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What is the purpose ofassessment?

... to gather evidence of learning.

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Purposes of

Evaluation

Types ofTests

EvaluativeDecisions

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Robert Glaser Teaching Model

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With respect to pupils

Selection

Classification

Certification of pupils by diagnosing their

strengths and weakness

Evaluating the progress of students

Providing Feedback to the students

Educational Guidance

Placement

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With respect to teachers

To check efficiency of the methods of

teaching

For diagnosing the deficiency in learning

For predicting the performance of student in

a particular field.

To evaluate the achievement of educational

objectives

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W.r.t instructional procedures

Continuous assessment of the progress of

pupils Improvisation of methods of teaching-

learning, curriculum and text books

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W.r.t total school programme

To know the strengths and weakness of

educational program

As a basis for healthy comparison

between programmes of different schools.

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W.r.t Improvement of Public Relations

As a basis for improvement of public

relations For mobilization of public opinion

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General Purposes of Assessment

Prognosis

Diagnosis

Monitoring of learning

Providing feedback

Promotion

Placement

Certification

Grading

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Classification of Assessment

Purpose (prognostic, formative, diagnostic and summative)

Scope (teacher made, standardized)

attribute measured (achievement, aptitude, attitude, etc.)

nature of information gathered (qualitative, quantitative)

mode of response (oral and written; selection and supply)

nature of interpretation (norm referenced, criterion

referenced) and context (internal, external)

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Prognostic Assessment

Prognostic- Predictive of something infuture

Prognostic Test- This test is a measurewhich predicts how well a person is likelyto do in a certain school subject or task.

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Diagnostic Assessment

Diagnostic assessments (also known as pre-

assessments) provide instructors with information

about student's prior knowledge and misconceptions

before beginning a learning activity. They also provide

a baseline for understanding how much learning has

taken place after the learning activity is completed.

Instructors usually build concepts sequentiallythroughout a course.

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Formative Assessment

Formative Assessment is a tool used by the

teacher to continuously monitor student

progress in a non threatening, supportive

environment. It involves regular descriptive

feedback, a chance for the students to reflect

on their performance, take advice and

improve upon it.

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Summative Assessment

Summative Assessment is carried outat the end of a course of learning. Itmeasures or sums up how much astudent has learned from the course. It is

usually a graded test, i.e., it is markedaccording to a scale or set of grades.

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Teacher Made Test

Teacher-made tests are written or oral assessmentsthat are not commercially produced or standardized.

These type of tests are designed specifically by the

teacher for her students.

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Standardized Tests

A standardized test is a test that isadministered and scored in a consistent,or "standard", manner. Standardized tests

are designed in such a way that thequestions, conditions for administering,scoring procedures, and interpretationsare consistent and are administered and

scored in a predetermined, standardmanner.

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Norm Referenced

Norm-referenced measures are designedto compare students (i.e., disperseaverage student scores along a bell curve,

with some students performing very well,most performing average, and a fewperforming poorly).

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Criterion Referenced Test

Criterion-referenced assessmentsmeasure how well a student performsagainst an objective or criterion rather

than another student. Criterion-referenced classrooms are mastery-oriented, informing all students of theexpected standard and teaching them tosucceed on related outcome measures.