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Assessment and Instruction

• Assessment is closely connected to teaching and learning, as it provides information to determine effective instruction.
• The process of planning instruction involves setting learning outcomes and determining how to evaluate them.

Role of ICT in Assessment

• The use of technology plays a vital role in assisting teachers in assessing students' learning.
• Digital devices or online applications can be used to construct, deliver, and report learners' performance.

Types of Assessment

Formative Assessment

• Provides feedback and information during the instructional process, while learning is taking place.
• Helps teachers understand student learning and adjust their teaching strategies accordingly.
• Involves tracking student knowledge growth and change in real-time.
• Examples of formative assessments include:
  • Portfolios
  • Group projects
  • Progress reports
  • Class discussions
  • Entry and exit tickets
  • Short, regular quizzes
  • Virtual classroom tools like Socrative or Kahoot!

Summative Assessment

• Takes place after learning has been completed and provides information and feedback that sums up the teaching and learning process.
• Measures students' progress as an assessment of learning and provides data for teachers, school leaders, and district leaders.
• Examples of summative assessments include:
  • Recording a podcast
  • Writing a script for a short play
  • Producing an independent study project
• Best practices for summative assessments include:
  • Keeping it real-world relevant
  • Making questions clear and instructions easy to follow
  • Providing a rubric
  • Creating the final test after teaching the lesson
  • Blind grading

Diagnostic Assessment

• Identifies students' strengths and weaknesses to help plan what to teach and how to teach it.
• Helps identify students' current knowledge, skills, and capabilities, and clarifies misconceptions before teaching takes place.
• Typically given at the beginning of a topic or unit.
• Examples of diagnostic assessments include:
  • Sets of written questions (multiple choices or short answer)