Assessment for/of Learning

LEARNING
OBJECTIVES

At the end of this learning
episode, the students should be
able to:
1. review different assessment
approaches to learning and
practices; and the principles of
effective assessment.
2. reflect on how the assessment
of learning and practices impacts
students' learning.

Assessment

� refers to the wide variety of methods

or tools that educators use to
evaluate, measure, and document
the academic readiness, learning
progress, skill acquisition, or
educational needs of students

� helps instructors and students

monitor progress towards achieving
learning objectives.

3 Approaches to Assessing Students’
Performance

1. Assessment as learning.
❑ This approach is seen when students use their performance to serve as feedback for their own learning.

Through this, they are able to assess their learning, formulate questions, and come up with various
strategies to decide what they know and can do and learn how to use assessment information for new
learning.

2. Assessment for learning.
❑ This is a formative assessment approach wherein the teacher uses pieces of
evidence to check on the students cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (attitude)
domains of learning. Through this, the teacher is also given feedback about his or her teaching.

3. Assessment of learning.
❑ This approach focuses on assessing the students' level of achievement against
expected outcomes or standards set from the beginning of the course. This is sometimes referred to as a
"summative assessment," which is conducted at the end of a term, unit, or semester. The effectiveness
of this approach depends on the validity, reliability, and weight assigned to the specific detailed
competencies defined and assessed for the course or subject.

PRINCIPLES OF
EFFECTIVE
ASSESSMENT

✔ 1. The assessment should measure

deep understanding, performance,
and content.

✔ 2. The assessment should use multiple

measures.

✔ 3. The assessment should use

appropriate methods and techniques.

✔ 4. The assessment should be practical.

✔ 5. The assessment should match the

learning outcomes.

✔ 6. The assessment tools should be

valid and reliable.

What are the different

ways to measure
understanding?

https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/ways-to-measure-understanding/

ASSESSMENTS in Education

Formative

Performance Based

Summative

Group/Individual

Diagnostic

Criterion Referenced

Formal

Norm Referenced

Informal
Behavioral
Rating Scale
Emotional
Screening
Authentic

PRINCIPLES OF
EFFECTIVE
ASSESSMENT

✔ 1. The assessment should measure

deep understanding, performance,
and content.

✔ 2. The assessment should use multiple

measures.

✔ 3. The assessment should use

appropriate methods and techniques.

✔ 4. The assessment should be practical.

✔ 5. The assessment should match the

learning outcomes.

✔ 6. The assessment tools should be

valid and reliable.