ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION
Assessment and evaluation are very important parts or aspects of the teaching
and learning cycle. Assessment is a tool used to measure students learning for the improvement of teaching and learning.
In other words, it refers
to the feedback from
the students to the teacher or
instructor about their learning. Worksheets, quizzes, oral tests, project works,
presentations etc could be given to assess how much the
students have learned.
On the other hand evaluation refers
to methods used to
judge student learning and the understanding of the content material for the
mere purpose of grading and reporting. Evaluation is the
feedback given by the instructor to the students about their learning.
Diagnostic
assessments
Diagnostic assessments
are assessments given at the beginning of a topic to check to see how much the
students are familiar with the topics (their experience), their interests, their
capabilities and skills in relation to different topics. Through a
diagnostic test, the teacher would be able to identify students’
problems and can plan to help the student in future with the help of most
applicable strategies. Normally diagnostic tests are
given at the beginning of an academic year. Using the diagnostic assessment effectively enables
the assessment process as it helps to determine what students know and what
they are capable of.
Formative
assessments
Formative assessments are
an on- going processes which helps the
students continually throughout a definite term duration or semester .It could be taken as a weekly or quarterly
manner as there is no definite frequency
set, as long as the teacher uses the information got to make future adjustments to the instructions (instructional methods
used in teaching ).Classroom observations and diagnostic tests come under formative assessments.
Summative
assessments
Formative assessments are
designed to be taken at particular intervals .It is specifically designed to
test the knowledge students have mastered within a given time
duration. And it is mainly used for accountability. The term tests given in schools are an example of summative assessment.
As a matter of fact, the current society expects the students to score well in whatever way they do
.As a result assessments are very much marks oriented that
students are very much forced to
produce “quantity results” rather than “quality results”.
Reference:
Goode,K;Kingston,T;Grant,J.M
& Munson,L.(2010).Assessment for learning. Retrieved from http://www.etfo.ca/Resources/ForTeachers/Documents/Assessment%20for%20Learning.pdf
Williams,A.E.(July,01,2008)
.What is the difference between a formative and a summative
assessment?.Retrieved from http://www.letsgolearn.com/faqs/comments/what_is_the_difference_between_a_formative_assessment_and_a_summative_asses/
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