The document discusses educational assessment, defining it as the process of gathering information to understand student knowledge and performance. It outlines principles, purposes, types (formative and summative), and the advantages and disadvantages of assessment. Key points include the need for assessments to improve performance, their role in instructional design, and the impact on student learning outcomes.

1. EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT
AND EVALUATION
SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY:
MRS. HEMLATA MA’AM MANJEET KAUR
TUTOR PROMILA
CON , SJH SAPNA SINGH
B. SC. (hons.)nsg.
2nd year

3. ASSESSMENT
 DEFINITIOn
Assessment is the process of gathering and
discussing information from multiple and diverse
sources in order to develop a deep
understanding of what students know,
understand and can do with their knowledge as a
result of their educational experiences .

4.  PRINCIPLES OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment should be aimed at improving
student performance.
Assessment should be based on an
understanding on how students learn.
Assessment should be an integral component of
course design and not something to add
afterwards.

6. Good assessment provides useful information to
report credibly to parents on students
achievements.
Good assessment requires clarity of purpose
,goals , standards and criteria.
Good assessment requires a variety of
measures.
Assessment methods used should be valid,
reliable and consistent.
Assessment requires attention to outcome and

7.  Purposes of assessment
Gathers information to assist in decision making :
1. screening
2. monitoring student’s progress
3. assigning grads or ranks .
Determining one’s own instructional
effectiveness .
Clarifying teacher’s instructional intentions.

9.  FUNCTIONS OF ASSESSMENT
Capturing student time and attention .
Generating appropriate student learning activity.
Providing timely feedback which student pay
attention to.
Helping students to internalize the discipline’s
standards and notions of equality .
Generating marks or grades which distinguish
between students or enable pass/fail decisions to
be made .

10. TYPES OF ASSESSMENT
FORMATIVE ASSESSEMENT
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT

12. FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT:
• This occurs in the short term.
• Feedback to the learner is immediate.
• Enables the teacher to “turn on a dime”.
• Can be both formal and informal.

13.  Examples of formative assessment
A very interactive class discussion
A warm up
Closure or exit slip
A on the spot performance
A quiz
Class test

14. SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT:
• This takes place at the end of a large chunk of
learning.
• Results may take to be returned to the
student/parent.
• Feedback to the student is usually very limited.

15.  Examples on summative assessment
End term exams or annual examination
A final project
End of unit or chapter test
Practical examination

17.  ADVANTAGES OF ASSESSMENT
Helps in knowing the position of a student when
they enter a course.
It provides data on student learning.
In accordance to the student’s achievement, the
curriculum and teaching methods can be
adjusted .

18.  DISADVANTAGES OF ASSESSMENT
It limits the potential of a student to a mere ‘test’.
Under supervision & pressure ,creativity and
performance is affected.
The parameter to judging knowledge is just a test
score.

19. SUMMARY
In this presentation , we have covered the following
thing:
 Definition of assessment
 Principles and purposes of assessment
 Functions of assessment
 Types of assessment : formative and summative
with examples
 Advantages and disadvantages of assessment