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Introducing the concept of assessment
First things first...
- Assessment is carried out to see what children and young people know, understand and are able to do.
- Assessment is very important for tracking progress, planning next steps, reporting and involving parents, children and young people in learning.
- We assess learning, the attainment of the learning objectives.
- In assessment, the learning objectives are transformed into assessment criteria.
- When you write assessment criteria, make sure they are SMART!
Reflection question
Think of an assessment task and write 2 assessment criteria for the task.
Now, revise them.
Are they SMART criteria?
- With a diagnostic purpose, to assess the current picture at a specific time.
- With a summative purpose, to assess the outcomes
- With a formative purpose, to assess the progress
- Initial assessment: at the beginning of a process (the school year, a unit, a project, a term…)
- Continuous assessment: throughout the process
- Final: at the end of a process (the school year, a unit, a project, a term…)
- Everyone is involved in the assessment process, everyone can contribute to assessment, so everyone can assess
- It could be teachers, students, members of the educational community
- Assessment methods: we use them to gather evidence of student learning. For example: written essays, student portfolios, oral presentations, audiovisual creations, field or service-learning projects and its outcomes, performance or in-class tests, quizzes, exams…
- Assessment instruments: we use them to apply the assessment criteria on the evidence gathered through the different methods.