Assessing Your Assessment Knowledge

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According to Evangeline Harris Stefanakis, the word 'assess' comes from the Latin word 'assidere', which means

  • to gather evidence
  • to organize data
  • to determine learning
  • to sit beside (correct)

Assessment is the process of gathering evidence of students' performance over a period of time to determine

  • the extent to which students are improving
  • learning and mastery of skills (correct)
  • the goals of an academic program
  • the conditions that exist at a particular time

Assessment often involves measurement to gather data, but it is the domain of assessment to organize the measurement data into

  • summative and formative assessments
  • quantitative and qualitative data
  • descriptive and inferential statistics
  • interpretable forms on number of variables (correct)

Assessment is the systematic collection, review, and use of information about educational programs undertaken for the purpose of

<p>improving student learning and development (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Assessment is a formative process that focuses on

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