Assessment types
Initial
Formative
Diagnostic
Summative
One-to-one conversations
Exams
Case studies
Assignments
Practical assessments
Witness testimonies
Projects
Interview to check prior knowledge
Audition
Proof of grades/results
Entrence exam
Informal observation
worksheets
Reflective/evaluative journals
Low stakes quizzes and polls
Surveys
Self assessment
Phone interview
Resume
Background check
Mind maps
Impromptu Quiz
Surveys are purpose driven and often reflective, if they offer annonimity students can feel open to share their true feelings about a topic this way.
This is a great way to ensure that English and often ICT skills are being incorporated into the classroom. They require active student participation as they are self reflective in nature.
Can contain constructive feedback for learner, can potentially help students feel comfortable and more confident with lecturer.
Worksheets require independent and active student involvement to complete. Must be their own unique work, valid way to access information.
Requires acvitve student engagenment, can be incorporated to group work as well, created a collaberative environment. Requires strong direction to responsibly outlineboundaries.
Improves information recording, enhances creative problem solving. Requires active student engagement to complete.
Gives styudents an oppertunity to open up about issues preventing them from achieving if condusted in the right setting with skills tutor direction.
Allows the students to give their perspect with how they feel they are doing with a task. Allows students to be reflective on how they percive they standards to be.
Quizzes are purpose driven, should lead to the teacher being more informed regarding what isn't sticking from the delivered content.
Allows for students to reflect on their learning and consolodate that within one single topic, stuidents will have to actively participate with shown examples to create unique answers.
Practical assessments and projects help learners to be actively involved with creating something based on the knowledge they have been provided in a lesson, should be purpose driven and directed by teacher instruction.
Assignments provide us as teachers with a general overview with how a student is progressing within a specific subject area. We must check their learning regularly to ensure they aren't missing inofrmation that's critical to their development.
Exams are excellent ways to observe the practice from a learner within an contoled environment, students must actively engage to achieve.
Provided a secondary form of evidence for examinations, requires skilled teacher direction to evidence well for record keeping.
These are purpose driven methods of initial assessment where the students are required to present proof of their achievements in order to be accepted or hired within the workplace.
Allows teachers to guage how students react on their prior work, allows them the oppertunity to show their passion or enthusiasm for a particular subject area. Creates an open discussion/dialogue about the work and allows the student to feel at ease.
Student driven excersize to show their passion for subject area. This is a relaxed obversation of practice and should result in students feeling comfortable and and purpose driven which should result in positive constructive feedback.