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Assessments
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Formative
Definition: The process of gathering and monitoring student learning that occurs throughout the course or unit. These assessments can be used to adjust instruction and provide feedback.
Exit Slip: Written student responses to questions teachers ask at the end of class which allows teachers to quickly assess if students are understanding the material.
Quiz: A test of knowledge given to students that are used to assess what a student knows and provide evidence of student learning.
Summative
Definition: Summative assessments occur at the end of a unit or chunk of learning to evaluate student knowledge or skill proficiency.
Final Projects: An assignment given at the end of a course that covers all or most things learned in that course.
Exam: A test that is given at the end of a unit to evaluate if students have adequately learned the material covered in that period.
Interim/Benchmark
Definition: Interim/Benchmark assessments are typically administered to students periodically during the school year to monitor student growth and achievement in relation to specific learning goals and standards.
STAAR Test: The Texas State Assessment of Academic Readiness is the standardized test of Texas public schools used to assess a student's knowledge and achievement learned in each grade level.
Learning Checkpoint Test: Formative tests are taken throughout the year and are designed to provide data to inform students about their learning and teachers about their instruction and the quality of their learning environment.
Diagnostic
Definition: Diagnostic assessments are used as pre-assessments to determine what a student knows about a given subject and help teachers to see students' strengths and weaknesses to transform their instruction to address their needs.
Pre-Test: Non-graded assessment types that are used to determine a student's pre-existing knowledge on a given matter.
Self-Assessments: An evaluation of one's existing knowledge that can provide teachers with feedback on students' strengths and weaknesses to adjust instruction.
Performance:
Definition: Performance assessments require students to directly show what they know and are able to do through open-ended tasks.
Presentation Report: Requires students to offer information about a given subject to a person or group people to showcase their knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Student Portfolio: A collection of student work that offers evidence and valuable data on student improvement and skill mastery.
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