AP PSYCHOLOGY

TESTING AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES

ASSESSING INTELLIGENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which type of test is designed to assess what a person has learned?
A
achievement tests
B
aptitude tests
C
psychological assessment
D
interest inventory
E
Xello
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -An achievement test is a test of developed skill or knowledge. The most common type of achievement test is a standardized test developed to measure skills and knowledge learned in a given grade level, usually through planned instruction, such as training or classroom instruction.

Detailed explanation-2: -An Achievement test is an assessment of developed knowledge or skill. The most common type of achievement test is a standardized test, such as the SAT, required for college entry in the United States.

Detailed explanation-3: -An aptitude test is designed to assess what a person is capable of doing or to predict what a person is able to learn or do given the right education and instruction. It represents a person’s level of competency to perform a certain type of task.

Detailed explanation-4: -The term achievement tests refers to tests designed to measure the knowledge, skills, and abilities attained by a test taker in a field, in a subject area, or in a content domain in which the test taker has received training or instruction.

Detailed explanation-5: -Summative assessments-tests, quizzes, and other graded course activities that are used to measure student performance. They are cumulative and often reveal what students have learned at the end of a unit or the end of a course.

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