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Assessment Vocab
Assessment Voacbulary- ECH 383
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Assessment | The evaluation of a skill, ability, or knowledge or a person/thing. |
| Accountability | Willingness to be accountable, being able to take responsibility of ones actions/words/ |
| Documentaion | Gathering material that provides evidence, information, or acts as a record. |
| Diagnostsic Assessment | Assess a learners current knowledge or views on a particular subject/idea. |
| Formative Assessment | Assessing what the students know as they are learning it, on-going and continuous. |
| Summative Assessment | Designed to measure how much a student knows at the conclusion of a course/unit/lesson. |
| Authentic Assessment | Assessing the knowledge of what a student has learned but done in a meaningful way to the student. (not test, essays, quizes) |
| Rubric | Scoring guide used to evaluate a students' work or show how one will be evaluated. |
| Checklist | A comprehensive list of things to be done or achieved. |
| Portfolio | A collection of work compiled over a period of time. Used for assessing or showcasing work. |
| Artifact | Anything that provides evidence about a learning experience. |
| Anecdotal Note | A detailed and descriptive narrative done after an observation, interaction, specific behavior. |
| Observation | Observing an experience from beginning to end. |
| Perception | A way of looking, understanding, and iterprerting something. |
| Developmentally Appropriate Practice | Method of supporting and fostering learning and development of children. Doing so by using strategies/activities that are age, and developmentally appropriate. |
| Planning | The act of thinking and carrying our ideas in regards to activities/lessons to achieve a desired learning outcome. |
| Standards | Outline for what students are expected to learn. |
| Objectives | What students will know or be able to do at the end of a lesson/unit. |
| Standardized Test | A test that is given to all students in the same manner and graded in the same way. Used to assess a learning program. |
| High-Stakes Testing | Used to make important decisions on a student or has an important outcome to the student. |