Phrase

Definition

Example

Assessment

The evaluation
or estimation of
the nature,
quality, or
ability of
someone or
something
Used to
evaluate
student
learning, skill
acquisition, and
academic
achievement at
the conclusion
of a defined
instructional
period
Is based upon
standards. It
takes the same
standards and
just expands
the information
A test that is
designed to see
the strengthens
and weakness
of a child
Provides
another
perspective on
encouraging
versus
discouraging
feedback. It
postulates that
the manner in
which students
explain or
attribute failure
and success
encourages or

Quiz, asking
questions or
just simply
observing

Summative
Assessment

Benchmark

Diagnostic

Attribution
theory

Date of
Mastery
Green

Unit exam,
PSSA and
projects

Green

Music lesson;
take what the
student doesnt
know and reteach it in a
different way
Pre-test or quiz
on the material
being learned

Green

Green

Taking the time

Green
to converse with
your student
about their
grades and
study habits

Drive Theory

Formal
Assessment

Informal
Assessment

Curriculum
Based
Assessment
(CBA)

Rigor

discourages
them
When much of
human
motivation can
be explained as
a function of
two competing
forces, or
drives- the
striving for
success and the
fear of failure
Is the
evaluation of a
student that is
built into the
curriculum with
point value
Is a constant
evaluation of
the classroom
throughout your
lesson
It is an
assessment
based off of
standards. The
assessments
can be formal or
informal
formative. The
teacher can use
the results as
feedback on
how to improve
their teaching
strategies.
It is when a
teacher creates
meaningful
targeted
assessments for
their students.
The goal is to

When the
student studies
hard in order to
avoid a failing
grade

Green

Giving the class

quizzes on the
unit

Green

The teacher
asking
questions
throughout the
class period
A history project
that fulfills the
requirements of
the state school
standards

Green

If you have 6th

grader, who
reads on a 8th
grade level,
than the
educator should
give that

Green

Green

Mastery
Learning

Bell Curve

Student
Learning
Objectives
(SLO)

Classroom
Diagnostic
Tools (CDTS)

push their
students to their
full potential.
It is a method of
teaching where
the focus is on
the role of
feedback in
learning. The
goal is that
students master
the concept
before moving
on.
Is a visual
graph, which
shows where
students fall on
the grading
scale. This
information
shows the
teacher how
well or poorly
their instruction
is going.
Is a process
used by
teachers to
measure their
own
effectiveness
based on their
students ability
to grasp the
content of
standards.
A classroom
diagnostic tool is an
online computer
test. This test is
available for
students in grade 3
through high school.
This test can be

student 8th
grade level
material.
An example
would be the
use of this chart

Green

An example is a
sports sheet of
your favorite
athlete stats
throughout the
year

Green

An example is
when a teacher
sets a goal for a
percentage of
problems to be
correct, and the
students match
that percentage
or exceed the
expectation.

Green

PSSA or
Keystones

Green

used as a benchmark
for students in the
classroom. Also,
based
Have No these test areRed
off
of
state
school
Understanding
In
Decent standards. Yellow
addition,
these
test
Understanding;
But still needsshow why and how
help with students may be
concept. struggling in
understanding
their
Great
Green
course content.
Understanding

Data Notebooking
By: Trey Cole
2/3/16