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Assessment in Education

This document defines assessment, evaluation, measurement, and testing in an educational context. It explains that assessment involves systematically collecting data to monitor student learning and achievement of intended outcomes, and can be formative to improve learning or summative to evaluate learning. Evaluation focuses more on assigning grades based on factors like class participation. Measurement refers specifically to determining attributes, while tests are a type of formal assessment administered under controlled conditions. The document outlines different types of assessment including formative, interim, and summative assessment, and provides examples of each.

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BY VANDANA THAKUR ASST PROFESSOR RIE BHOPAL ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING SEM I
Definition  ASSESSMENT is the systematic collection of data to monitor the success of a program or course in achieving intended learning outcomes (ILOs) for students.
 Assessment is used to determine:  What students have learned (outcome)  The way they learned the material (process)  Their approach to learning before, during, or after the program or course You can assess students before instruction to get a baseline of what students know (for example, by administering a pretest). During instruction, assessment can be used to determine what students are learning so you can adjust your teaching, if needed.
 After instruction, you can use assessment for two purposes: (1) to determine if there has been a change in knowledge (final exams can be used for “summative assessment”); and (2) to provide you with information to revise the class or program.
Evaluation  Evaluation focuses on grades and may reflect classroom components other than course content and mastery level.  These could include discussion, cooperation, attendance, and verbal ability.
Difference Between Assessment And Evaluation Dimension of Difference Assessment Evaluation Content: timing, primary purpose Formative: ongoing, to improve learning Summative: final, to gauge quality Orientation: focus of measurement Process-oriented: how learning is going Product-oriented: what’s been learned Findings: uses thereof Diagnostic: identify areas for improvement Judgmental: arrive at an overall grade/score
WHAT IS MEASUREMENT, THEN?  Measurement refers to the process by which the attributes or dimensions of some physical object are determined.  One exception seems to be in the use of the word measure in determining the IQ of a person. The phrase, "this test measures IQ" is commonly used.  Measuring such things as attitudes or preferences also applies
 when we measure, we generally use some standard instrument to determine how big, tall, heavy, voluminous, hot, cold, fast, or straight something actually is.  Assessment is a process by which information is obtained relative to some known objective or goal
WHAT IS TESTING?  A test is a special form of assessment.  Tests are assessments made under contrived circumstances especially so that they may be administered.  In other words, all tests are assessments, but not all assessments are tests.
 To sum up, we measure distance, we assess learning, and we evaluate results in terms of some set of criteria.
TYPES OF ASSESSMENT  Formative Assessment occurs in the short term, as learners are in the process of making meaning of new content and of integrating it into what they already know.  Feedback to the learner is immediate (or nearly so), to enable the learner to change his/her behavior and understandings right away.
 enables the teacher to "turn on a dime" and rethink instructional strategies, activities, and content based on student understanding and performance.  His/her role here is comparable to that of a coach.  Formative Assessment can be as informal as observing the learner's work or as formal as a written test.
 Examples: a very interactive class discussion; a warm-up, closure, or exit slip; a on-the-spot performance; a quiz.
 Interim Assessment takes place occasionally throughout a larger time period.  Feedback to the learner is still quick, but may not be immediate.  Assessments tend to be more formal, using tools such as projects, written assignments, and tests.  The learner should be given the opportunity to re- demonstrate his/her understanding once the feedback has been digested and acted upon
 Interim Assessments can help teachers identify gaps in student understanding and instruction, and ideally teachers address these before moving on or by weaving remedies into upcoming instruction and activities.  Examples: Chapter test; extended essay; a project scored with a rubric.
 Summative Assessment takes place at the end of a large chunk of learning, with the results being primarily for the teacher's or school's use.  Results may take time to be returned to the student/parent, feedback to the student is usually very limited, and the student usually has no opportunity to be reassessed.
 tends to have the least impact on improving an individual student's understanding or performance.  Students/parents can use the results of Summative Assessments to see where the student's performance lies compared to either a standard (MEAP/MME) or to a group of students
 Teachers/schools can use these assessments to identify strengths and weaknesses of curriculum and instruction, with improvements affecting the next year's/term's students.  Examples: Standardized testing (MEAP, MME, ACT, WorkKeys, Terra Nova, etc.); Final exams; Major cumulative projects, research projects, and performances.
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