What is the Difference between a Formative Assessment and a Summative Assessment?
Formative assessment is an ongoing assessment used to inform instruction...
0 Comments Posted Tuesday, July 01, 2008
What Makes an Assessment Diagnostic?
These are deep assessments that ask additional questions to find out how the teacher should improve instruction for a student or students...
0 Comments Posted Tuesday, July 01, 2008
What is the Difference between Criterion-Referenced and Norm-Referenced Testing?
These terms relate to how the results of an assessment are presented...
0 Comments Posted Tuesday, July 01, 2008
What is a Benchmark Assessment?
This term refers to a gauge of advancement, such as pre-testing at the beginning of a class/school yera and post-testing at the end. Or it can be one-time testing that provides comparison to state standards thus showing a "benchmark" of student abilities.
0 Comments Posted Tuesday, July 01, 2008
What is an Accountability or High Stakes Assessment?
These look to tell school administrators whether something is working or not. Is the school improving year after year? Is the a CD-ROM that they bought working? These assessments hold a person or program accountable for success.
0 Comments Posted Tuesday, July 01, 2008
What is RtI?
RtI is the model of intervention that a school district follows when responding to students who are below grade level in their core reading and math abilities.
0 Comments Posted Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Page 1 of 1 pages