Redstone wants to determine how her students learn prior to beginning instruction. She will use this information to tailor her instructional methods. She gives a learning style inventory on the first day of class. Which of the following type of assessment would this be?
A)Summative assessment
B)Norm-referenced assessment
C)Criterion-based assessment
D)Diagnostic assessment

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Diagnostic assessment. A learning style inventory is a form of assessment that inventories what a teacher is working with. It is a way of diagnosing the state of learners and can be used to plan for the future. While something like a learning style inventory may be referred to by different names, the purpose is a diagnostic one, which is a type of assessment that can provide a teacher with valuable information about her students.

Redstone Wants to Determine How Her Students Learn Prior to Beginning