Not all testing is equal, it might be worth looking into the following concepts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formative_assessment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Not all testing is equal, it might be worth looking into the following concepts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formative_assessment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formative_assessment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summative_assessment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summative_assessment Standardised testing tends to be summative, if the teacher is setting his or her own tests then then I would assuming the assessment would be more formative.