Term Assessment

1. Information and data gathered along the way that is used to improve, modify, or revise a program, curriculum, or unit of instruction to enhance student learning. This type of evaluation helps guide ongoing classroom instruction.

• Formative Evaluation

• Rubric

• Median

• Reliability

1.  A teacher-constructed list of characteristics used as criteria for ranking the quality of students' work, along with some type of guide for scoring or grading. Usually, this guide describes the criteria along with a numerical range or scale to indicate the degree of quality or mastery shown by the work. There are many different types of these, all of which are useful for the project or performance assessment.

• Correlation

• Rubric

• Range

• Median

1. The middle number; the point where there is one-half above and one-half below, thus dividing the group into two equal parts: the 50th percentile…..

• Rubric

• Range

• Median

• Evaluation

 A relationship, correspondence, or connection between two things. This is not a cause-and-effect relationship; two items may be strongly "connected" without one causing the other.

• Median

• Correlation

• Evaluation

• Range

The extent to which a score differs from a certain reference point, usually the norm, midpoint, or average.

• Reliability

• Correlation

• Range

• Deviation

1.  A combination of natural and acquired talents, interests, and abilities that a student may innately possess or have learned. These usually indicate the ability to learn more and develop proficiency in a given area, subject, or skill.

• Aptitude

• Attitude

• Deviation

• Likert Scale

1.  Describes the degree to which a given test measures what it says it is measuring.

• Range

• Content Validity

• Rubric

• Evaluation

1.  The use of an assessment to determine the effectiveness of a unit, course of study, or program after completion. An example is a final exam or the test at the end of a unit of study. It should be reliable and generally allows for comparisons among students. It is often used to grade students but may also be used for future curriculum and instruction planning.

• Rubric

• Formative Evaluation

• Summative Evaluation

• Likert Scale

 Predicts what a student will be able to do in the future and the likely effects of future learning experiences. Thus, it may predict future behavior, achievements, or performance by measuring general abilities,

• Aptitude Test

• Rubric

• Summative Assessment

• Formative Assessment

1. A type of standardized score based on a scale of nine equal units that range from a high of 9 to a low of 1. In general, values of 1-3 are considered below average, 4-6 average, and 7-9 above average.

• Rubric

• Formative

• Summative

• Stanine