V.

Assessing the Curriculum

1. Intended vs. Implemented vs. Achieved Curriculum

I. Purpose of Curriculum Assessment

Curriculum Assessment is the process of collecting information for use in evaluation. Curriculum
assessment may achieve the following purposes:

2. Highlight curriculum expectations

3. Gather information about what students know and can do.

4. Motivate students to learn better.

5. Motivate and encourage teachers to meet the identified needs of students.

6. Provide evidence to tell how well the students have learned.

7. Obtain feedback that helps teachers, students and parents make good decisions to guide
instructions.

INTENDED CURRICULUM - Refers to a set of objectives at the beginning of any particular plan. It
establishes the goal, the specific purposes, and the immediate objectives to be accomplished.

There are certain indicators to measure intended curriculum.:

1. Are the objectives achievable within the learners’ developmental levels?

2. Can the objectives be accomplished within the time frame?

3. Are the resources adequate to accomplish the objectives?

4. Are the objectives specific and clear?

5. Are there ways of measuring the outcomes of the objectives?

6. Are the objectives observable?

7. Are the objectives doable?

8. Are the objectives relevant?

2. Criteria for Curriculum Assessment

3. Tools to Access Curriculum

4. Linking Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment