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-occurs during the process of learning
-teacher and students monitor progress
-results used to modify instruction and/or student approach to learning |
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-occurs at the end of a specific time or course of study
-usually yields a single # or grade the represents student performance |
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| Forms of Informal Assessments |
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-running records
-checklists
-anecdotal records
-portfolios |
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| informal oral assessment that provides info about a student's reading level, style, and strategy use. determines student's independent, instructional, a frustration level. should be taken every 3-4 weeks to monitor progress |
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| type of informal assessment where teacher makes advanced list of competencies, skills, or requirements then uses the list to check off student accomplishments |
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| type of informal assessment in which the teacher records as much or as little detail as she wishes about student performance and uses the data for feedback purposes |
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| collection of the student's best work which is used as an informal assessment |
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| types of formal assessments |
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-teacher-generated instruments
-paper and pencil tests
-district exams and standardized tests |
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| teacher-generated instruments |
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| formal assessments that are generally developed at the same time as the planning of goals and outcomes; serve as lesson development guides for the teacher |
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| most common teacher-generated formal assessment for evaluating student progress |
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| most common teacher-generated formal assessment for evaluating student progress |
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| criterion-referenced tests |
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| used to determine the extent to which each student achieves uniform objectives or criteria. Allow the possibility that all students can score 100%. teacher-generated tests should be this kind of test. |
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| test to compare the performance of a student to some standard. the standard could consist of performance by other students who share some characteristic of the student such as age. |
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| one way of reporting results of a norm-referenced test. score indicates the percentage of the population whose score falls at or below the student's particular score. scores tell us how well students are performing relative to others of the same age and/or background.does not tell how well student has mastered content. |
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| extent to which a test will yield consistent results. |
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| extent to which a test actually measures what it is supposed to |
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| performance-based assessment |
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| assess students on how they perform a specific task, requires higher level thinking skills |
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