Educational Assessment

Norm referenced grading is a way of judging student work by comparing each score to the performance of a larger

Criterion referenced grading is a way of scoring student work by comparing it to a set of fixed, published standards

Holistic rubrics are scoring tools that assign one overall rating to a piece of student work, such as an essay,

Analytic rubrics are scoring guides that separate a piece of student work into distinct criteria, each rated on its own

Rubric construction is the process of designing a scoring guide that describes what quality looks like for a task and

Performance assessment tasks ask students to apply knowledge and skills to a realistic problem, product, or demonstration rather than select

Diagnostic assessment tools are short checks that teachers use before or early in a unit to find out what students

Summative assessment design is the process of planning the tests, projects and tasks that check what students have learned at

Formative assessment methods are the quick, ongoing checks teachers use during learning to see what students understand and what needs