Indicator

I.F.2

Formal and/or informal assessments and evaluations reflect a variety of procedures and items.

Definition(s) and/or Explanation(s)

Formal Assessment and Evaluation Procedures refer to techniques deliberately planned for use by the teacher to determine whether or not learners are progressing toward mastery of learning goals and/or objectives.

Formal Assessment and evaluation procedures are typically grade-related.

Informal assessment procedures are methods used by the teacher and/or learners during the process of teaching and learning to see if learning is occurring and if teaching is promoting learning (VI.B).

Classroom Examples

Elementary and Secondary

During a unit of study on the Civil War, the PLAN includes two test procedures:

  1. a weekly paper and pencil test consisting of multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank items
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  2. an end-of-unit test consisting of short answer questions.




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