Assessment of Teacher

• Assessment is the process by which the quality of an individual’s work is measured or judged.

• Educational assessmentis the systematic process of documentingand using empirical data on the knowledge, skill, attitudes, and beliefs to refine programs and improve student learning.

Categories

• Initial, formative, summative and diagnostic assessment
• Objective and subjective
• Referencing (criterion-referenced, norm-referenced, and ipsative)
• Informal and formal
• Internal and external

Placement Assessment

• Placement evaluation is used to place students according to prior achievement or personal characteristics, at the most appropriate point in an instructional sequence.

Where Used?

• The tests that colleges and universities use to assess college readiness and place students into their initial classes

Formative   Assessment

• Formative assessment is generally carried out throughout a course or project. Formative assessment, also referred to as “educative assessment,” is used to aid learning.

Where Used???

• Formative assessments can take the form of diagnostic, standardized tests, quizzes, oral question, or draft work.

Summative Assessment

• Summative assessment is generally carried out at the end of a course or project. In an educational setting, summative assessments are typically used to assign students a course grade

Where Used???

• Summative assessments are often used to determine whether a student has passed or failed a class.

Diagnostic Assesment

• Diagnostic assessment deals with the whole difficulties at the end that occurs during the learning process

Objective Assessment

• Objective assessment is a form of questioning which has a single correct answer.

Examples

• True/false answers,
• Multiple choice,
• Multiple-response
• Matching questions

Subjective Assesment

• Subjective assessment is a form of questioning which may have more than one correct answer (or more than one way of expressing the correct answer)

Examples

• Extended-response questions
• Essays

Formal Assessment

• Formal assessment usually implies a written document, such as a test, quiz, or paper. A formal assessment is given a numerical score or grade based on student performance

Informal Assesment

• An informal assessment usually occurs in a more casual manner and may include observation, inventories, checklists, rating scales, rubrics, performance and portfolio assessments, participation, peer and self-evaluation, and discussion.
• No Grade or Score

Internal Assessment

• Internal assessment is set and marked by the school (i.e. teachers). Students get the mark and feedback regarding the assessment

External Assessment

• External assessment is set by the governing body, and is marked by non-biased personnel.