What is assessment ?

Assessment is the ongoing process of gathering, analysing and reflecting on evidence to make informed and consistent judgements to improve future student learning.

Classroom Assessment

• Date:25-08-2014• Topic:

• Facilitator• Zulfiqar Behan• (Asstt:Prof)• GECE,Lyari Karachi.

What Is an Assessment Test?

An assessment test measures the knowledge, aptitude and skills of

an individual. Most commonly, students and professional workers

take assessment tests. Schools conduct assessment tests to

check the progress of students. 

BenefitsAssessment tests for students help instructors determine whether the student has reached the learning goal or not. Career and personality assessment tests do not guarantee the ideal career, but they might be useful tools for narrowing down options.

VELS advocates 3 types of assessment

formative summative authentic

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.

The second form of assessment advocated in VELS is Summative – which is used at the end of a unit or semester to determine what each student has achieved and learnt.

The final type of assessment, Authentic, involving the application of knowledge and skills over time requires clear criteria of which students are aware and involved.

“In relating assessment criteria to clearly developed learning expectations with a given task, students think carefully about what is being assessed and the kinds of evidence that would need to be provided to show their understanding.”

VELS Assessment p3

Some strategies you may have listed Formative:

Brainstorming Concept maps Know Want Learn How Pathfinders or search plans Graphic organizers Note taking Questioning

Assessment for learning:

establishes a classroom culture that encourages interaction and the use of assessment tools

occurs throughout a learning sequence and is planned when teachers design teaching and learning activities

involves teachers sharing learning intentions and explicit assessment criteria with students

involves teachers and students setting and monitoring student progress against learning goals

requires teachers to ascertain students' prior knowledge, perceptions and misconceptions

Assessment for learning: (continued)

involves teachers focusing on how students learn and how to scaffold their learning

involves teachers adapting teaching practice to meet student needs

provides sensitive and constructive feedback to students on their performance

involves teachers making formative use of summative assessment

Assessment of learning:

enables students to demonstrate what they know and can do

describes the extent to which a student has achieved the learning goals, including the Standards

uses teacher judgements about student achievement at a point in time

is supported by examples or evidence of student learning

ensures consistent teacher judgements through moderation processes

is used to plan future learning goals