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What is the difference between assessment
and a test?
Assessment is an ongoing process that includes
a wide range of methodological techniques. A
good teacher never stops to assess students.
Tests are a subset of assessment, a genre of
assessment techniques. In scientific terms, a
test is a method of measuring a persons
ability, knowledge, or performance in a given
domain.
A test:
Teaching
Assessment
Evaluation
Measurement
Tests
Informal and formal assessment