is divided into components (listening: spelling, comprehension etc)
Holistic scoring
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Summarizing a student's performance on an assessment with a single score.
Authentic assessment
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Assessment procedures that test skills and abilities as they would be
applied in real-life situations
Assessment activities which reflect the actual workplace, family, community
and school curriculum. Involves using tasks that are typical of the kinds of
reading or writing that students perform in school and out.
An alternative form of assessment that reflects the actual learning and
activities of students. In this the emphasis is on the product produced, as
opposed to multiple choice or other type of objective assessments.
Examples of this methods would include rubrics, observations, samples of
work, anecdotal records, and portfolios.
