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Characteristic

Quality
Of Assessment Tools
PEC 8-ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING 1

Jeah Joey Jae Ela


Assessment tool
Assessment is about learning.
Assessment tool refer to learning
methods that educators use to make
informed decisions regarding strategies
to enhance student learning.
Content The assessment measures only

Validity what it is supposed to measure:


the intended learning targets.
The assessment enables learners
and educators to make accurate
inferences about what the
learner understands, knows, and
can do.
Fairness All students regardless of their
individual characteristics have
the same chance to show what
they understand, know or can do.
Reliability is concerned with
Reliability making sure that different test
forms in a single administration
are equivalent; that retests of a
given test are equivalent to the
original test;and that test difficulty
remains constant year to year,
administration to administration.
Student
The assessment provides
Engagement
an accurate picture of
and
what students
Motivation:
understand, know, and
can do because students
are motivated to produce
their best work.
The usefulness of the assessment
Consequential results justifies the investment of

relevance time and effort in administering and


scoring the assessment, and
thenunderstanding and
meaningfully applying the
information to adjust instruction
and bettersupport student learning.
The validity of an assessment boils

Validity down to how well it measures the


different criteria being tested. In
other words, it is the idea that the
test measures what it intends to
measure.
This means your assessment
method should be relevant to the
specific context.
Standardization

Standardization
means applying


consistency to your
testing methods.
Other
characteristics It is feasible and
of assessment accounts for
equivalence.
tools include:
It
It should
should motivate
motivate
participants
participants to
to be
be involved
involved
in
in the
the testing.
testing.

It
It should
should motivate
be transparent,
participants to be involved
non-discriminatory, and
in the testing.
match expectations.
The assessment should be
very clear

Whatever a teacher is
going to assess it should
Few Points to already be taught
Remember
It is important to make sure
It should motivate
that assignment in test
participants
question todirectly
should be involved
relate
in the
to thekey
testing.
learning goals

It
A should
teachermotivate
should fairly
participants to be work
score the student involved
in the testing.
Example of Educational Assessment
Tools

Pros of Educational assessment

Educational
tools help teachers to
track and evaluate
progress throughout the

Assessment
learning process.

Tools They provide enough data


for improving the overall
teaching and learning
experiences.
Cons of Educational assessment

Educational
tools can cause anxiety or
affect students’
motivation, mainly when

Assessment
they do not perform as
well as they wanted.

Tools It is not always an


accurate reflection of
how much progress the
students have made.
Conclusion

Assessment plays an important role in the process of learning and motivation.

Assessment should integrate grading, learning, and motivation for your students. Well-
designed assessment methods provide valuable information about student learning.

Good assessments allow you to answer the question,


What was it that my students learned in my course?
Assessment then becomes a lens for understanding student learning, identifying invisible
barriers, and helping us to improve our teaching approaches.
Thank you for
listening!

“What and how students learn depends to a major extent on


how they think they will be assessed.” (John Biggs 1999,).
Resources Link
https://www.scribd.com/document/239671380
/Characteristics-of-Quality-Educational-
Assessments

Link
https://www.formpl.us/blog/asssessment-
tools

Link
https://www.deped.gov.ph/2015/05/26/classr
oom-assessment-guidelines/

Link
https://www.queensu.ca/teachingandlearning
/modules/assessments/04_s1_01_intro_secti
on.html
Seatwork
Give 5 characteristic of
quality assessment tools.

Write it on a paper. Capture it. Then


send it to this email:
jeahellysacruz@mmc.ph.education

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