Approaches to assessment can be divided into two types, positivist and responsive. While positivist assessment compares a student's performance to predetermined standards, responsive assessment focuses on the context and the questions that need to be answered to guide instruction. This article presents vignettes to illustrate the nature of responsive assessment. A variety of assessment techniques are also described.
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