posttest
After-instruction examination
A posttest is a test given after instruction or training to measure what was learned.
It typically follows a pretest, with the comparison revealing how much knowledge or skill was gained: Students showed significant improvement from pretest to posttest.
The term appears most often in educational research and program evaluation.
Formal knowledge assessment
- quizBrief informal test
- finalLast and decisive
- midtermExam at semester's middle
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
learning · knowledge · student · teacher · classroom · coursework · instruction · training
Achieves points; many
- resultsWhat follows from effort
- outcomesFinal results achieved
- gradingAssigning marks to work
- scoringEarning points in competition
achievement · proficiency · comprehension · retention · mastery · performance · improvement · gains
Authority to direct
- experimentalTesting new methods
- variablesChangeable elements in equations
- dataFacts for analysis
- analysisMethodical study of parts
findings · validity · reliability · statistical · significance · methodology · hypothesis · measurement
exam
Formal knowledge assessment
curriculum · learning · knowledge · student · teacher · classroom · coursework · instruction · training · workshop
scores
Achieves points; many
scoring · achievement · proficiency · comprehension · retention · mastery · performance · improvement · gains · baseline
control
Authority to direct
- experimentalTesting new methods
- variablesChangeable elements in equations
- dataFacts for analysis
analysis · findings · validity · reliability · statistical · significance · methodology · hypothesis · measurement · sampling
- assessmentevaluating, analyzing, exam, assessing, quiz
- school testsexam, quiz, pop quiz, final exam, multiple choice
- studyingstudying, study notes, learning, study plan, study session
- testsexam, exams, quiz, quizzes, final exam
- research methodsexperiment, hypothesis, deduction, experiments, induction
- assessmentsassessments, evaluation, evaluations, exam, exams
posttestpretest
Assessment before instruction
pre-test · pre-assessment · initial assessment · diagnostic test · placement test