Assessment Vocabulary

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Assessments based on comparing results to a group of test-takers that represent the demographics of the people who are taking/have taken the test.

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Norm-referenced assessment

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A question has this when any group is offended or unfairly penalized by the content or wording of the question.

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Bias

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An assessment that judges a test-taker's ability, knowledge, or understand when compared to a list of objectives or measurable outcomes

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Criterion-referenced assessment

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Tests that can measure how well a student was instructed have a high level of this attribute

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Instructional sensitivity

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In its broadest sense, this is a measure of how well an assessment assesses what is supposed to assess

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Validity

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This term refers to how consistent an assessment is--internally and between times when students take the same test.

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Reliability

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Assessments that help teachers and students see where the learning problems are so they can determine next steps for fixing those problems.

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Formative assessments

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Assessments that measure what has been learned over a period of time; measuring the end results of the learning process.

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Summative assessments

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Assessments that give students choices based on learning styles, multiple intelligences, interest, readiness, etc.

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Differentiated assessments

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Assessments developed by small groups of teachers at the same grade level, on the same team, or by those that teach the same course. These assessments are then administered to students and the data analyzed.

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Common assessments

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Students are assessed not only on content but how well they can come up to solutions to real-world problems.

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Problem-based learning