ESE Exam Review- Competency 2:Knowledge of Assessment
and Evaluation #1 Questions with Correct Answers
Types of assessments - ✔✔Diagnostic, formative, summative, criterion-
referenced, norm- referenced (percentile)
Diagnostic - ✔✔A pre-assessment providing instructors with information about
students' prior knowledge, preconceptions, and misconceptions before beginning
a learning activity.
Example of Diagnostic Assessment - ✔✔Before starting a unit on earth space
science, a teacher gives a quick assessment to determine students' knowledge,
perceptions, and misconceptions about earth space science.
Formative - ✔✔A range of formal and informal assessments or checks conducted
by the teacher before, during, and after the learning process in order to modify
instruction.
Example of Formative Assessment - ✔✔A teacher walks around the room
checking on students as they read. She might also write anecdotal notes to review
later to help her design further instruction.
Summative - ✔✔An assessment that focuses on the outcome of a program or
lesson. Summative assessments are often used to measure growth.
Example of Summative Assessments - ✔✔midterms, finals, final grades.
, Criterion- Referenced - ✔✔An assessment that measures student performance
against a fixed set of predetermined criteria or learning standards.
Examples of Criterion- Referenced Assessments - ✔✔The FCAT, EOC, and FSA are
criterion-referenced tests.
Norm-Referenced
(Percentile) - ✔✔An assessment or evaluation that yields an estimate of the
position of the tested individual in a predefined population with respect to the
trait being measured.
Examples of Norm-Referenced
(Percentile) Assessments - ✔✔The NAEP is an exam given every few years for data
purposes only to compare students' reading scores across the U.S.
Informal Assessments are also named - ✔✔formative and alternative
Informal Assessments are - ✔✔a great way to understand student progress.
Teachers can target students' specific problem areas, adapt instruction, and
intervene earlier rather than later
Types of Authentic Assessments - ✔✔oral, written, performance-based,
portfolios, progress monitoring
when working with English language learners (ELL) teachers usually assess them
with ________ - ✔✔oral assessments
and Evaluation #1 Questions with Correct Answers
Types of assessments - ✔✔Diagnostic, formative, summative, criterion-
referenced, norm- referenced (percentile)
Diagnostic - ✔✔A pre-assessment providing instructors with information about
students' prior knowledge, preconceptions, and misconceptions before beginning
a learning activity.
Example of Diagnostic Assessment - ✔✔Before starting a unit on earth space
science, a teacher gives a quick assessment to determine students' knowledge,
perceptions, and misconceptions about earth space science.
Formative - ✔✔A range of formal and informal assessments or checks conducted
by the teacher before, during, and after the learning process in order to modify
instruction.
Example of Formative Assessment - ✔✔A teacher walks around the room
checking on students as they read. She might also write anecdotal notes to review
later to help her design further instruction.
Summative - ✔✔An assessment that focuses on the outcome of a program or
lesson. Summative assessments are often used to measure growth.
Example of Summative Assessments - ✔✔midterms, finals, final grades.
, Criterion- Referenced - ✔✔An assessment that measures student performance
against a fixed set of predetermined criteria or learning standards.
Examples of Criterion- Referenced Assessments - ✔✔The FCAT, EOC, and FSA are
criterion-referenced tests.
Norm-Referenced
(Percentile) - ✔✔An assessment or evaluation that yields an estimate of the
position of the tested individual in a predefined population with respect to the
trait being measured.
Examples of Norm-Referenced
(Percentile) Assessments - ✔✔The NAEP is an exam given every few years for data
purposes only to compare students' reading scores across the U.S.
Informal Assessments are also named - ✔✔formative and alternative
Informal Assessments are - ✔✔a great way to understand student progress.
Teachers can target students' specific problem areas, adapt instruction, and
intervene earlier rather than later
Types of Authentic Assessments - ✔✔oral, written, performance-based,
portfolios, progress monitoring
when working with English language learners (ELL) teachers usually assess them
with ________ - ✔✔oral assessments
