EDUCATIONAL

ASSESSMENT
REYMAR L. MADEJA
DEFINITION
 A systematic process of documenting and using empirical data on knowledge, skills,
attitudes, aptitude, and beliefs to refine programs and improve student learning
 Assessment data can be obtained from directly examining student work to
assess the achievement of learning outcomes or can be based on data from
which one can make inferences about learning
 Assessment is often used interchangeably with test, but not limited to tests
 Assessment can focus on the individual learner, the learning community
(class, workshop, or other organized group of learners), a course, an
academic program, the institution, or the educational system as a whole
(also known as granularity).
 The word 'assessment' came into use in an educational context after the
Second World War.
Why do we assess learners?
TYPES OF ASSESSMENT

Assessment for learning

Assessment as learning
Assessment of learning
ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING

 Occurs when teachers use inferences about student

progress to inform their teaching
 Formative assessment
ASSESSMENT AS LEARNING

 Occurs when students reflect on and monitor their progress

to inform their future learning goals
 Formative assessment
ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING

 Occurs when teachers use evidence of student learning to

make judgments on student achievement against goals and
standards
 Summative assessment
USERS OF EDUCATIONAL
ASSESSMENT
 Teachers / Educators
 Learners
 Parents
 Administrators and program staff
 Curriculum planners
ACTIVITY 2
 Discussthe relationship(s) among MEASUREMENT,
TEST and EVALUATION.
 Discuss the relevance of assessment for
 Learners

 Teachers

 Parents

 Administrators and Program Staff

 Policymakers
PRINCIPLES OF ASSESSMENT

 Assessment should be consistent with the curriculum

standards.
 Formativeassessment needs to scaffold the students in the
summative assessment.
 Assessment results must be used by teachers to help
students learn better.
 Assessment is not used to threaten or intimidate learners.