purpose of assessment

PURPOSE OF ASSESSMENT

DR. TERESA DIEZ SOLERO

PROFESSOR

ANALYN A. CARAG

Masterand

ASSESSMENT- It is an integral part of the educative

process.

- It is used by teachers in collecting informal

and informal information about what and

how their students are learning.

- They student tests and assignments,

listen to small-group activities and

observed students engaged in

structured and unstructured activities.

- When teachers systematically collect the

right kinds of information and use it

effectively, they can help their students

grow as thinkers and learners.

- In some contexts, the term assessment

and evaluation are interchangeable.

- We use the term “assessment” to refer

specifically to all kinds of methods and

strategies that provide information

about a student’s learning.

Why Assessment is Useful?

It is based on educational objectives

formulated in terms of the principles of

growth and development.

It includes all aspects of the changes in

the behavior of the students/ learners.

Why Assessment is Useful?

It is used to improve teaching

and learning.

To know if students can apply

what they have learned in

authentic situations.

What do we assess?

We assess learning, and we evaluate

results in terms of some set of criteria.

Evaluation Assessment is most useful to

teachers and Evaluation is most useful to

students administrators, and parents

.Assessment focuses on the individual,

group , and students.

Why is it important to assess?

To find out what the students know

(knowledge).

To find out what the students can do,

and how well they can do it (skill;

performance)

To find out how students go about

the task of doing their work (process).

To find out how students feel about

their work (motivation, effort).

Assessment serves two purposes:

1. To facilitate Instructional Function

- it yields data to establish the extent of

knowledge, skills, habits and attitudes

acquired by the students/learners.

- it specifies the strength and

weaknesses of instruction and the

needs and problems of the students

which must addressed.

2. To facilitate administrative

and supervisory functions

- Achieving and maintaining

quality instruction is one of the

foremost goals of management.

- standards are being set to

determine who should be

admitted

2. To facilitate administrative

and supervisory functions

- Achieving and maintaining

quality instruction is one of

the foremost goals of

management.

- standards are being set to determine

who should be admitted into the

program and who should be retained

and to what classification they belong.

- to the curriculum planners, the result of

assessment can give them hard facts as

bases for revising and enriching the

curricula.

3. To foster better parent-teacher

relationship.

- assessment is a means by which

teachers can keep the parents

informed of the progress made by

their children.

ex. PTAReferences: Theories and Principles of Educational Technology,

2008 ed. By Candelaria D. Garo.

Intel Education website.