Assessments in Education Video

Video link if needed: https://youtu.be/zTkQjH-_97c (These links are in the header of this doc, so you need to click into the header first, in order to make the link work)
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Type Characteristics/Purpose Examples

1 Formative Used during the teaching process Thumbs up/thumbs down
and a quick check for brainstorming
understanding.
Directly benefit students (part of
instruction)
2 Summative Measure long term academic goal Midterms, unit tests, projects

3 Diagnostic Used to get prior knowledge on Pre-course test (not graded)

students and plan future
instruction
4 Formal Strict and specific testing and SAT
rules

5 Informal Lack supporting data and use Exit ticket

normal testing procedures

6 Behavioral Special education Functional behavioral

assessment

7 Rating Scales Ask students to rate Professor evaluations

understanding on scale

8 Emotional Used to examine more emotional Checklists and student

adept students and often written questionnaires
as observations
9 Screening Used to identify students in RTI
danger of failing, found in
response to intervention
10 Authentic Take place in authentic setting Project, speech, report, video

11 Performance Assess ability to complete an Have student complete an

academic task application in a programming
class
12 Group/Individual Assessment given to individual or I.E.P requires individual
group

13 Criterion Reference Graded on amount of mastered Created by teacher as simple

content classroom assessments

14 Norm Reference Comparison of students against SAT and GRE assessment

similar demographics

Directions: While watching the 4 min. video, you will need to take notes about each of the 14 types of assessments
listed. Use this form to take your notes (handwritten or typed). Afterwards, you & a partner will use Google Docs &
Drawings to create an Infographic (visual & text representation) about 4 of the 14 assessments. See assignment
directions for more information about the process.