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Question:
Assessment comes from assess which means to examine something and come to conclusions about it.
For example:
The teacher's assessment of her students showed how much they had learned during the year.
a guess which is not based on facts
a judgment based on measurements
using criteria to decide how good or valuable something is
an examination of ability
Which answers are closest in meaning to assessment? Choose the 3 correct answers.
Response:
think of ideas for a new product.
measure a person's knowledge.
review a person's performance at work.
evaluate a person's abilities.
Which answers best explain the meaning of assessment?
Choose the 3 correct answers to complete the sentence.
We use an assessment to...
The examples below illustrate the meaning of assessment.
a doctor checking to see how healthy you are
a driving test for a driver's license
a mathematics exam
reward for a job well done
Which answers are examples of assessment? Choose the 3 correct answers.
Read the paragraph and answer the question below.
which schools needed additional hours of reading practice.
which school had the best teachers.
if the reading ability of some children was below their grade level.
Reading Assessment in Schools
Researchers assessed 5th grade children in three different schools in order to establish whether the children were reading at their grade level. The purpose of this assessment was to identify which children required additional assistance. The researchers' results showed that in two of the schools the level of reading ability was above average and in one school it was below average. The assessment also enabled the researchers to identify which schools required extra resources to help children read at their grade level.
Choose 2 correct answers that best complete the sentence. According to this paragraph, this assessment enabled researchers to find out ...