Formative Assessment

Summative Assessment

Diagnostic Assessment

Normative Assessment

To provide feedback to students during the learning process

To measure student achievement at the end of a unit or course

To identify students who need additional support

To compare students' performance to a group norm or standard

Reliability refers to the consistency of an assessment, while validity refers to the accuracy of an assessment.

Reliability refers to the fairness of an assessment, while validity refers to the usefulness of an assessment.

Reliability refers to the objectivity of an assessment, while validity refers to the subjectivity of an assessment.

Reliability refers to the difficulty of an assessment, while validity refers to the ease of an assessment.

SAT

ACT

GRE

All of the above

To identify items that are too difficult or too easy

To identify items that are biased or unfair

To identify items that are not aligned with the learning objectives

All of the above

Grading is the process of assigning a numerical or letter grade to a student's work, while feedback is the process of providing comments and suggestions to help the student improve their work.

Grading is the process of evaluating a student's work, while feedback is the process of providing a student with information about their performance.

Grading is the process of measuring a student's achievement, while feedback is the process of helping a student understand their strengths and weaknesses.

Grading is the process of comparing a student's work to a standard, while feedback is the process of providing a student with guidance on how to improve their work.

Positive feedback

Negative feedback

Corrective feedback

Descriptive feedback

To provide students with clear criteria for their work

To help teachers assess student work more consistently

To facilitate communication between teachers and students about assessment

All of the above

Summative assessment is used to measure student achievement at the end of a unit or course, while formative assessment is used to provide feedback to students during the learning process.

Summative assessment is used to compare students' performance to a group norm or standard, while formative assessment is used to identify students who need additional support.

Summative assessment is used to make decisions about student placement or promotion, while formative assessment is used to help students improve their learning.

All of the above

To measure student achievement

To provide feedback to students and teachers

To identify students who need additional support

To make decisions about student placement or promotion

All of the above

A multiple-choice test

A short answer test

A project

A portfolio

Norm-referenced assessment compares a student's performance to the performance of other students, while criterion-referenced assessment compares a student's performance to a predetermined standard.

Norm-referenced assessment is used to make decisions about student placement or promotion, while criterion-referenced assessment is used to provide feedback to students and teachers.

Norm-referenced assessment is more objective than criterion-referenced assessment.

Criterion-referenced assessment is more reliable than norm-referenced assessment.

To ensure that an assessment measures what it is intended to measure

To ensure that an assessment is fair and unbiased

To ensure that an assessment is reliable

To ensure that an assessment is useful

Quizzes

Homework assignments

Exit tickets

All of the above

To ensure that an assessment is consistent and produces similar results when administered multiple times

To ensure that an assessment is fair and unbiased

To ensure that an assessment is valid

To ensure that an assessment is useful