In your opinion, which types of assessments would students be more motivated to complete? Defend your answer.

1. Informal versus formal assessment – spontaneous versus planned purpose

2. Paper-pencil versus performance assessment – written down versus demonstration

3. Traditional versus authentic assessment – the 3Rs versus application

4. Standardized versus teacher-developed assessment – global comparisons versus classroom lessons

5. Criterion-referenced versus norm-referenced assessments – accomplishments to specific criteria versus group averages to some measure

This is an educational psychology class.