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Assessment conducted during instruction to guide teaching and learning; "for learning." Example: exit
tickets, quick quizzes, think-pair-share. - correct answer ✔Formative Assessment
Assessment at the end of instruction to evaluate mastery; "of learning." Example: final exams, projects,
unit tests. - correct answer ✔Summative Assessment
Pre-instruction assessment that identifies prior knowledge, strengths, and weaknesses. Example: pre-
tests, reading inventories. - correct answer ✔Diagnostic Assessment
Periodic assessments given during the year to check pacing toward standards. Example: MAP testing,
district benchmarks. - correct answer ✔Benchmark/Interim Assessment
Frequent, repeated measurement of a specific skill to evaluate growth. Example: weekly reading fluency
probes. - correct answer ✔Progress Monitoring
Assessment requiring real-world application of knowledge or skills. Example: portfolios, science
experiments, debates. - correct answer ✔Authentic Assessment
Tests with major consequences for students, teachers, or schools. Example: state standardized tests for
graduation. - correct answer ✔High-Stakes Assessment
Unstructured or less formal methods of checking understanding. Example: observation, questioning,
discussion. - correct answer ✔Informal Assessment
Structured, planned, and often standardized assessments. Example: final exams, district benchmarks. -
correct answer ✔Formal Assessment
, Assessment with fixed choices. Example: multiple-choice, true/false, matching. - correct answer
✔Selected Response
Assessment requiring students to generate their own answers. Example: essays, short answer. - correct
answer ✔Constructed Response
Students demonstrate skills in a real task. Example: oral presentation, lab work. - correct answer
✔Performance Assessment
Collection of student work showing growth and achievement over time. - correct answer ✔Portfolio
Assessment
Students assess each other's work using criteria or rubrics. - correct answer ✔Peer Assessment
Students reflect on and evaluate their own performance. - correct answer ✔Self-Assessment
Extent to which an assessment measures what it is intended to measure; accuracy. - correct answer
✔Validity
Does the assessment cover the full range of intended content or standards? - correct answer ✔Content
Validity
Does the assessment actually measure the intended construct (e.g., critical thinking, not just recall)? -
correct answer ✔Construct Validity
Does the assessment correlate with related outcomes? Includes predictive and concurrent validity. -
correct answer ✔Criterion-Related Validity