DISCUSSION ISSUES ON ASSESEMENT

GROUP NAME :

FATIN AMIRA BINTI YUNUS

NUR SHUHADA SURIA BINTI SHA’ARI

ATINA HASANAH BINTI MOHD RAZALI

NATURE AND PURPOSE OF ASSESSMENT

Assessment shall be holistic, with emphasis on the formative or developmental purpose of quality assuring student learning.

It also standards-based as it seeks to ensure that teachers will teach to the standards and students will aim to meet or even exceed the standards.

The students’ attainment of standards in terms of content and performance is, therefore, a critical evidence of learning.

LEVELS OF ASSESSMENT

The attainment of learning outcomes as defined in the standards shall be the basis for the quality assurance of learning using formative assessments.

They shall also be the focus of the summative assessments and shall be the basis for grading at the end of instruction.

• These levels shall be the outcomes reflected in the class record and shall be given corresponding percentage weights as follows:

ASSESSMENT TOOLS

TYPE OF ASSESSMENT

Two type of assessment :Formative assessment

(Assessment for learning)Summative assessment

(Assessment of learning)

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Is a process used by teachers and students during instruction that provides explicit feedback to adjust on-going teaching and learning in order to improve student achievement.

There is also a diagnostic test which identifies a student area of achievement and weakness in a particular subject, which can give an idea of difficulty the student is experiencing.

EXAMPLE

draw a concept map in class to represent their understanding of a topic

submit one or two sentences identifying the main point of a lecture

turn in a research proposal for early feedback

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Are cumulative evaluation used to measure growth after instruction and are generally given at the end of a course in order to determine whether long term goals have been met

Summative assessment focus on what the student has learned at the end of a unit of instruction or at the end of a grade level

Summative assessment purpose is to let the teachers and students know the level of accomplishment attained.

EXAMPLE

a midterm exama final projecta papera senior recital

Benefits and LimitationsSummative Assessment

Benefits and LimitationsFormative Assessment