21st Century Assessment

21 CENTURY
ST
ASSESSMENT
January 23, 2020
• Assessment is defined as a process of
obtaining information that is used to make
educational decisions about students, to give
feedback to students about his or her
progress, strengths and weaknesses, to judge
instructional effectiveness and curricular
adequacy, and to inform policy.
21ST CENTURY SKILLS
• Learning and Innovation Skills

• Creativity and Innovation
• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
• Communication and Collaboration

21ST CENTURY SKILLS
• Information, Media and Technology Skills

• Information Literacy
• Media Literacy
• ICT (Information, Communications and

Technology) Literacy
21ST CENTURY SKILLS
• Life and Career Skills

• Flexibility and Adaptability
• Initiative and Self-Direction
• Social and Cross-Cultural Skills
• Productivity and Accountability
• Leadership and Responsibility
ASSESSMENT COMPETENCIES FOR
TEACHERS
• Teachers should be skilled in:
• Choosing assessment methods
appropriate for instructional decisions.
• Administering, scoring, and interpreting
the results of both externally produced
and teacher produced assessment
methods.
TEACHERS
• Using assessment results when making
decisions about individual students,
planning teaching, and developing
curriculum and school improvement.
• Developing valid pupil grading
procedures that use pupil assessment.
TEACHERS
• Communicating assessment results to
students, parents, other lay audiences,
and other educators.
• Recognizing unethical, illegal, and
otherwise inappropriate assessment
methods and uses of assessment
information.
CHARACTERISTICS OF
THE 21ST CENTURY
ASSESSMENT
• The following eight characteristics of 21st
century assessment, are essential guide
for preparation of assessment activities by
educators. It is necessary to refer to these
characteristics to ensure that the learners
are being assessed towards the skills and
demand of the 21st century.
RESPONSIVE
• Visible performance-based work (as a

result of assessment) generates data that
inform curriculum and instruction.
FLEXIBLE
• Assessment needs to be adaptable to

students’ settings. Rather than the
identical approach that works in
traditional assessment, 21st century
approaches are more versatile.
INTEGRATED
• Assessments are to be incorporated into

day-today practice rather than as add-
ons at the end of instructions or during a
single specified week of the school
calendar.
INFORMATIVE
• The desired 21st century goals and

objectives are clearly stated and explicitly
taught. Students display their range of
emerging knowledge and skills. Exemplars
routinely guide students toward
achievement of targets.
MULTIPLE METHODS
• An assessment continuum that includes a

spectrum of strategies is the norm.
COMMUNICATED
• Communication of assessment data is

clear and transparent for all stakeholders.
TECHNICALLY SOUND
• Adjustments and accommodations are

made in the assessment process to meet
the students’ needs and fairness.
SYSTEMIC
• 21st century assessment is part of a

comprehensive and well-aligned
assessment system that is balanced and
inclusive of all students, constituents, and
stakeholders and designed to support
improvement at all levels.
SEATWORK!!!
DIRECTION
• Read each statement carefully. Identify

what characteristic of a 21st century
assessment is asked. (2 points each)
1. Assessment needs to be
adaptable to students’
settings.
2. Assessment should also be
fair to ethnic, gender, and
socioeconomic groups.
3. Students, as well as their
parents, keep track of their
achievements.
4. Ms. Carpio uses
different strategies and
techniques in assessing
her students.
5. After every discussion, Mr.
Santos let his students
answer a check up quiz.
6. Ms. Claro asks us to
give our insights for
today’s lesson.
7. 21st century assessment is
balanced and inclusive of all
students, constituents, and
stakeholders .
8. Mr. Cruz always shares
the objectives to us before the
lesson proper.
9. Assessment data is
clear and transparent
for all stakeholders.
10. Ms. Ocampo asked us for a
1/8 sheet of paper. There,
she wrote our grade for
Prelim which is 1.0
ANSWER KEY
1. Flexible 6. Responsive
2. Technically Sound 7. Systemic
3. Communicated 8. Informative
4. Multi Methods 9. Communicated
5. Integrated 10. Communicated

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What are the assessment competencies for teachers?

21 CENTURY

• Learning and Innovation Skills

• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

• Communication and Collaboration

• Information, Media and Technology Skills

• ICT (Information, Communications and

• Life and Career Skills

• Visible performance-based work (as a

• Assessment needs to be adaptable to

• Assessments are to be incorporated into

• The desired 21st century goals and

• An assessment continuum that includes a

• Communication of assessment data is

• Adjustments and accommodations are

• 21st century assessment is part of a

• Read each statement carefully. Identify

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