Traditional &Alternative
Assessment
Key Terms
Assessment
Evaluation
Testing
Measurement
A test is a tool or an instrument that is formally used to assess pupils' performance in a certain ability.
The process for gathering evidence of pupils' performance
Making judgement or determining the value of students’ learning (Pass/Fail)
A quantitative description of a certain characteristic
Note
we measure distance, we assess learning, and we evaluate results in terms of some set of criteria.
Who is involved in the assessment process?
Student
Policy makers
Teacher
Curriculum Developers
Why is assessment needed?
Beyond the Classroom
Within the Classroom
To assess whether learning objectives were achieved.
Monitor students’ learning, progress and achievement.
Improve instruction
To evaluate whether a program or instruction effective or not
Roles of Assessment
Assessment
for Learning
Assessment
as Learning
Assessment
of Learning
What have the students
learned?
Summative tests for example: Midtms
After instructions
Before, during and after instruction
How can we help the
students more?
provide helpful feedback to students. for example Placement test and Diagnostic tests
Before, during, and after instruction
This achieved by conducting self - assessment
To look within (Self reflection)