What is assessment?
Sul (2021) compiled the core elements of various assessment definitions to describe assessment as:
the representation of a domain of knowledge, skill, or affect through the use of procedures that allow for the translation of observations into assignments of value permitting inferences about domain status for the purpose of making decisions (Lynch, 2001; Popham, 2000; Thorndike & Thorndike-Christ, 2009).
References
Lynch, B. K. (2001). Rethinking assessment from a critical perspective. Language Testing, 18(4), 351–372.
Popham, W. J. (2000). Modern educational measurement: Practical guidelines for educational leaders. (3rd ed.). Allyn and Bacon.
Sul, D. A. (2021). Indigenous assessment developers on elements of the disjuncture-response dialectic: A critical comparative case study [Doctoral dissertation, University of San Francisco]. https://repository.usfca.edu/diss/571