Assessment
KEY CONCEPTS: ASSESSMENT AND TEST Assessment refers to any procedure that is used to obtain information on students’ learning. Unlike tests or any other forms of measurement, assessment does not necessarily result in a quantitative outcome. Regardless of whether an assessment is quantitative...
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| Format: | Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Centre for Professional Development (CPD), International Islamic University Malaysia.
2020
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/84074/1/84074_ASSESSMENT.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/84074/ https://www.iium.edu.my/my/centre/cpd/publication |
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| Summary: | KEY CONCEPTS: ASSESSMENT AND TEST
Assessment refers to any procedure that is used
to obtain information on students’ learning. Unlike
tests or any other forms of measurement,
assessment does not necessarily result in a
quantitative outcome. Regardless of whether an
assessment is quantitative or qualitative, it is
connected to particular goals or objectives for
which it has been designed for.
A test can be defined as a “systematic procedure
for measuring a sample of behaviour by posing a set
of questions in a unified way” (Linn & Gronlund,
2000). As a restricted amount of time is usually
allocated to assess whole content domains, tests
can only include a limited sample of questions.
Questions formulated for a test must be unified so
that they measure the same intended construct or
domain, and not anything else. Tests are a special
form of assessment made under fixed, artificial, or
contrived situations so that they are standardized
and can be easily administered and controlled. All
tests are assessments; however, not all
assessments are tests. |
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