2. Are there some aspects of teaching-learning
situation that should not be assessed?
3. Here some situations in which assessment may
not be called for:
- Requiring students to answer checklist of their
sexual fantasies;
- Asking elementary pupils to answer sensitive
questions without consent of their parents;
- Testing the mental abilities of
Pupils using an instrument whose validity and ratability
are unknown.
4. ETHICAL ISSUES IN ASSESSMENT
Test results and assessment results are confidential
results. Results should be communicated to the students in a
way that others would not be in possession of information
pertaining to any specific member of the class.
Deception. There are instances in which it is
necessary to conceal the objective of the assessment
from the students in order to ensure fair and impartial
results.
5. When this is the case, the teachers has a
special responsibility to:
Here some situations in which assessment
may not be called for:
(a)Determine whether the use of such techniques is
justified by the educational value of the
assessment
(b) determine whether alternative procedures are
available that do not make use of concealment
and
(c)Ensure that students are provided with sufficient
explanation as soon as possible.
6. ETHICAL ISSUES IN ASSESSMENT
Temptation to assist certain individuals in class
during assessment or testing is ever present. It is best
if the teacher does not administer the test himself if he believes
that such concern way at a later times be considered.