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Alternative forms of assessment, grading, feedback and reporting (Feedback…
Alternative forms of assessment, grading, feedback and reporting
Feedback
Definition
According to Hattie & Timperley (2007), as cited in Kunnan & Jang (2009) , feedback refer to an information provided for the learners following an assessment task regarding positive aspects and areas of improvement in their performance or understanding.
Delivery modes
Oral Feedback
Encourage students' participation drawing from students' idea and develop it in order to create an effective teaching.
Written Feedback
Teacher may give written feedback on students' writing in order to identify an error explicitly and to provide correction alongside (Bitchener, Young & Cameron, 2005, as cited in Kunnan & Jang (2009).
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Characteristics
(Wiggins, 2017)
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Reporting
What is reporting? According to Headington(2012), reporting is the process of informing others about the learning which has taken place.
Alternative assessment
According to Bradley (2020), alternative assessment is referred to as performance tests or authentic assessments, are used to determine what students can and cannot do, in contrast to what they do or do not know. In other words, an alternative assessment measures applied proficiency more than it measures knowledge.
Advantages of alternative assessment
- Provide more realistic setting
- Focus on performance and the quality of student's work
- Provide a mean of assessing valued skills
Disadvantages of alternative assessment
- Judgement may be subjective
- Process may be costly in term of time, money and effort
References Bradley, B. (2020). Using Alternative Assessments. Retrieved from https://ctl.byu.edu/using-alternative-assessmentsHeadington, Rita. (2003). Monitoring assessment recording reporting and accountability: Meeting the standards, second edition. 10.4324/9781315070148. Kunnan, A. J., & Jang, E. E. (2009). 32 Diagnostic Feedback in Language Assessment. The handbook of language teaching, 610.Lang, F. (2012). The Importance of Feedback: Why Is Feedback Important? Retrieved from https://blog.fullcirclefeedback.com.au/360-power-ofWiggins, G. (2017, August 26). 7 Key Characteristics Of Better Learning Feedback. Retrieved from https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/7-key-characteristics-of-better-learning-feedback/
Importance
Information about students' achievements may also be
valuable for teacher and systemic wide planning and reporting.
Student assessment reports should provide a summary of student learning
in a clear, timely, accurate, and useful manner
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Ways of reporting
Written Reports
The written reports provide a snapshot of your child’s learning in relation to various areas of learning, including the curriculum expectations in reading, writing and mathematics.
Three Way Conferences (student-parent-teacher) Parents hold a wealth of knowledge about their child, so this is an important time to share this information with the teacher. It is often too early in the year for the teacher to give detailed information about how well the student is working and to what extent they reaching the goals set by the programme
Online Report living in the 21st century, information is gained only your fingertips. there are many online platforms that can be used by the teacher to do their report to the parents. they can have it through email or even Whatsapp.
Grading
What is grading?
A letter grading system is one that uses a letter scale, instead of numbers to categorize students into a certain band (denoted by the letter grade) according to their score.
Elbow asserts that grading does not promote learning or retention; it is mere ranking. Elbow defines this as “summing up one’s judgment . . . into a single, holistic number or score”
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