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Professional Education 6 | Assessment of Learning 1 | 1st lecture
Prepared by: Jonathan L. Mañas, PhD

“If the proof of the pudding is in the eating, then the proof of learning is results obtained from
assessing.”

Guiding Principles in the Assessment of Learning

1. Assessment of Learning is an integral part of the teaching and learning process.

• Sine qua non of teaching – absolutely necessary
• Shall we do corrective measures, remedial?
• Shall we proceed to the next competency?
• Ultimate purpose: Check the students’ understanding

2. Assessment tool should match with performance objective.

• Performance Objective=Assessment tool=Valid

3. The results of assessment must be fed back to the learners.

• We let our students know whenever they have attained the set learning
objectives by giving them the results of the assessment.

4. In assessing learning, teachers must consider learners’ learning styles and multiple
intelligences and so must come up with a variety of ways of assessing learning.
• Learning Styles - refers to an individual’s unique approach to learn based on
strengths, weaknesses and preferences; how one chooses to learn.

• Multiple Intelligences - proposed by Howard Gardner.

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5. To contribute to the building of the culture of success in the school, it is pedagogically

sound that in our assessment techniques we give some positive along with not so good
ones.
• Starting your critical evaluation on a performance or project by
accentuating on positive points and giving in the form of suggestions those
not-so-good points that definitely need improvement will cushion the impact
of our critical evaluation.
• Putting comments like “nicely put, well done, fine idea, good point” on
students’ papers boosts their ego and add to their level of confidence.

6. Emphasize on self –assessment

• “Assessment should not force students to compete against one another; any
competition should be between students and their own prior performance.”
• If learning is a personal process, then the pupil or student is in the best
position to measure his or her performance or progress against the
benchmark.
• Their self-assessment coupled with our assessment to them may give a more
complete or adequate picture or of how far or close they are to the
established criterion of success.

7. If we believe that our task as teachers is to teach all pupils/students, and that it is
possible that all students, even those from limited backgrounds, will have access to
opportunities and therefore can achieve, then the bell curve mentality must be
abandoned.

8. Assessment of Learning should never be used as punishment or as a disciplinary

measure.

• Don’t give quizzes only because students are noisy or misbehaving.

• If we do those, students may find assessment as punishment.

9. Results of learning assessment must be communicated regularly and clearly to

parents.

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• Let the parentsCOLLEGE OF EDUCATION
know their children’s performances.

10. Emphasize on real world application that favours realistic performance over out-of-
context drill items.

11. To ensure learning, do formative assessment.

• Formative examinations are given before, during or after the lesson.
• Summative examinations are given at the end of each unit.

12. To ensure reliability of assessment results, make use of multiple sources.

• Make use of written tests, performance tests, portfolios and observation.

Reference: Principles of Teaching 1

Brenda B. Corpuz, Ph.D. Gloria G. Salandanan Ph.D.
Assessment of Learning 1 pages 142- 147

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