This document discusses concepts related to classroom assessment. It defines key terms like classroom, measurement, assessment, evaluation and describes different types of assessment like formative, summative, norm-referenced, criterion-referenced. The purposes of assessment are listed as checking student strengths and weaknesses, making learning effective, and obtaining evidence of learning. Principles of effective assessment include that it should be for learning, not just of learning, and should be reliable, valid, fair, consistent and enhance student motivation.
3. CLASSROOM
MEASUREMENT
ASSESSMENT
EVALUATION
PURPOSE OF ASSESSMENT
TYPES OF ASSESSMENT
PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVE ASSESSMENT
4. CLASSROOM:
A room where groups of students are taught meet
at a certain times under the supervision of a teacher.
MEASUREMENT:
It is a process of quantifying individuals achievement ,
personality , attitudes , habits & skills.
5. ASSESSMENT:
The process by which information
is obtained relative to the some
known objectives or goals.
EVALUATION:
It is an overall assessment which
based on decision making. It is a
judgment on an observation ,
performance , test or an any data
of the students.
6. PURPOSES OF ASSESSMENT:
WHY TEACHER ASSESS THE
STUDENTS?
To check the strengths & weakness of the
students.
To make learning more effective.
To get the evidence of students learning.
To know the difficulties faced by students.
It can help that student take control of his/her
learning & make it more meaningful.
To know the variations of learning.
7. WHY TEACHER SHOULD NOT
ASSESS THE STUDENTS?
Students only focus on the exams & does not focus
on real objectives.
Cramming.
superiority complex or inferiority complex.
It is a stress for the students.
Student feel burden.
Students feels jealousy with each other.
Assessment can be wrong.
8. TYPES OF ASSESSMENT:
Formative Assessment / Summative Assessment.
Observation based Assessment / performance based
Assessment.
Norm-Referenced Assessment / Criterion-
Referenced Assessment.
Oral Assessment / Written Assessment.
Objective Assessment / Subjective Assessment.
(Opinion free assessment) (Opinion based assessment)
9.
10. PRINCIPLES & EFFECTIVE
ASSESSMENT:
Assessment should be for learning , not
simply of learning.
Assessment should be reliable , valid , fair
& consistent.
Content of the assessment should be
manageable for both students & teachers.
Assessment should enhance the
motivation.
There should be clear orientation of
assessment tool.
The assessment tool should be of high
quality & instruction or items.