Formative assessment
ests designed to compare an individual to a group of peers, usually based on national standards.
Ipsative assessment
Norm-referenced assessments
Compare the score of an individual student to a learning standard and performance level, independent of other students around them.
Help you track how student knowledge is growing and changing in the classroom
It is used to identify students' knowledge of a specific area or topic.
Diagnostic assessment
Evaluate student learning and academic achievement at the conclusion of a instructional period (project, unit, course, semester, program, or school year)
It is used to identify students' knowledge of a specific area or topic
Summative assessment
Criterion-referenced assessments