CURRICULUM

LEONORA L. ARANCON
 Curriculum Assessment

Things to recognize:

 Definition
 What is curriculum assessment?

 Types
 Various types of assessment in education

 Tools
 Tools can be used in Assessing curriculum
 Curriculum Assessment

 refers to the  refers to the wide

academic content variety of methods
and specific course or tools that
or program offered educators use to
by an educational evaluate, measure,
institution. and document the
academic readiness
and progress.
Function of Assessment

o Monitoring

o Decision making

o Screening

o Diagnostic process

o Placement of student in remedial

courses
What is curriculum assessment?

Curriculum assessment is a process of

gathering and analyzing information
from multiple sources in order to improve
student learning in sustainable ways.

It is an important part of the systems

approach to curriculum development.
Assessment Types
Assessment Tools
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 Tools In Assessing Curriculum
1. Paper and Pencil Strategy
- it is a traditional way of teacher in assessing student
performance.

examples:
Essay- refers to a writing samples of a students in which, is used to
assessed student mastery of the concept, organizing ideas and developing
the critical thinking .

Select Response- is used to identify one correct answer ( multiple choice,

identification and matching type)
 Tools In Assessing Curriculum
2. Performance-Based Strategy

- requires students to demonstrate, create and produce.

3. Reflective Strategy

- it is a self assessment where in students reflect with there own.

4. Behavioral Strategy

- refers to the behavior of the students which the teacher usued to assessed
while working/task inside the classroom.

5.Oral Strategy

- often used by the teacher inside the classroom, a question and answer portion
where in students develop their verbal skill on how he/she response to the
question given by the teacher.
 Tools In Assessing Curriculum
6. Combination Strategy
-used by the teacher to enhanced students creativeness of answering questions.
evaluation and curriculum redesign?

example:

Portfolio- refers to the student work collection.

7. Personal Communication Strategy - Is a form of conversation in which all

parties (teacher, student and parent) increase their knowledge
examples:
Conference
- is a formal and informal meeting between and among the teachers,
students and parents.
Interview
- a form of conversation among/between the teachers,parents and students.
Curriculum Assessment

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Curriculum Assessment
Criteria of curriculum assessment defined:

• A set of standards to be followed in

assessment.

• As they apply to curriculum, criteria are set of

standards upon which the different elements of
the curriculum are being tested.

• Will determine the different levels of

competencies or proficiency of acceptable task
performance
WHAT ARE CHARACTERISTICSOF A GOOD CURRICULUM?
A good curriculum must possess specific characteristics in the pursuit of the aims
of education the schools are to pursue. It includes the following:

1.The curriculum is continuously evolving.

2. The curriculum is based on the needs of the people.
3. The curriculum is democratically conceived.
4. The curriculum is the result of long-term effort.
5. The curriculum is a complex of details.
6. The curriculum provides for the logical sequence of
subject matter.
7. The curriculum complements and cooperates with
other program of the community.8. The curriculum has
educational quality.9. The curriculum has administrative
flexibility.
Assessment vs Evaluation