EDUC 321 - ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Kindergarten
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What is a test? e an instrument designed to measure any characteristic, quality, ability, knowledge or skill. It comprised of items in the area it is designed to measure. e. Assigning of numbers to the results of a test or other type of assessment. Awarding points for a particular aspect of an essay or performance. Assessment can be defined both as a product and a process. It refers to the instrument (e. g. set of questions or tasks) that is designed to elicit a predetermined behavior, unique performance, or a productfrom a student. Assessment as a process e collection, interpretation, and use of qualitative and quantitative. Information to assist teachers in their educational decision-making. It provides the information which enables evaluation to take place. What is evaluation? e aprocess of making judgments about the quality of a performance, product, skill, or behavior of a student. Includes using some basis to judge worth or value.