ASSESSMENT
IN HIGHER EDUCATION
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ASSESSMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION
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This page lists existing glossaries related to student assessment. If there are others you'd like to see listed, please email details.
There are also many acronyms of educational organizations.
The American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) Glossary of Assessment Terms from Spring/Summer 2002. 17 terms listed. Written as an article by Andrea Leskes, vice president for education and quality initiatives, AAC&U rather than as an alphabetical listing. Artswork's Glossary of Assessment Terms, based on Designing Assessment in Art, Carmen L. Armstrong, NAEA and the PTA Glossary. 26 terms listed. Assessment is defined as The process of judging student behavior or product in terms of some criteria. It may include objective tests as well as the use of rating scales, observation checklists, content analysis, interviews based on performances, discussions and written assignments. ERIC Digest's A Glossary of Measurement Terms. 29 terms listed. This glossary is not specifically about assessment but it explains some terms used in the measurement of testing.
University of Illinois James Madison University's Dictionary of Student Outcome Assessment, searchable online. Assessment is defined as The systematic process of determining educational objectives, gathering, using, and analyzing information about student learning outcomes to make decisions about programs, individual student progress, or accountability. New Horizons for Learning's Assessment Terminology: A Glossary of Useful Terms. (2002). 71 terms listed. Assessment is defined as ...the process of observing learning; describing, collecting, recording, scoring, and interpreting information about a student's or one's own learning. At its most useful, assessment is an episode in the learning process; part of reflection and autobiographical understanding of progress. SABES ( System for Adult Basic Education Support) in Massachusetts Glossary of Useful Assessment Terms. 94 terms listed. Assessment is defined as Any systematic method of obtaining information from tests and other sources, used to draw inferences about characteristics of people, objects, or programs; the process of gathering, describing, or quantifying information about performance; an exercise-such as a written test, portfolio, or experiment-that seeks to measure a student's skills or knowledge in a subject area. Barry
Sweeny's UCLA's Assessment Glossary from CRESST. 35 terms listed. Assessment is defined as The process of gathering, describing, or quantifying information about performance. Western Michigan University's Glossary of Evaluation Terms reprinted from The Program Evaluation Standards, 2nd Edition (Sage, 1994) 126 terms listed. Assessment is defined as The act of determining the standing of an object on some variable of interest, for example, testing students, and reporting scores. |
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