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Why is Assessment important?
The Eight Big Ideas
1. Assessment serves different purposes at different times: it may be used to
find out what students already know and can do; it may be used to help students improve their learning; or it may be used to let students and their parents know how much they have learned in s prescribed period of time.
2. Assessment must be planned and purposeful.
3. Assessment must be balanced, including oral, performance, and written tasks, and be flexible in order to improve learning for all students.
4. Assessment and instruction are inseparable because effective assessment informs learning.
5. For assessment to be helpful to students, it must inform them in words, not numerical scores or letter grades, what they have done well, what they havce done poorly, and what they need to do next to improve.
6. Assessment is a collaborative process that is most effective when it involves self-, peer and teacher assessment.
7. Performance standards are an essential component of effective assessment.
8. Grading and reporting student achievement is a caring, sensitive process that requires teachers' professional judgement.
Authentic vs Traditional Assessment
...from Talk About Assessment Damian Cooper Nelson 2007
1. Assessment serves different purposes at different times: it may be used to
find out what students already know and can do; it may be used to help students improve their learning; or it may be used to let students and their parents know how much they have learned in s prescribed period of time.
2. Assessment must be planned and purposeful.
3. Assessment must be balanced, including oral, performance, and written tasks, and be flexible in order to improve learning for all students.
4. Assessment and instruction are inseparable because effective assessment informs learning.
5. For assessment to be helpful to students, it must inform them in words, not numerical scores or letter grades, what they have done well, what they havce done poorly, and what they need to do next to improve.
6. Assessment is a collaborative process that is most effective when it involves self-, peer and teacher assessment.
7. Performance standards are an essential component of effective assessment.
8. Grading and reporting student achievement is a caring, sensitive process that requires teachers' professional judgement.
Authentic vs Traditional Assessment
| Authentic Performing a Task Real-life Construction/Application Student-structured Direct Evidence |
Traditional Selecting a Response Contrived Recall/Recognition Teacher-structured Indirect Evidence |
| Assessment FOR learning | Assessment OF Learning |
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...from Talk About Assessment Damian Cooper Nelson 2007