academic assessments
Grades and exams
Academic assessments are tools used to measure student learning, skills, or knowledge—tests, exams, essays, projects, and the like.
The phrase covers both formal evaluations like standardized tests and informal ones like classroom quizzes.
The district revised its academic assessments to better reflect critical thinking skills.
Assessment results guide instruction and determine grades, placement, or graduation eligibility.
- summativeExpressing a total
- formativeInfluencing development or growth
- learning outcomesMeasurable skills from instruction
- learning objectivesIntended outcomes of instruction
- rubricsScoring standards for evaluation
skill mastery · portfolios · authentic · essays · criterion-referenced · diagnostic · case studies · norm-referenced · observations · quizzes · blue book exam · oral presentations · standardized · multiple choice · test scores · grading · final grade · pass fail
academic assessmentsextracurricular activities
Non-academic school pursuits
sports · recess · free play · club activities · social events
academic assessmentsclassroom instruction
Teaching in school setting
teaching · lectures · lessons · tutoring · demonstrations
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