educational assessment
confidence-based learning accurately measures a learner's knowledge quality by measuring both the correctness of his or her knowledge and the person's confidence in that knowledge. E-scape, a technology and approach that looks specifically at the assessment of creativity and collaboration. educational evaluation deals specifically with evaluation as it applies to an educational setting. As an example it may be used in the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) government program instituted by the government of the U.S. Electronic portfolio is a personal digital record containing information such as a collection of artifacts or evidence demonstrating what one knows and can do. Evaluation is the process of looking at what is being assessed to make sure the right areas are being considered. Grading is the process of assigning a (possibly mutually exclusive) ranking to learners. Measurement is a process of assessment or an evaluation in which the objective is to quantify level of attainment or competence within a specified domain. See the Rasch model for measurement for elaboration on the conceptual requirements of such processes, including those pertaining to grading and use of raw scores from assessments. Program evaluation is essentially a set of philosophies and techniques to determine if a program "works". psychometrics, the science of measuring psychological characteristics. Social impact assessment looks at the possible social impacts of proposed new infrastructure projects, natural resource projects, or development activities. Robert E. Stake is an educational researcher in the field of curriculum assessments.