ability test : A test designed to measure what a person can do. Ability tests are sub - divided into aptitude and achievement test.
achievement test : An ability test designed to appraise what the individual has learnt to do as a result of planned previous experience or training.
affective : Related to attitudes, dispositions, motivations, preferences, tastes, of values.
aim : A general change intended to be brought about in a learner.
analysis : the examination of a whole by separation into its component parts.
aptitude : Capacity for learning.
assessment : An informal or general judgement : a measure of achievement.
behavioral objective : An educational objective stated in terms of a specific or typical overt action to be performed by the learner following instruction.
cognitive : Related to knowledge or intellectual activity.
competency based : Designed so that demonstrated achievement alone determines learner progress and qualifications.
constructed - response test : A test (usually written) in which the examinee writes the answers to questions in his or her own words.
continuous assessment : A frequently made judgement on the changing characteristics of students from which longitudinal studies and / or final assesment may be made.
criterion referenced test : Tests to establish the extent to which the student has achieved the stated objective. The criterion is a per - determined level of achievement.
curriculum : An organized set of formal educational and / or training intentions.
design : A deliberate process of devising, planning, and selecting the elements, techniques, and procedures that constitute some object or endeavour.
difficulty index : A numerical value used to express the difficulty of a test item. It may be stated as the percent of the total class or the percent of the more or less able students in the class getting the item correct.
discrimination : The capacity to distinguish between categories or groups.
discrimination index : Estimate of difference between scores on a test item of more and less knowledgeable or proficient examinees.
distractor : A term sometimes used to designate the incorrect response options provided in a multiple choice item.
education : Development of an individual that include exposure to significant experiences.
educational technology : The development of a set of systematic techniques, and accompanying practical knowledge, for designing, testing and operation schools as educational system.
evaluation : A process of judgement based on comparison of ascrtained measurement against criteria.
feasibility : The capacity to be successfully realized in the real world.
first test : A tryout of a program under "typical use' conditions.
formative evaluation : Evaluation conducted for the purpose of diagnosis and correction.
goal : A general term encompassing all types of learning outcomes.
grading : Recording student achievement using an alphabetical or percentage scale. The result is in ascending or descending order of students.
impression marking : A subjective approach to student assessment.
internal evaluation : A review of a completed curriculum by its developers, usually conducted prior to external review.
item analysis : A formal technique for the evaluation of individual test items by examination of the pattern of response.
mastery : The possession of a high degree of knowledge, ability, or expertise.
Mastery learning : an approach to instruction aiming at the development of mastery in almost all learners.
norm - referenced : Judged by comparison with the performance of others.
objective : A specific behaviour - intended to be brought about in a learner.
parameter : A constant or design characteristic of a system, whose value determines the nature or behaviour of the system.
problem solving : The process of arriving at a diagnosis or treatment plan.
reliability : The degree to which a test is consistent in measuring whatever it does measure.
selected - response test : A test in which the examinee chooses an answer to each question from a given list of alternatives.
simulation : a representation under controlled conditions of phenomena or events in the real world.
standardized test : A test consisting of items refined by successive tryout, analysis, and revision, administered under clearly defined conditions, and allowing comparision of test performance with norms based on tests of extensive sample populations.
summative evaluation : Evaluation made subsequent to completion to judge achievement of objectives.
task analysis : The examination of an activity by breaking into description of its component element and their interrelationships.
validity : The extent to which a test actually measures the characteristics it is intended to measure.