This document lists and describes different types of assessment methods that can be used for students, including self-report inventories, self-evaluations, brief constructed responses, oral questioning, performance tasks, and selected-response tasks. Some examples provided are attitude surveys, rating scales, essays, demonstrations, multiple choice questions, and student self-assessments.

1. Self-Report
Inventories
• Attitude survey
• Questionnaire
• Inventory or
checklist
Self-Evaluation
• Rating scale
• Portfolios
• Conferences
• Self-reflection
• Evaluation of
others’ work
Brief CR
• Short answer
• Completion (i.e.,
“fill-in-the-blank”)
• Label a diagram
• “Show your work”
Oral Questioning
• Interviews
• Oral examinations
• Guided group
discussion
• Whole-class
questioning
Performance Tasks
Product Tasks
• Essay or paper
• Reflective journal
• Project
• Video/audiotape
• Spreadsheet
• Web page
• Exhibition
• Graph
• Table
• Illustration
Skill Tasks
• Demonstration
• Enactment
• Speech
• Read aloud
• Simulation
• Debate
• Athletic exercise
• Keyboarding
• Recital
• Dance
• Multiple-choice
• Binary-choice
(e.g., true/false)
• Matching
• Technology-
enhanced
Selected-
Response Tasks
Constructed-Response Tasks
Student Self-
Assessment
Adapted from: McMillan, J. H. (2018). Classroom assessment: Principles and practices that enhance student motivation, p. 75.