Different Types of Assessments
Performance Assessment
(Muhammad Sohail Khan)
Diagnostic Assessment (Alina)
Formative and Summative Assessment (Maryam Al-Faham)
Assessment of, as, and for learning (Zhonghang Wang)
Summative Assessment
Formative Assessment
Formative assessment is a type of evaluation that is conducted during the learning process to provide feedback to learners and instructors on their progress and understanding of a particular subject or skill. The primary purpose of formative assessment is to identify areas where learners may need additional support or instruction in order to improve their learning outcomes.
Formative assessments can take many forms, such as quizzes, discussions, peer reviews, or assignments. They can be used to measure a learner's comprehension, skills, and attitudes as they engage in the learning process. The results of formative assessments are typically used to guide instructional decisions, such as adapting teaching methods or providing targeted feedback to learners.
Summative assessment is a type of evaluation that is typically administered at the end of a learning period, such as a course or a unit of study. Its purpose is to measure the overall achievement or proficiency level of the learner in a particular subject or skill area.
Summative assessments can take many forms, such as final exams, standardized tests, essays, projects, or portfolios. The results of summative assessments are typically used to assign grades or to make decisions about a learner's progress or readiness for further study or advancement.
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A diagnostic assessment is a form of pre-assessment or a pre-test where teachers can evaluate students’ strengths, weaknesses, knowledge and skills before their instruction.
Informal diagnostic assessment. It is employed when you swiftly need to measure students’ knowledge about the subject or topic. It is fast and brief in nature.
concept mapping. Students draw a visual diagram of a concept or piece of information and are asked to form connections between different components of the topic at hand.
With the information diagnostic assessment provide, teachers may:
- decide to adjust the level of challenge of activities
- reteach specific concepts
- decide which pupils may need additional academic support
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Assessment for learning
(Muhammad Sohail Khan)
Standartised diagnostic test such as curriculum-based assessment, to establish a student's degree of proficiency with a certain benchmark.
Pre-tests (on content and abilities). They are commonly made up of fill-in-the-gap questions, multiple-choice questions, and other types of close-ended questions. The whole idea is to test a student’s existing knowledge before they get started on a new learning module or unit.
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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What? - Performance assessments occur where student learning is assessed aligned to real world challenges. Tasks are beyond just memorizing curriculum content and use higher level thinking. (Muhammad Sohail klhan)
Why? - Situations of performance based assessments and learning are used when teachers prepare students for life outside school. Most jobs do not rely on essay and exam skills. (Muhammad Sohail Khan)
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How? - Depending on the subject, courses can use 'trial runs' of tasks students would do in a working role. For example, law students can perform an argumentative debate over a case, media studies/film students can make a documentary film. (Muhammad Sohail Khan)
"Of" assists teachers to use evidence of student learning to assess achievement against outcomes and standards
"As" is used by students to monitor their own learning, ask questions and use a range of strategies to decide what they know and can do, and how to use assessment for new learning
"For" it involves teachers to use evidence about their students’ knowledge, understanding, and skills to inform their teaching
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Ipsative assessment (Muhammad Sohail Khan)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
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It measures the performance of a student against previous performances from that student. With this method you’re trying to improve yourself by comparing previous results. You’re not comparing yourself against other students, which may be not so good for your self-confidence. (Muhammad Sohail Khan)