pre-test
Preliminary knowledge check
A pre-test is an assessment given before instruction or treatment begins, establishing a baseline for measuring subsequent learning or change.
Students take a pre-test at the start of a course; researchers administer one before an intervention.
The results help gauge how much progress follows: The pre-test showed most students already understood basic concepts.
Determining worth or quality
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- measurementDetermining size or amount
- baselineStandard for comparison
- appraisalEstimation of worth
analysis · scoring · grading · review · examination · screening · survey · study
One who steers aircraft
- dry-runPractice session beforehand
- betaGreek alphabet's second letter
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
- simulationImitation of real processes
feasibility · proof-of-concept · validation · exploratory · formative · preliminary · experimental · mockup
Deliberate learning effort
- reviewCritical written assessment
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
- drillHole-boring device
- homeworkStudent assignments for outside class
cramming · tutoring · coaching · revision · training · readiness · planning · strategy
State of meeting criteria
- qualificationRequired skill or condition
- inclusionBeing made part
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- criteriaStandards for judgment
selection · vetting · clearance · prerequisite · requirement · candidates · applicants · participants
evaluation
Determining worth or quality
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- measurementDetermining size or amount
- baselineStandard for comparison
appraisal · analysis · scoring · grading · review · examination · screening · survey · study · inspection
pilot
One who steers aircraft
- dry-runPractice session beforehand
- betaGreek alphabet's second letter
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
simulation · feasibility · proof-of-concept · validation · exploratory · formative · preliminary · experimental · mockup · sample
study
Deliberate learning effort
homework · cramming · tutoring · coaching · revision · training · readiness · planning · strategy · warm-up
eligibility
State of meeting criteria
- qualificationRequired skill or condition
- inclusionBeing made part
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
criteria · selection · vetting · clearance · prerequisite · requirement · candidates · applicants · participants · filter
- assessmentevaluating, analyzing, exam, assessing, quiz
- assessmentsassessments, evaluation, evaluations, exam, exams
- lie detectionpolygraph, lie detector, truth serum, electrodes, galvanometer
- baselinesstarting point, reference point, initial assessment, pretest, zero point
- researchstudy, research papers, researching, archive, peer review
- research methodsexperiment, hypothesis, deduction, experiments, induction
pre-testpost-test
Evaluation after intervention
final exam · final examination · follow-up test · exit exam · cumulative exam
pre-testfinal exam
Concluding course assessment
qualifying exam · comprehensive exam · board exam · standardized test