Assessment

ASSESSMENT

Testing

It is an instrument or systematic procedure for measuring a sample of behaviours by posing a set of questions in a uniform way.

Evaluation

It refers to the process of making judgments, assessing value, or deciding worth.

Assessment

It is the process of gathering information to make informed decisions.

Instructional Activities

Learning objectives

Types of Assessment

Formative Assessment

Summative Assessment

For students

➣To evaluate their own learning.

➣To build knowledge.

➣To identify strengths and weaknesses.

➣To continually improve learning.

➣To target learning.

For students

➣To understand their overall performance in a unit of study.

➣To understand whether they have met the learning outcomes, and to what extent, at the end of a unit of study.

These kinds of assessment are:

➣Ways to assess student learning.

➣Opportunities to give and receive feedback.

➣Ways to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching.

Alternative Assessment

Traditional Assessment

➣Process oriented

➣Time intensive

➣Authentic

➣Individual feedback

➣Valid content and Impact

➣Formative

➣Fosters intrinsic motivation

➣Product oriented

➣Practical

➣Reliable

➣Valid content and impact

➣Summative

➣Fosters extrinsic motivation

Providing information about how teaching and learning processes can be diagnosed and interpreted.

Measures learning results and how they can be graded.