Assessments with Abbi

An assessment is anything a teacher uses to gauge student mastery of objectives. An assessment can range from simple observation to a quiz or project of some sort.

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​Students should be assessed daily and can be assessed in more than one way in a given class period.

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​Assessments must be reliable and valid. Reliable meaning fair, consistent from student to student, class to class. Valid meaning the assessment needs to be a true measure of a certain objective.

Diagnostic: Assesses a student’s strengths, weaknesses, knowledge, and skills prior to instruction.

​Benchmark- given at chosen intervals to assess student mastery of certain standards, used for multiple purposes including to identify need for remediation and predict future performance on standardized test.

​Formative assessment: occurs regularly throughout the instruction process, and teacher uses the results (grades) to determine next steps (remediation, enrichment).

​Summative assessment: Measures a student’s achievement at the end of instruction. Examples: semester exam, standardized subject area test

Norm-referenced assessment:  Compares a student’s performance against other students

Criterion-referenced assessment: Measures a student’s performance against a goal, specific objective, or standard.

Interim/benchmark assessment: Evaluates student performance at periodic intervals, frequently at the end of a grading period.