Achievement Test
are assessment that its purpose is to measure skills and knowledge learned in a given grade level, usually through planned instruction, such as training or classroom instruction.
Norm-referenced test
is a type of assessment that allows teachers to compare a student´s results to someone else in their peer group.
Criterion-referenced test
is designed to measure student performance against a fixed set of predetermined criteria or learning standards, concise, written descriptions of what students are expected to know and be able to do at a specific stage of their education.
Meassurement
is the numerical value of scholastics ability, aptitude, achievement, etc.
Assessment
is the wide variety of methods of tools that educators use to evaluate, measure, and document the academic readiness, learning progress, skill acquisition, or educational need of students.
Evaluation
is the assignment of symbols to the phenomenon, in order to characterize the worth or value of a phenomenon, usually with reference to some cultural or scientific standards.
Formal Assessment
Informal Assessment
are undertaken activities and anecdotal evidence gathered throughout the teaching and learning process in a less prescribed manner than formal assessment.
Is a data-driven method of evaluating students, usually with well-defined grading parameters.
Diagnostic Test
Is a type of pre-evaluation that allows the teacher to discover how much knowledge a student has on a subject matter.
Aptitude Test
Is designed to assess what a person is capable of doing or to predict what a person is able to learn or do given the right education and instruction.
Measures an individual´s abilities and skills in a domain or subject to know how well he/she has learned, understood, and internalized the related concepts and principles.
Proficiency Test
Formative Assessment
Is to monitor student learning to provide ongoing feedback that can be used by instructors to improve their teaching and by students to improve their learning.
Summative Assessment
Are used to evaluate students learning, skill acquisition, and academic achievement at the conclusion of a defined instructional period-typically at the end of a project, unit, course, semester, program, or school year.