(FIELD STUDY 1 EPISODE 1:

ASSESSMENT OF
LEARNING, ASSESSMENT
FOR LEARNING AND
ASSESSMENT AS
LEARNING)
WHAT IS ASSESSMENT?

• Assessment is integral to the teaching–learning

process, facilitating student learning and improving
instruction, and can take a variety of forms.

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 KINDS OF
ASSESSMENT
•1. Traditional Assessment
•II. Alternative Assessment
•III. Authentic Assessment
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 T YPES OF
CL ASSROOM
ASSESSMENT
ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING
(FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT)
• McNamee and Chen 2005, p. 76
• Assessment for learning is ongoing
assessment that allows teachers to
monitor students on a day-to-day basis
and modify their teaching based on
what the students need to be successful.

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•Placement Test
•Formative Test
•Diagnostic Test
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 TYPES OF FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
• Observations during in-class activities
• Homework exercises
• Reflections journals
• Question and answer sessions,
• Conferences
• In-class activities
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ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING
(SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT)
• Assessment of learning is the snapshot in time that
lets the teacher, students and their parents know
how well each student has completed the learning
tasks and activities. It provides information about
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TYPES OF SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT
• Examinations
• Final examination
• Term papers
• Projects
• Portfolios
• Performances
• Instructor self-evaluation
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 Assessment for Learning Assessment of Learning
(Formative Assessment) (Summative Assessment)
Checks learning to determine what to do next Checks what has been learned to date.
and then provides suggestions of what to do—
teaching and learning are indistinguishable from
assessment.
Is designed to assist educators and students in Is designed for the information of those not directly
improving learning. involved in daily learning and teaching (school
administration, parents, school board, Alberta Education,
post-secondary institutions) in addition to educators
and students.
Is used continually by providing descriptive Is presented in a periodic report.
feedback.
Usually uses detailed, specific and descriptive Usually compiles data into a single number, score or
feedback—in a formal or informal report. mark as part of a formal report.
Is not reported as part of an achievement Is reported as part of an achievement grade.
grade.
Usually focuses on improvement, compared Usually compares the student's learning either with
with the student's “previous best” (self- other students' learning (norm-referenced, making
referenced, making learning more personal). learning highly competitive) or the standard for a grade
level (criterion-referenced, making learning more
collaborative and individually focused).
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ASSESSMENT AS LEARNING
• Assessment as learning develops and supports students'
metacognitive skills. This form of assessment is crucial in
helping students become lifelong learners. As students
engage in peer and self-assessment, they learn to make
sense of information, relate it to prior knowledge and use
it for new learning. Students develop a sense of ownership
and efficacy when they use teacher, peer and self-
assessment feedback to make adjustments, improvements
and changes to what they
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ASSESSMENT
TOOLS AND
STRATEGIES
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THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF TECHNIQUES
SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO ASSESS DIFFERENT
ASPECTS OF SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING.

• Anecdotal records
• Checklists, rating scales, and rubrics
• Conferences
• Continua or continuums
• Performance assessment
• Portfolio
• Cloze
• Think-Alouds

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PRINCIPLES OF
LEARNING
ASSESSMENT
• Assessment is an integral part of the
teaching-learning process.
• Assessment tool/ activity should match
with performance objective.
• The result of the assessment must be
feedback to the learners.
• Teachers must consider learners’ learning
styles and multiple intelligences and so
must come up with a variety of ways of
assessing learning.
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• Give some positive feedback along with not
so good ones.
• Emphasize on self- assessment.
• Assessment of learning should never be used
as punishment nor a disciplinary measure.
• Emphasize on real world application that
favors realistic performances over out of
context drills.
• Results of learning assessment must be
communicated regularly to parents.
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