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Performance-Based Assessments: usually ask students to perform, produce or create something, or to describe and verify their skills and knowledge.

For more information about performance-based assessment, you may want to view the following:
Simulations/Case Studies Interviews/Oral Tests
Problem-Solving Activities Clinical Experience/Practicums/Work Experience
Projects Student Products
Reflective Journals Portfolios
   

Traditional Written Tests: usually timed, paper and pencil or online tests administered to a group of students

For a short, short course on "Exam Question Types and Student Competencies: How to Measure Them Accurately," see the site from the University of Wisconsin.
Multiple Choice Tests Short Answer Questions
True/False Tests Essay Questions
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