Teacher-made+tests

=**Teacher-made tests** =

These are tests made by teachers for use in their own classes, or throughout their school. Often these tests are for the purposes of formative or diagnostic assessment, or are used in a summative manner for junior classes.

===**Advantages** ===


 * May be more likely to incorporate cultural perspectives than standardised tests.
 * Can give more opportunities for higher-level reasoning than some standardised tests.
 * Objective measure of achievement.
 * Specific design


 * Disadvantages**


 * Does not measure potential.
 * Does not identify Twice exceptional or hidden gifted
 * May disadvantage ESOL learners
 * Favor logical and linguistic intelligences
 * May have a low ceiling i.e. too many students achieving high scores to distinguish between them.