Types of Assessment of Learning

                           
 Types Of Assessment Of Learning
1. Diagnostic Assessment (as Pre-Assessment)
One way to think about it: Assesses a student’s strengths, weaknesses, knowledge, and skills prior to instruction.
Another way to think about it: A baseline to work from
2. Formative Assessment
One way to think about it: Assesses a student’s performance during instruction, and usually occurs regularly throughout the instruction process.
Another way to think about it: Like a doctor’s “check-up” to provide data to revise instruction
3. Summative Assessment
One way to think about it: Measures a student’s achievement at the end of instruction.

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Another way to think about it: It’s macabre, but if formative assessment is the check-up, you might think of summative assessment as the autopsy. What happened? Now that it’s all over, what went right and what went wrong?
4. Norm-Referenced Assessment
One way to think about it: Compares a student’s performance against other students (a national group or other “norm”)
Another way to think about it: Group or “Demographic” assessment
5. Criterion-Referenced Assessment
One way to think about it: Measures a student’s performance against a goal, specific objective, or standard.
Another way to think about it: a bar to measure all students against
6. Interim/Benchmark Assessment
One way to think about it: Evaluates student performance at periodic intervals, frequently at the end of a grading period. Can predict student performance on end-of-the-year summative assessments.
Another way to think about it: Bar graph growth through a year