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Informal assessment

Informal assessment – assessment used to evaluate an individual student's skills, performance, and progress. Informal assessment does not compare a student against a statistical norm. There are many types of informal assessments, including teacher observation, running records, end-of-unit tests, pop quizzes, etc.

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