Assessment Types Description Purpose

Norm-Referenced -Refers to standardized tests on -Norm referenced tests

Assessments which a students performance is provides a great deal of
compared to their normative statistical information,
peers. allowing professionals to
compare one specific
-For example, all sixth-grade
students performance with
students in their state or national
that of other students in the
sample of sixth graders.
normative group.
Criterion-Referenced -An assessment procedure in -To make sure that students
Assessments which a students performance is
are meeting learning
compared to a specific level ofstandards that students are
mastery. expected to know and be able
do at a specific stage of their
-In other words, the childs
education.
performance is compared with a
standard expectation. For
example, 100% of knowledge of
multiplication facts.
Authentic Assessment -An evaluation of a students -Aims to evaluate students
ability by means of various work abilities in real-world
products, typically classroom contexts.
assignments and other activities.
-In other words, help students
-Does not focus on rote learning gain knowledge while
and passive test-taking, rather completing tasks that are
focuses on students analytic beneficial to their real-
skills- ability to integrate what world experiences.
they learned, ability to work
-Example would be using
collaboratively etc.
projects such as reports,
-Lets students show what they journals, speech, and videos
are capable of without the to measure students measure
pressure of having to perform of their understanding of the
well on a tradition test. subject material.
Portfolio Assessment -A type of authentic assessment; -Evaluating coursework
samples of different work quality, learning progress,
products gathered over time and and academic achievement.
across curriculum areas are
-Determining whether
evaluated.
students have met learning
-Is an evaluation tool used to standards or other academic
document student learning requirements for courses,
through a succession of student- grade-level promotion, and
developed artifacts graduation.
-It offers an alternative or -Helping students to reflect
additional to traditional methods on their academic goals and
of grading and high stakes progress as learners
exams.
-Creating a lasting collection
of academic work products,
accomplishments, and other
documentation.