Alayisah Jane A.

Tibumbo BSED-ENGLISH (NC)

Assessment in learning 1

NATURE OF ASSESSMENT

Assessment is embedded in the learning process. It is tightly interconnected

with curriculum and instruction.

 Classroom assessment involves students learning.

 It gives students a measure of their progress as learners.
 It provides opportunity for close observation of students in the process of
learning.
 It helps in collection of frequent feedback on students learning and how
they respond teaching approaches.
 Assessment has profound impact on the self-esteem of pupils, which is
critical influence on learning.
 Uses varieties of strategies.

Thus ’assessment’ includes all these activities undertaken by teachers, and by

their students in assessing themselves, which provide information to be used
as feedback to modify the teaching and learning activities in which they are
engaged.

FUNCTION OF ASSESSMENT

 Monitoring the progress

 Decision making
 Screening
 Diagnostic process
 Placement of students in remedial courses
 Instructional planning
 Evaluation of instructional programme
 Feedback
 Motivation