6. WHY am I
assessing?...
WHAT am I
assessing?
WHAT assessment
METHOD(S) should
I use?
HOW can I ensure
quality in this
assessment
process?
HOW can I use the
information from
this assessment?
7.
8. to collect
information
. to confirm what students
know and can do;
. to demonstrate whether
students have achieved the
curriculum outcomes. . to modify and differentiate teaching and
learning activities
Assessment OF learning Assessment FOR learning
9. . Summative nature
. Teachers concentrate on
ensuring they have used
assessment to provide
accurate statements of
students’ proficiency.
. Formative nature
. Teachers concentrate on
supporting learning and tend to
use learner-centered practices.
“We are not arguing that one assessment approach is good and another bad:
the key issue is fitness for purpose.”
Gipps and Cummng, Assessing literacies, 2003
10. - Communicate clear learning targets
(identify learning outcomes).
- Write good test items and performance
assessment tasks.
- Give descriptive feedback.
“Assessment and graded assignments must match both content
and the thinking skills you intend for students to learn.”
Brookhart, How to use grading to improve learning
11. RUBRICS
. Help teachers to teach and students to learn
It focus on what you intend students to learn
rather than what you intend to teach.
“If grades are to be meaningful, they must be based on learning targets that students understand.”
Brookhart, How to use grading to improve learning