What is assessment?

We use the general term assessment

to refer to all those activities
undertaken by teachers -- and by
their students in assessing
themselves -- that provide
information to be used as
feedback to modify teaching and
learning activities.

ASSESSMENT
Assessment is
the process of
gathering
quantitative and
qualitative data or
evidence of what a
student can do.

Philosophy
Assessment shall be used primarily
as a quality assurance tool to track
students progress in the attainment
of standards, promote self-reflection
and personal accountability for ones
learning, and provide a basis for the
profiling of student performance.

Nature of Assessment
Assessment
of Learning

Being summative, it measures students

attainment of standards.

Assessment
as Learning

The student reflects on results of

assessment, charts his/her own
progress, and plans next steps to
improve performance; builds
metacognition as it involves the
student in setting and monitoring
own learning goals.

Assessment
of Learning
Assessment
for Learning

Determines students
background knowledge
and skills; tracks
students progress in
understanding

EVALUATION
Evaluation is the
process of
interpreting the
evidence and
making judgments
and decisions
based on the
evidence.

MEASUREMEN
T
is a part of the educational
evaluation process whereby
some tools or instruments are
used to provide a quantitative
description of the progress of
students towards desirable
educational goals.
can either be objective (as
in testing) or subjective (as in
perceptions)

Test or Testing
is a systematic
procedure to determine
the presence or absence
of certain characteristics
or qualities in a learner.

Non -Test

Is a systematic
procedure in
observing and
analyzing student
performance.

Purposes of Assessment
Who Needs To
Assess?
Policymakers

Purposes of Assessment
Policymakers use assessment to:
Set standards
Focus on goals
Monitor the quality of education
Reward/sanction various practices
Formulate policies
Direct resources including
personnel and money
Determine effects of tests

Purposes of Assessment
Who Needs To
Assess?
Administrators
and school

Purposes of Assessment
Monitor program effectiveness
planners use assessment to:
Identify program strengths and
weaknesses
Designate program priorities
Assess alternatives
Plan and improve programs

Purposes of Assessment
Who Needs To
Assess?
Teachers and
administrators

Purposes of Assessment
Make grouping decisions use
assessment to:
Perform individual diagnosis and
prescription
Monitor student progress
Carry out curriculum evaluation and
refinement
Provide mastery/promotion/grading
and other feedback
Motivate students
Determine grades

Purposes of Assessment
Who Needs To
Assess?
Parents and
students use

Purposes of Assessment
Gauge student progress assessment
to:
Assess student strengths and
weaknesses
Determine school accountability
Make informed educational and
career decisions