6) Ipsative Assessments
What is ipsative assessment?
An ipsative assessment is a type of assessment in education that is used to determine a student’s personal strengths, weaknesses, and growth.
What's the definition of Ipsative?
Ipsative comes from the Latin ipse meaning ”of the self,” and in education, the term is typically defined as “comparing an individual’s performance on a measure to his or her past performances.”
What does ipsative assessment measure?
This type of assessment is a good measure of student progress. After all — it’s focused on the individual student! That’s significantly different from the standardized test, which compares students to a “norm.”
How does ipsative assessment relate to other forms of assessment?
Ipsative assessments can be formed from other assessments. You may, for example, look at the pre-test given in the diagnostic assessment phase and compare it with results on a post-test given in the summative assessment phase for a truly quantitative assessment.