The Purpose of

Assessment in Social
Sciences
Prof. P
Previously…
Terms and
Concepts
Objectives:
• Identify the roles of assessment in the teaching of social sciences;
• Provide evidence of the use of assessment in the K to 12-grade school
classrooms;
• Discuss validity, reliability, fairness, practicality, and efficiency;
• Manifest professional roles and responsibilities in the assessment of
students; and
• Explain the ethics in assessment.
Assessment Assessment
of Learning for Learning
Assessment for Instructional Purposes
• to help them understand learning
difficulties and the way to overcome
these difficulties.
• teacher needs to carry out formal and
informal observations in the classroom,
adopt learner-centered methods and
techniques of teaching and assessment.
Assessment and Evaluation for Certification
• For certifying learners, a type of
summative evaluation needs to be
carried out periodically as well as
terminally.
Recent Trends in Classroom Assessment

Demonstration or
Performance Portfolio Assessments
Assessments

Oral Assessments Project Assessments

 Standards for Teacher Competence in
Educational Assessment of Students
Teachers should be skilled in choosing assessment methods appropriate for instructional decisions.

Teachers should be skilled in developing assessment methods appropriate for instructional decisions.

The teacher should be skilled in of both exteradministering, scoring and interpreting the resultsnally-produced
and teacher-produced assessment methods.

Teachers should be skilled in using assessment results when making decisions about individual students,
planning teaching, developing curriculum, and school improvement.

Teachers should be skilled in developing valid pupil grading procedures which use pupil assessments.

Teachers should be skilled in communicating assessment results to students, parents, other lay audiences, and
other educators.

Teachers should be skilled in recognizing unethical, illegal, and otherwise inappropriate assessment methods
and uses of assessment information.
Properties of Assessment Methods

validity reliability fairness

practicality efficiency
 Ethics in Assessment
• Assessment tasks and marking criteria should focus on the intended learning outcomes.
• The assessment scheme should allow students to demonstrate their achievement of all the
intended learning outcomes.
• Students should be informed in advance about the assessment tasks, marking scheme and
marking criteria.
• Students should be helped to understand the requirements of assessment, e.g. through guidance,
discussion with tutors, model answers, or peer assessment.
• Students should be made aware of the procedure to follow if they wish to query or appeal against
an assessment decision.
• The assessment process should not be biased according to gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity,
religion or belief, age, class, or disability.
• Students and staff should evaluate the effectiveness of the assessment scheme.
• Where assessment takes place online, clear protocols and instructions should be given to the
students in advance of the assessment taking place.