A test used to locate specific areas of weakness or strength, and to determine the nature of weaknesses or deficiencies; it yields measures of the components or sub-parts of some larger body of information or skill Diagnostic achievement tests are most commonly prepared for the skill subjects -- reading, arithmetic, spelling
A test used to diagnose, analyze or identify specific areas of weakness and strength; to determine the nature of weaknesses or deficiencies; diagnostic achievement tests are used to measure skills
Diagnostic tests are those test that are usually available to the students after the initial lab tests have been completed and a set of diagnoses have been made Depending on how the author wishes to present this in the simulation, diagnostic tests may include diagnostic procedures or be limited to specific tests