What Is The Difference Between Training And Education As It Pertains To Assessment?

When a person receives training it is usually for a very specific task. Assessments seek to measure  proficiency and consistency with the performance of the task. Formative assessments are used more often as well as a set of criteria set for measuring the performance outcome of the training. It is also more likely to be a hands-on type assessment or for testing motor skills of some kind. Some examples include driving a car, becoming a bartender, or even playing a musical instrument.  

When a person receives an education the content to be learned is usually more broad and provides a person with a framework of knowledge that will also help them solve unanticipated problems later in life. It is the foundation for further learning. Both summative and formative assessments are used, however, with attention given to only a sampling of the content learned because the areas of knowledge cover are so much broader. Example of a person with an education would be teachers, psychologists and scientists. 

Although the two are quite different more often than not they are both involved in learning a certain concept or skill. Learning to read might be one example. Learning to decode words requires training and repetition in order to become proficient. However, once those strategies are known and applied consistently, they lay the foundation for more education and learning.