"Educational assessment or educational evaluation is the systematic process of documenting and using empirical data on the knowledge, skill, attitudes, aptitude and beliefs to refine programs and improve student learning."
The process of gathering and interpreting data to make informed decisions about student learning and development. Includes test development, validity and reliability, formative and summative assessment, and feedback and grading.
The Difference Between Assessment and Evaluation: Understanding the distinct roles and purposes of assessment and evaluation in educational psychology.
Types of Assessment: Learning about different types of assessments including formative, summative, diagnostic, and standardized assessments.
Assessment Design and Development: Creating valid, reliable, and fair assessments that accurately measure student learning.
Assessment and Evaluation Methods: Understanding different methods of assessing and evaluating learning, such as rubrics, portfolios, and self-assessment.
Assessment and Evaluation Technologies: Using technology-based tools to assess and evaluate student learning, such as online quizzes, digital portfolios, and learning management systems.
Norm- and Criterion-Referenced Assessments: Understanding and applying different modes of analysis of assessments results, including norm- and criterion-referenced assessments.
Qualitative and Quantitative Assessments: Using qualitative and quantitative assessment methods to understand and measure learning experiences.
Effective Feedback: Providing constructive feedback to students, using different approaches such as written, verbal, and electronic feedback.
Assessment Literacy: Enhancing teachers’ own assessment literacy to develop reflective practices for interpreting and using assessment data to improve student learning.
Data-Driven Instruction: Using data and analysis to inform instructional decisions and improve student learning outcomes.
Diagnostic Assessment: A type of assessment used to determine a student's strengths, weaknesses, and knowledge gaps to design an effective learning plan.
Formative Assessment: It is an ongoing assessment conducted before or during instruction to measure students' understanding and adjust instruction accordingly.
Summative Assessment: A type of evaluation used to measure a student's overall learning at the end of a unit or course.
Performance Assessment: It evaluates the ability of students to perform a task, skill or demonstrate their knowledge and understanding.
Portfolio Assessment: A collection of assessments, including tests and projects, used to evaluate student learning over time.
Norm-Referenced Assessment: A type of assessment used to compare an individual's performance against a group's average performance and rank their performance.
Criterion-Referenced Assessment: A type of assessment used to evaluate whether students have met explicit learning criteria or standards.
Ipsative Assessment: A unique type of assessment that focuses on comparing personal performances of students at two different times or under different circumstances.
Peer Assessment: A process of evaluating students by their peers to promote critical thinking and effective communication.
Self-Assessment: A type of assessment wherein students reflect on their learning progress, skills, and knowledge and set academic goals.
Authentic Assessment: An assessment type that assesses real-world skills, performance, and abilities rather than only theoretical knowledge.
Dynamic Assessment: A type of assessment that incorporates real-time feedback and discussion to allow students to improve their performance.
Alternative Assessment: A type of assessment that uses non-traditional methods such as performance tasks, portfolios, projects, and peer evaluation to assess student learning.
High-Stakes Assessment: An assessment that determines a student's educational progress and future opportunities such as college admissions or job placement.
Low-stakes Assessment: A type of assessment used for formative or diagnostic purposes such as quizzes or informal observations.
"Assessment data can be obtained from directly examining student work to assess the achievement of learning outcomes or can be based on data from which one can make inferences about learning."
"Assessment is often used interchangeably with test, but not limited to tests."
"Assessment can focus on the individual learner, the learning community, a course, an academic program, the institution, or the educational system as a whole (also known as granularity)."
"The word 'assessment' came into use in an educational context after the Second World War."
"As a continuous process, assessment establishes measurable and clear student learning outcomes, providing a sufficient amount of learning opportunities to achieve these outcomes, implementing a systematic way of gathering, analyzing and interpreting evidence to determine how well student learning matches expectations."
"Assessment is an important aspect of the educational process which determines the level of accomplishments of students."
"The final purpose of assessment practices in education depends on the theoretical framework of the practitioners and researchers, their assumptions and beliefs about the nature of the human mind, the origin of knowledge, and the process of learning."
"...using empirical data on the knowledge, skill, attitudes, aptitude, and beliefs to refine programs and improve student learning."
"Assessment data can be obtained from directly examining student work to assess the achievement of learning outcomes..."
"Assessment can focus on the individual learner, the learning community, a course, an academic program, the institution, or the educational system as a whole..."
"Implementing a systematic way of gathering, analyzing and interpreting evidence to determine how well student learning matches expectations."
"Assessment establishes measurable and clear student learning outcomes."
"...providing a sufficient amount of learning opportunities to achieve these outcomes, implementing a systematic way of gathering, analyzing and interpreting evidence to determine how well student learning matches expectations, and using the collected information to inform improvement in student learning."
"Assessment is an important aspect of the educational process which determines the level of accomplishments of students."
"The final purpose of assessment practices in education depends on the theoretical framework of the practitioners and researchers..."
"Assessment... determines the level of accomplishments of students."
"Using empirical data on the knowledge, skill, attitudes, aptitude, and beliefs to refine programs and improve student learning."
"The final purpose of assessment practices in education depends on the... assumptions and beliefs about the nature of the human mind, the origin of knowledge, and the process of learning."
"As a continuous process, assessment establishes measurable and clear student learning outcomes, provides a sufficient amount of learning opportunities to achieve these outcomes, implements a systematic way of gathering, analyzing and interpreting evidence..."