1. Self Assessment
   1. Highlights
      1. Students have the opportunity to honestly report their own strengths an weaknesses
      2. Great platform to help students set and achieve goals
   2. Purpose
      1. Students give the teacher self evaluations
      2. The teacher can use this information to help students set goals and to strengthen their weaknesses
   3. Examples
      1. Surveys
      2. Self Reflections
      3. Self evaluations
      4. Interviews
2. Peer Assessment
   1. Highlights
      1. Students evaluate each other
   2. Purpose
      1. Students may be more inclined to perform their best for an audience of peers rather than for a teacher
      2. Students take more responsibility for their own learning and for their classmates
   3. Examples
      1. Written reflection on group assigments
      2. Turn and talk
      3. Peer review for projects and papers
      4. Student created rubrics
3. Summative Assessment
   1. Highlights
      1. Post Learning
      2. Takes place after all is said and done
      3. Usually no option for revision
      4. High point value
   2. Purpose
      1. To evaluate student learning
      2. To compare students stores against a benchmark or standard
   3. Examples
      1. Midterms
      2. Finals
      3. Recitals
      4. Essays
4. High-Stakes Assessment
   1. Highlights
      1. The outcome has a public effect
      2. The results of the scores carry significant consequences
   2. Purpose
      1. Used to make Important decisions about students, educators, or schools
      2. Scores will directly determine things such as
         1. Funding
         2. College admission
         3. Placement
         4. Graduation
         5. Accolades
         6. Punishments
         7. Salary increase or decrease
   3. Examples
      1. AP Exams
      2. SAT
      3. ACT
      4. 4th Grade Statewide Reading Mastery Test
5. Formative Assessment
   1. Highlights
      1. Ongoing assessment
      2. Checkpoints along the way
      3. Teachers give students descriptive feedback
      4. What was the goal? Where are you now? How can we close the gap?
      5. Lesson plans can change based on formative assessment
   2. Purpose
      1. Student is allowed to revise his/her efforts in light of descriptive feedback
   3. Examples
      1. Homework
      2. Quizzes
      3. Exit Tickets
      4. Class Discussions
      5. Two Stars and a Wish
      6. Observation
6. Alternative Assessment
   1. Highlights
      1. Also known as
         1. Authentic Assessment
         2. Portfolio Assessment
         3. Integrative Assessment
         4. Holistic Assessment
         5. Formative Assessment
      2. Students are encouraged to be involved in their own assessment
      3. Teachers and parents look at a student's body of work over several years
   2. Purpose
      1. It seeks to reveal students' critical-thinking and evaluation skills
      2. Aims to prepare students for real-life situations
   3. Examples
      1. Demonstrations
      2. Journals
      3. Portfolios
      4. Projects
7. Diagnostic Assessment
   1. Highlights
      1. Also known as Pre-Assessment
      2. How much learning has already taken place?
      3. Where are my students strong and weak coming into this new topic?
   2. Purpose
      1. Used to assess prior knowledge
      2. Gives teachers the information needed to tailor the unit to the needs and level of the students
   3. Examples
      1. Teachers can look at the summative assessments from the previous unit
      2. KWL Charts
      3. Journal entry
      4. Conference/interview
      5. Student Survey