Basic Concepts of Educational

Assessment
E​D​A​S​S​E​S
 Education
is from the terms “educare”
or “educere” meaning “to draw out”. It is
the process of ​facilitating learning​, or
the ​acquisition of knowledge​, skills,
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values, morals, beliefs, and habits​ .
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education

Outcome-Based Education
( OBE ), also
known as standards-based
education, is an educational theory that bases
each part of an ​educational system around
goals ​(outcomes). By the end of ​the
educational experience, each student should
have achieved the goal.​1
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based%20education%20%28OBE%29%2C%20also%20known,experience%2C%20each%20student%20should%20have%20achieved%20the%20goal.

Assessment ​(​assidere ​“to sit beside”)

in education is a means of
finding out ​what learning ​is taking place.
It is a act or process of ​collecting ​and
interpreting ​information about ​student
learning​. It is a very useful ​tool ​for
educational improvement​.

Measurement
in education is the process
of quantifying or ​assigning grades ​to the
individual’s intelligence, personality,
attitudes and values, and ​achievement ​of
the students.
Example: ​Jenny got 82 in her art project, while her
twin sister, Jessica got 94.

Types of Measurement
 are

measurements that do not

depend on the individual
taking the ​measurements.

are
measurements that differ
from one assessor to the next even if the
same quantity/quality is being measured.

Evaluation
in education is the process of
j​udging the quality ​of what is good and what
is desirable. It is the ​comparison ​of data to a
set of ​standard or learning criteria ​for the
purpose of judging the worth, quality, or
value​.
Example: ​Jessica is more inclined to Arts than
Jenny.
 Test
in education is the ​formal and
systematic ​instrument, usually paper
and ​pencil procedure designed to ​assess
the quality, ability, skill or knowledge of
the students by giving a set of question
in ​uniform​ ​manner.