ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the relationship between feedback and measurement, with a focus on the meaning of feedback and measurement information in the context of classroom learning. Both feedback and measurement are means of conveying information to learners and to the educators who are responsible for their learning. Further, feedback and measurement are the only vehicles whose central purpose in the classroom context is to convey information about learning. Feedback and measurement are related because they share this foundation: both intend to communicate meaning about learning goals. Three general types of feedback (outcome, cognitive, and personal) are described according to the nature of the message or information each conveys, how that message may be communicated (whether by comments, measures, or both), and what theories of learning are best served by each.
