WGU D293 Assessment and Learning
Analytics OA Exam Test Notes
Western Governors University
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Types of Assessment
Formative Assessment
• Provides insight to instructors and teachers to tailor their strategies or
adjust their lessons
• Used throughout the course
• mnemonic - FORMS the lessons as they go
Diagnostic Assessment
• Typically presented at the start of a course to provide a point of
reference to measure progress
• Some diagnostic tests can be formative
• mnemonic - DIAGNOSES how much learning is needed
Summative Assessment
• Measures the achievement of learning goals or objectives
• mnemonic - this assessment reveals the SUM of everything learned
Assessment Strategies
Competency-based Assessment
• Focuses more on application of skills and knowledge than possession of
knowledge
• mnemonic - competent means you can DO the thing. with this type of
assessment you show that you can DO the thing
Criterion-referenced Assessment
• Measures student learning based on concrete standard, objective, or
outcome
• Item-selection bias - Are the individual test items more suited to one
group’s language and cultural experiences?
• mnemonic - when writing the assessment they REFERENCE the
learning CRITERIA
Ipsative Assessment
• Measures student learning against past knowledge or performance
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