Assessment, measurement, evaluation.

Assessment refers to the collection of data to better understand an issue,measurement is the process of quantifying assessment data, evaluation refers to the comparison of that data to a standard for the purpose of judging worth or quality

Summary of Differences

Dimension of Difference Assessment Evaluation

Timing Formative Summative

Focus of Measurement Process-Oriented

Product-Oriented

Relationship Between Administrator and Recipient Reflective Prescriptive

Findings, Uses Thereof Diagnostic Judgmental

Ongoing Modifiability of Criteria, Measures Thereof Flexible Fixed

Standards of Measurement Absolute Comparative

Relation Between Objects of A/E Coöperative Competitive

Assessment for learninga type of formative assessment, is utilized by teachers in order

to gain an understanding of their students' knowledge and skills in order to guide instruction.

Assessment as learningAssessment as learning, as previously mentioned, is also a

formative assessment which focuses on teaching students' the metacognitive processes to evaluate their own learning and

make adjustments.Assessment of learning

Assessment of Learning is a summative assessment used primarily to compare students and report progress according

to Earl (2003). Unit tests are a commonly used form of Assessment of Learning.

Five Assessment Principles(after Thomas Angelo & Patricia Cross 1993)

• To improve their teaching, faculty must define learning outcomes and measure their attainment.

• To improve their learning, students must learn how to use feedback to assess their own progress (= “self-assessment”).

• The best assessment derives from teachers’ questions about their own teaching.

• Systematic assessment can be an intellectually challenging source of faculty satisfaction.

• Assessment provides an impetus for active student involvement, a proven “best practice”.