This document discusses assessment of student learning. It defines key terms related to assessment such as tests, measurement, assessment, and evaluation. It explains that assessment involves collecting, interpreting, and using information to help teachers make better instructional decisions. The purposes of assessment include informing teachers, students, parents and the public about student progress. Assessment serves temperature-taking, gate-keeping, and feedback functions. It emphasizes that teacher quality and competency in assessing student learning are important for ensuring education quality.

1. ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT
LEARNING
Prof. Neilson A. Silva
ASIATECH College
City of Santa Rosa, Laguna
Prof. Neilson A. Silva

2. I. Rationale
• Studies have confirmed teacher quality to be
one of the most important school factors
influencing student achievement
• NCBTS (National Competency-Based Teacher
Standard) emphasizes the need for teacher to
be competent in assessing student learning to
ensure quality instruction.
Prof. Neilson A. Silva

3. Domains of NCBTS
1. Social Regard for Learning
2. The Learning Environment
3. The Diversity of the Learners
4. The Curriculum
5. PLANNING, ASSESSING and REPORTING
6. Community Linkages
7. Personal Growth and professional
Development
Prof. Neilson A. Silva

4. The domain focuses on :
• The use of assessment data to plan and revise
teaching-learning plans;
• The integration of assessment procedures in
the plan and implementation ;
• The reporting on the learner’s actual
achievement and behavior
Prof. Neilson A. Silva

5. II. Definition of Terms
A. TEST
• A set of items or questions measuring a
sample behavior or tasks from a specific
domain of knowledge or skill;
• Consists of questions, exercises, or other
devices to measure the outcomes of learning.
Prof. Neilson A. Silva

6. B. MEASUREMENT
• A process of obtaining a numerical description
of the degree to which an individual possesses
a particular characteristics
• Establishes the characteristics of individuals
according to quantitative meaning.
Prof. Neilson A. Silva

7. C. ASSESSMENT
• Any of the variety of procedures used to
obtain information about student
performance;
• Answers the questions “how much of a given
skill does a student possesses before and after
instruction”, and “how much change has
occurred”.
Prof. Neilson A. Silva

8. D. EVALUATION
• Involves a broader process that includes
examining several components of a whole and
making instructional decisions;
• The process of summing up the results of
measurements or tests and giving them some
meaning based on value judgements.
Prof. Neilson A. Silva

9. MUST DO IN TEACHING
Design a lesson and plan how to evaluate the students’ learning
(Designing a test and preparing a method for measurement)
Administer the test
(Gathering data trough testing)
George gets 13 out of 15 items wrong; Lisa gets a perfect score.
(Measurement)
George is poor in spelling; Lisa is academically able.
(Evaluating evidence and making judements)
George must be given practice exercises, Lisa should be given enrichment
tasks that are more difficult than he former so that both of them can
maximize their learning
(Making Decisions )
Prof. Neilson A. Silva

10. III. Classroom Assessment Define
* It is the collection, interpretation and the use
of information to help teachers make better
decisions.
Four Essential Components of Implementing
Classroom Assessment
1. Purpose
2. Measurement
3. Evaluation
4. Use
Prof. Neilson A. Silva

11. IV. Purposes of Assessment (Wyatt 1988)
• To inform the teacher about a student’s
progress;
• to inform the students about their progress;
• To inform the parents and the guardians, and
the future teachers of the student;
• To provide information for the public.
Prof. Neilson A. Silva

12. V. Functions of Assessment (Eisner 1993)
1. Temperature-taking function
• Describe the educational health of the
country rather than individual or students or
information systems.
2. Gate-keeping function
• School has a social selection function
3. Feedback to teachers function
* Provides information to teachers about the
quality of their work.
Prof. Neilson A. Silva

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