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What is the assessment and why is it used?

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What is the assessment and why is it used?

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Assessment of, for, as for learning is an approach that looks at the purpose of the assessment.  This approach breaks down assessments into three main purposes.

Assessment of learning is a summative assessment, to evaluate what students have learned.  This type of assessment happens at the end of a unit or lesson.  It provides a basis for placement, promotion, and decisions about teaching.

Assessment for learning is a formative assessment, providing teachers feedback on student learning and teaching strategies.  This type of assessment occurs throughout the learning process.  The information from this assessment can be used by teachers to improve instruction, students to be reflective about their learning, and parents to support learning.

Assessment as learning is a formative assessment, allowing students to self evaluate their learning.  This assessment also occurs throughout the learning process too, but the purpose is to have students be reflective about their learning and progress.  This assessment is student driven and the teacher guides instruction.

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Assessment of learning - Final exam, Mid term, Final Grade, Degree, Final project or paper

Assessment for learning - Feedback on student work (oral or written), discussions, teaching feedback throughout lessons or units, polling students to assess knowledge, quizzes

Assessment as learning - Peer reviews, comparing work to exemplars, student generated rubrics and assessment criteria, self graded student work

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Assessment FOR, OF & AS Learning Items with Answers

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Assessment FOR, OF & AS Learning Items with Answers

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Assessment FOR, OF & AS Learning Items with Answers

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What are they?

A diagnostic assessment is a form of undifferentiated assessment designed to help educators better understand their students and their strengths, their weaknesses, knowledge level, and general skill set. Diagnostic assessments may also be useful in helping an educator identify problem areas students may have pertaining to different types of instruction and provide valuable insights into improving the overall quality of instructional delivery.

What is their perceived value?

A diagnostic pretest can provide an educator a valuable insight into how best to support the student as they move into instruction. On an individual level, the information acquired could inform an educator's decision-making as it pertains to factors such as scaffolding, grouping, as well as a perceived assessment of general ability. On a macro level, the results could affect areas such as course design and lesson planning. A comparative overview between diagnostic results and review/post-testing should also provide key information pertaining to student development or progress over the period of tuition.

Six Types of Diagnostic Assessment.

Short quizzes (multiple choice is generally good)

Journal entries

Student interviews

Student reflections

Classroom discussions

Graphic organizers (e.g., mind maps, padlets, flipgrids, flow charts, KWL charts).

Strengths of Diagnostic Assessments.

They can provide invaluable insight to educators during the period of course development or instructional design.

They are generally informal, easy to produce, and don’t need to observe standardization protocols.

Results can be quick and provide valuable insight into student learning needs.

An easy way to acquire data that can be later shared amongst peers operating in an environment such as a Professional Learning Community (PLC)

Due to their relatively informal nature, teachers can further adapt, refine or even change methodologies at their general discretion depending on need or circumstance.

Diagnostic Assessments Considerations

Remember diagnostic data is just that, initial information about a learner for the purpose of better planning the course content or supports for that learner. Pigeon-holing a student based on ability or developing inflexible supports is counter to the intention of diagnostic data collection

Diagnostic assessments may be anxiety inducing for learners and teachers should administer with thoughtful framing and care to ensure data is truly representative of scholar ability and not of testing conditions or bias.

Tools to utilize for diagnostic data collection

Scholastic Reading Inventory

Achieve3000 Lexile

Nearpod

Kahoot

References

Diagnostic Assessment: Meaning, Examples, and Types, Harappa (Oct. 13, 2021). Retrieved August 29, 2022, fromhttps://harappa.education/harappa-diaries/diagnostic-assessment/

6 Types of Assessment (and How to Use Them). (2022). Retrieved 29 August 2022, from https://www.prodigygame.com/main-en/blog/types-of-assessment/

Jennie Tookoian, What is a Diagnostic Assessment? Here's everything you need to know. (July 16, 2022). Retrieved 29 August 2022, from https://edulastic.com/blog/diagnostic-assessment/

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Performance assessments are a useful tool for evaluating a student's understanding of a subject and if they're able to apply their knowledge in specific situations.

It involves applying and showing skills and knowledge through various performance tasks. The purpose of a performance assessment is to improve the student learning experience and evaluate the effectiveness of lesson plans.

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2.Why are performance assessments important? (why it is used?)

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2.Why are performance assessments important? (why it is used?)

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Assessments can help educators identify if students are making progress and what adjustments to make to the class curriculum to ensure students are successful in their education.

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A performance assessment often asks students to use problem-solving skills or critical thinking to produce a report, experiment, or give a performance that displays their ability to apply what they have learned. For example, presentations, portfolios, performances, projects, exhibits and fairs...etc.

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-What Is a Performance Assessment? (Definition and Tips Included) By Indeed Editorial Team,Published July 7, 2021

-Authentic Ways to Develop Performance-Based Activities By Melissa Kelly, Updated on May 27, 2019

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K-12 Performance Assessment Terms Explained

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K-12 Performance Assessment Terms Explained

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K-12 Performance Assessment Terms Explained