ASSESSMENT AND

EVALUATION
DEFINITION OF ASSESSMENT
 The process of collecting
information or evidence of a
learner’s learning progress and
achievement over a period of time
in order to improve teaching and
learning
(Bob Adamson )
 Assessment is typically
used to describe
processes to examine
or measure student
learning that results
from academic
programs.
 Assessment is an ongoing process
aimed at improving student learning .

 Improving learning from assessment

sometimes occurs immediately in
classrooms or later because of
changes for future students
 Assessment is not based on
one test or one task, nor it
is expressed by mark or
grade, but rather in a report
form with scales or levels as
well as description and
comment from the teacher
 The report is written based on
samples of the student’s work, the
student’s self-assessment sheets,
teacher’s observation notes on the
achievement of the student’s
linguistic ability, attitude,
participation, cooperation and
general cognitive development.
 The student’s
achievement is often
measured against his/her
own starting point rather
than compared against
the skills or abilities of
other students.
DEFINITION OF EVALUATION

 Theprocess of making
overall judgment about
one’s work or a whole
school’s work
(Cameron)
 Evaluation is concerned with a whole
range of issues in and beyond
language education: lessons, courses,
programs, and skills can be evaluated.
It produces a global view of
achievement usually based on many
different types of information, such as
observation of lessons, student’s test
scores, teachers’ assessment reports,
course documents, or interviews with
students and teachers, etc.
 The term assessment and evaluation
are often used interchangeably,
however, they actually have different
definitions. Ewell (2003) explains
that evaluation is typically a broader
concept than assessment as it
focuses on the over all, or
summative experience
 Balanced Assessment
Type of assessment Focus Features
Traditional •Knowledge a. Classroom assessment:
•Curriculum •Test
•skills •Quizzes
•Assignment

b. Standardized tests:
•Norm-referenced
•Criterion-referenced
Portfolio •Process •Growth and development
•Product •Reflection
•Growth •Goal setting
•Self-evaluation
Performance •Collaboration
•Standards •Tasks
•Application •Criteria
Assessment Method
Alternative Approaches for finding out what students know or
assessment can do other than through the use of multiple-
choice testing
Anecdotal records Informal written notes on student learning product
or processes, usually jotted down from direct
observation
Assessment A systematic approach for collecting information
on student learning or performance, usually based
on various sources of evidence
Authentic Procedures for evaluating student achievement or
assessment performance using activities that represent
classroom goals, curricula, and instruction or real-
life performance
Collection portfolio A collection of all student work that shows how a
Cont.
Peer assessment Assessment of a student’s work, products or
learning processes by classmates.
Performance Assessment tasks that requires dents to construct a
assessment response, create a product or demonstrate
applications of knowledge
Portfolio A collection of student work showing student
reflection and progress or achievement over time in
one or more areas.
Portfolio A selective collection of student work, teacher
assessment observation and self assessment that is used to show
progress over time with regard t specific criteria

Portfolio A meeting between a teacher and a student to

conference discuss student progress and set goals related to the
work collected in a portfolio
Cont.
Rubric A measurement scale used to evaluate a students
performance. Rubric consists of a fixed scale and a
list of characteristics hat describe criteria at each
score point for a particular outcome
Scaffolding Providing contextual supports for meaning during
instruction or assessment, such as visual displays,
classified lists or table or graphs.
Self assessment Appraisal by a student of his or her own work or
learning process.
Showcase A collection of a student’s best work, often selected
portfolio by the student that highlights what the student is
able to do.
Summative Culminating assessment for a unit, grade level, or
assessment course of study providing a status report on mastery
or degree of proficiency according to identified