This document discusses assessment in education. It defines assessment as a process used to collect information to improve educational programs and student outcomes. There are three main types of assessment: formative assessment which occurs continuously to guide instruction, summative assessment which evaluates learning at the end of a unit, and authentic assessment which applies knowledge over time with clear criteria. The purposes and roles of assessment are to identify gaps in student learning and inform classroom teaching. Different strategies are used for each assessment type, such as quizzes and questioning for formative and exams or projects for summative. The goal of assessment is to continually improve academic progress.

1. Albay, Kylyn
© 2015

2. Assessment provides valuable
information that is used to
continuously strive to improve the
academic progress of our students.

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

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

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

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”

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