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Accreditation: Process by which a facility's services and operations are examined by a third-party accrediting agency to determine if applicable standards are met
Bell Curve Grading: Method of assigning grades designed to yield a desired distribution of grades among the students in a class.
Challenge Index: Method for the statistical ranking of top public high schools in the United States by Washington Post columnist Jay Matthews.
Computer-Adapative Test: Method for administering tests that adapts to the examinee's ability level
Course Evaluation: Paper or electronic questionnaire, which requires a written or selected response answer to a series of questions in order to evaluate the instruction of a given course.
Dynamic Assessment: Kind of interactive assessment used most in education
E-Assessment: Use of information technology for any assessment-related activity
Educational Evaluation: The evaluation process of characterizing and appraising some aspect/s of an educational process. Educational Testing Service: World's largest private educational testing and measurement organization, operating on an annual budget of approximately $900 million
Eights System:
The name refers to the fact that three of the four highest letter grades have a range of eight points, while the remaining one spans seven points.
Free Response: Type of question used in tests in education, workplace, and government
Modern Language Aptitude Test: Designed to predict a student’s likelihood of success and ease in learning a foreign language.
Multiple Choice: Questions or items are a form of assessment item for which respondents are asked to select one or more of the choices from a list
National Latin Examination: Worldwide test given to Latin students
Nines System:
The system owes its name to the fact that each of the top four letter grades in it cover a range of nine points
Pimsleur Language Aptitude Battery: Assessment developed to predict student success in foreign language learning, or language learning aptitude, and for diagnosing language learning disabilities
Plagiarism: Practice of dishonestly claiming or implying original authorship of material which one has not actually created, such as when a person incorporates material from someone else's work into their own work without attributing it
Praxis Test: Set of teacher certification exams written and administered by the Educational Testing Service
Standardized Test: Test administered and scored in a standard manner
Standards-based Assessment: Based on the outcome-based education or performance-based education philosophy
Tens System:
The system owes its name to the fact that each passing grade spans ten points, except for the "A" grade |
