Assessments Types

Different types of assessments.

Assessment is a term that used to describe the tasks that takes place to collect the information about the students in different ways.

Assessment of learners is the process of gathering information about how learners are progressing in their learning. It gathers information about what learners know and can demonstrate as a result of their learning processes.

Evaluation of learners is the process of making a judgment about the quality of a learner’s performance using the information gathered during an assessment.
Action is what you do as the result of your assessment of learners and evaluation of their assessment information.

Types of assessments

1- Diagnostic ( before teaching/ learning)  

Techniques which are useful for diagnostic evaluation are:

 Use of a standardised test, or pre-test, to determine the level a student is at before beginning instruction

 Observing student performance over a period of time.

Formative 

2- Formative ( after teaching / learning )   

Techniques which are useful for summative evaluation include:

 Marking work exercises, assignments and files

 Collecting samples of work

 Teacher-made tests: short answer, multiple choice, true / false, matching, completion items, and essay questions

 Interviews and demonstrations

 Learning portfolios.

Assessment requires a mix of summative assessment of learning to determine what the student have achieved. Formative assessment to inform the next stage of learning that will occur. Both summative and formative will need to include authentic assessments.