Which type of assessment is used to evaluate how well a person performs a task?

multiple-choice assessment

essay assessment

performance assessment

standardized assessment

That would be a performance assessment.

Excerpt from my textbook on this:

"performance assessment: an assessment based on the completion of an observable task such as writing an essay"

Option C is the answer.

Explanation:

The term performance assessment can be defined as the one that evaluates students' achievement of complex learning standard (according to Medium dot com.) Some examples of it are analyzing a writer's intention, or understanding how past events (like decisions made by politicians) can affect future actions. It is very useful to evaluate if a person can complete a task well or not.