TEACHER REQUISITES AND

ETHICS IN ASSESSMENT
 Requisites for a Teacher to be
Competent in Educational Assessment
A teacher must have the knowledge of
the following:
 Educational uses and limitations of the
tests
 Criteria by which quality of tests
should be judged
 Requisites for a Teacher to be
Competent in Educational Assessment
A teacher must have the knowledge of
the following:
 How to plan the test and write the
questions to be included
 How to administer the test properly
 How to interpret the test scores
 Ethics in Assessment

 Is it right to assess a specific

knowledge or investigate a certain
question?
 Are there some aspects of the teaching-
learning situations that should not be
assessed?
Ethical Issues in Assessment

1. Possible harm to the participants

2. Confidentiality of the assessment
data
3. Presence of concealment or
deception
 Ethics in Assessment

1. Teacher has the fundamental

responsibility to ensure that the
participants in an assessment are
protected from physical or
psychological harm, discomfort or
danger that may arise due to the
testing procedure.
 Ethics in Assessment

2. Test results and assessment results are

confidential results.
Such should be known only by the
concerned and the teacher.
 Ethics in Assessment

3. There are instances in which it is

necessary to conceal the objective of
the assessment from the students to
ensure fair and impartial results.
 Ethics in Assessment

The teacher has the responsibility to:

a. determine whether the use of
such technique is justified by the
educational value of assessment;
 Ethics in Assessment

The teacher has the responsibility to:

b. determine whether alternative
procedures are available that do not
make use of concealment;
 Ethics in Assessment

The teacher has the responsibility to:

c. ensure that students are provided
with sufficient explanation as soon
as possible.
 Ethics in Assessment

4. The teacher may not administer the

assessment him/herself to avoid the
temptation to assist certain individuals
in class during assessment/testing.
 Activity #3
1. Of the required competencies of a
teacher, which do you have already, and
which do you need to develop more?
2. Choose one (1) of the ethical issues in
assessment, and cite an example of
violation that you experienced/observed.