3. MAJOR ROLES:
Assessment is used to look for holes in
student learning
Assessment is used to guide the
teacher’s instruction in the classroom
4. Purposes for Assessment
Assessment for Learning
Occurs when teahers use inferences about student
progress to inform thei teaching.
Assessment of Learning
Occurs when teachers use evidence of student learning
to make judgements on student achievement against goals
and standards.
5. Assessment is
A Process
About collecting information
Conducted to improve
educational programs
A way to demonstrate
program effectiveness
Focused on student learning
and development outcomes
Primarily useful for program
faculty and leaders
Assessment is NOT
Useless (except if poorly
done)
The only information
considered when evaluating
programs
6. Three Types of Assessment
Methods
Formative
Assessment
Summative
Assessment
Authentic
7.
8. Formative Assessment is a continuous and
ongoing process, part of day to day teaching
where teachers continually confirm or modify
their activities and directions with their
students.
Collect infomation
while it’s happening
The formative assessments aim to
see if the students understand the
instruction before doing a
summative assessment
9.
10. Strategies and Tools used in Formative Assessment
Brainstorming
Concept Maps
KWL (Know, Want to Know, Learn)
Graphic Organizers
Venn Diagram
Note Taking
Oral Questioning
Standardized Test
Quizzes
Journal entries, Essays
Performance
11.
12. Summative Assessment is used at the end of a unit or
semester to determine what each student has achieved
and learnt. It is evaluative.
Students do not generally
have the opportunity to be
reassessed after a
summative assessment.
13. Strategies and Tools used in Summative Assessment
Final Exams
Projects (Written and Performance)
Self-Assessment
Peer-Assessment
14. “When the cook tastes the soup, that’s
formative assessment. When the
customer tastes the soup, that’s
summative assessment.”
-Paul Black
15. Authentic, involving the application of
knowldege and skills over time requires
clear criteria of which students are aware
and involve.
Strategies and Tools used in
Summative Assessment:
Rubrics
“Rubrics serve an
important role in
creating
assesment that is
student-centered
and driven”