This document discusses assessment in education. It defines formative assessment as a process used by teachers and students during instruction to provide feedback and improve learning. Summative assessment measures learning after instruction to determine if long-term goals were met. Examples of formative assessment include concept maps and short responses, while summative examples are exams and final projects. The document also addresses levels of assessment and tools used for measuring student achievement and attainment of standards.

1. DISCUSSION
ISSUES ON
ASSESEMENT
GROUP NAME :
FATIN AMIRA BINTI YUNUS
NUR SHUHADA SURIA BINTI SHA’ARI
ATINA HASANAH BINTI MOHD RAZALI

2. NATURE AND PURPOSE
OF ASSESSMENT
 Assessment shall be holistic, with emphasis on
the formative or developmental purpose of quality
assuring student learning.
 It also standards-based as it seeks to ensure that
teachers will teach to the standards and students
will aim to meet or even exceed the standards.
 The students’ attainment of standards in terms of
content and performance is, therefore, a critical
evidence of learning.

4. LEVELS OF ASSESSMENT
 The attainment of learning
outcomes as defined in the
standards shall be the basis for the
quality assurance of learning using
formative assessments.
 They shall also be the focus of the
summative assessments and shall
be the basis for grading at the end
of instruction.

5. • These levels shall be the outcomes reflected
in the class record and shall be given
corresponding percentage weights as
follows:

6. ASSESSMENT TOOLS

7. TYPE OF ASSESSMENT
Two type of assessment :
Formative assessment
(Assessment for learning)
Summative assessment
(Assessment of learning)

8. FORMATIVE
ASSESSMENT
 Is a process used by teachers and
students during instruction that
provides explicit feedback to adjust
on-going teaching and learning in
order to improve student
achievement.
 There is also a diagnostic test
which identifies a student area of
achievement and weakness in a
particular subject, which can give
an idea of difficulty the student is

9. EXAMPLE
draw a concept map in class to
represent their understanding of
a topic
submit one or two sentences
identifying the main point of a
lecture
turn in a research proposal for
early feedback

10. SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT
 Are cumulative evaluation used to
measure growth after instruction and are
generally given at the end of a course in
order to determine whether long term
goals have been met
 Summative assessment focus on what the
student has learned at the end of a unit of
instruction or at the end of a grade level
 Summative assessment purpose is to let
the teachers and students know the level
of accomplishment attained.

11. EXAMPLE
a midterm exam
a final project
a paper
a senior recital

12. Benefits and Limitations
Summative Assessment

13. Benefits and Limitations
Formative Assessment