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Download Solution PDFWhich of the following types of assessment is conducted periodically with an eye on standards?
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Download Solution PDFAssessment is integral to the teaching-learning process which helps in facilitating student learning and improving instruction. It is a systematic way of collecting information to make a judgment about student learning. Assessment can be broadly classified into:
Types of Assessment:
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Formative Assessment |
Summative Assessment |
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It involves evaluating the process and serve as an assessment FOR learning. |
It involves evaluating the final product and serve as an assessment OF learning. |
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The purpose of this evaluation is to provide feedback regarding the students' progress by finding out the learning gaps. It also provides feedback regarding the efficiency of the teaching methods, so that the teaching can be improved. |
The purpose of this kind of evaluation is to grade, rank, classify, compare, and promote the students. They are conducted periodically to determine whether students have met the standards or learning objectives during a course of study. |
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It can be thought of as “practice”. |
It can be seen as “performance after practice”. |
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It is conducted during the teaching-learning process or any course of study. |
It is usually conducted at the end of a chapter, a unit, a quarter, a course, a semester or an academic year. Since they are used to ‘sum up’ learning hence, called Summative Assessment. |
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It is an informal method of assessment and is conducted by the teachers while teaching. |
It is a formal method of assessment. |
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This assessment is done through class tests, assignments, homework, field trips, quiz, debate, discussions, role plays, etc. |
The various ways of conducting such assessments include the term-end examination, semester examination, half-yearly examinations, etc. |
NOTE:
- Portfolio Assessment: It is one of the alternative methods in education used in the assessment of the students’ individual or group performance. A portfolio is a purposeful collection of student work that exhibits to the student or others, his/her efforts or achievement in one or more areas.
- Performance Assessment:It is an alternative or authentic form of assessment that requires students to perform a task rather than select an answer from a list. It is designed to provide a more complete picture of student achievement in a particular area. Students are assessed through observing their performances, hence the name performance assessment.
Hence, it can be concluded that summative assessment is conducted periodically with an eye on standards.
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