Talk about Assessment: Strategies and Tools to Improve Learning.

How do you feel as subject of assessment? Do you agree with these ideas? Which one called your attention the most? Post a comment ;)

From Cooper, Damian. Talk about Assessment: Strategies and Tools to Improve Learning. Toronto: Thomson, 2007) 5

 

Eight Big Ideas [in relation to assessment] Assessment serves different purposes at different times: it may be used to find out what students already know and can do; it may be used to help students improve their learning; or it may be used to let students and their parents know how much they have learned within a prescribed period of time. Assessment must be planned and purposeful. Assessment must be balanced, including oral, performance, and written tasks, and be flexible in order to improve learning for all students. Assessment and instruction are inseparable because effective assessment informs learning. For assessment to be helpful to students, it must inform them in words, not numerical scores or letter grades, what they have done well, what they have done poorly, and what they need to do next in order to improve. Assessment is a collaborative process that is most effective when it involves self-, peer, and teacher assessment. Performance standards are an essential component of effective assessment. Grading and reporting student achievement is a caring, sensitive process that requires teachers' professional judgment. (Cooper, Damian. 2007)