Assessments/Testing

Question 1

Diagnostic

Answer 1

• type of assessment used before instruction to see where students are currently

Question 2

Formative

Answer 2

• type of assessment used during instruction to check and see what students are learning and where modifications need to be made

Question 3

Summative

Answer 3

• type of assessment used after instruction to see what students have learned from the teaching

Question 4

Norm-referenced

Answer 4

• type of testing where all students are given the same test and compared against rank or percentile
• Example is ACT

Question 5

Criterion-based

Answer 5

• type of testing where all students are given the same criterion to pass - - not compared with other students
• example is SAT