1. Formative: An individual has been hired to train an organization's
administrative staff to use a new automated scheduling system. The
training runs for three days. The individual wants to know the progress
of each participant at the end of the first day and use that information
to plan the second day's instruction.
Which type of assessment should be used to obtain this information?
2. Criterion-referenced: An instructor is teaching an eight-week clinical
health course to college students. At the beginning of the course, each
,student performs a complex clinical procedure while being recorded. At
the end of the course, students perform the same procedure while
being recorded. The students compare these performances and reflect
on how their ability to perform the complex procedure has progressed.
Which assessment strategy does this describe?
3. It requires students to apply acquired knowledge to realistic situations.:
The learning goal for a research foundations course is "Apply a variety
of approaches to identify and solve problems." The summative
,assessment for the course involves applying these approaches to a case
study. Why would this authentic assessment strategy be effective in
measuring students' achievement of the learning goal?
4. By providing an opportunity for students to demonstrate their comput-
er-based composition skills: A learning goal for a middle school music
class unit is "Students will create music using computer-based
composition tools." After the class spends several weeks practicing
using the composition tools, an instructor for the course assigns a
, project in which students must compose an original song that is one
minute long, incorporates at least two instruments, and includes a
repeating chorus.
How would this competency-based assessment strategy determine
whether stu- dents met the learning goal?
5. To monitor student learning to guide instruction: The learning goal of a
fifth-grade math unit is "Students will be able to correctly identify place
values from one to ten million." A teacher for the course conducts
administrative staff to use a new automated scheduling system. The
training runs for three days. The individual wants to know the progress
of each participant at the end of the first day and use that information
to plan the second day's instruction.
Which type of assessment should be used to obtain this information?
2. Criterion-referenced: An instructor is teaching an eight-week clinical
health course to college students. At the beginning of the course, each
,student performs a complex clinical procedure while being recorded. At
the end of the course, students perform the same procedure while
being recorded. The students compare these performances and reflect
on how their ability to perform the complex procedure has progressed.
Which assessment strategy does this describe?
3. It requires students to apply acquired knowledge to realistic situations.:
The learning goal for a research foundations course is "Apply a variety
of approaches to identify and solve problems." The summative
,assessment for the course involves applying these approaches to a case
study. Why would this authentic assessment strategy be effective in
measuring students' achievement of the learning goal?
4. By providing an opportunity for students to demonstrate their comput-
er-based composition skills: A learning goal for a middle school music
class unit is "Students will create music using computer-based
composition tools." After the class spends several weeks practicing
using the composition tools, an instructor for the course assigns a
, project in which students must compose an original song that is one
minute long, incorporates at least two instruments, and includes a
repeating chorus.
How would this competency-based assessment strategy determine
whether stu- dents met the learning goal?
5. To monitor student learning to guide instruction: The learning goal of a
fifth-grade math unit is "Students will be able to correctly identify place
values from one to ten million." A teacher for the course conducts
