This document discusses the four main types of assessments: screening, diagnostic, progress monitoring, and outcome measurements. Screening assessments are brief tests to determine if further evaluation is needed. Diagnostic assessments diagnose student strengths and weaknesses. Progress monitoring assessments track student progress towards learning goals. Outcome measurements are standardized tests given at the end of the year to determine student achievement and progress over time. Examples of assessments for each type are provided.

1. TYPES OF ASSESSMENTS
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2. ASSESSMENT AND INSTRUCTION
• Assessment can be used to help gear your
instruction.
• Teachers must use assessments to determine
what students know, and what still needs to
be taught.
• The four main types of assessment are:
screening, diagnostic, progress monitoring,
and outcome measurements.

3. SCREENING
• These types of assessments target a specific
area, and the data is used to see if further
assessment is needed.
• Usually brief, and can be done in groups or
individually.
• TeenBiz 3000 provides a screening test that is
administered to screen and determine a students
lexile level. The SRI (Scholastic Reading Inventory)
also measures reading lexile levels.

4. DIAGNOSTIC
• Used to diagnose specific strengths or areas of
need for students
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• Teachers are able to use the information from these
types of assessments to determine exactly where a
students needs lie. Teachers are then able to
scaffold instruction and plan for those needs.
• Can be standardized or informal.
• STAR (Standardized Test for the Assessment of
Reading) provides diagnostic information in relation
to standards, and the online program PLATO also
provides diagnostic data on students.

5. PROGRESS MONITORING
• This type of assessment is used to monitor the
progress a student is making towards a learning
goal.
• These are essential to use for struggling students,
and determine whether or not the interventions for
that particular student are working.
• STAR Test and the FAIR Test are examples of a
progress monitoring assessment. These two
assessments are given periodically throughout the
year to monitor students growth.

6. OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS
• These assessments are given at the end of the
school year to determine student progress. The
assessments are also reviewed by the
county, schools, and states.
• Usually standardized, and norm-referenced.
• Administered to groups of students, and is not given
individually.
• Examples of outcome measurement assessments
are FCAT (Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test)
and MEAP (Michigan Educational Assessment
Program) are given to measure student
achievement.

7. REFERENCES
• diagnostic assessments (2010). In Department of
Education. Retrieved November 19, 2013, from
http://www.education.nt.gov.au/parentscommunity/assessment-reporting/diagnosticassessments/diagnostic-assessments