Educational Assessment

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Assessment is the systematic collection, review, and use of information about educational programs undertaken for the purpose of improving student learning and development (Palomba & Banta, 1999). Educational assessments are carried out to measure the efficiency of the program, the quality of instruction and progress of a child’s learning. The purpose is to determine the growth and development.

There are several kinds of assessment carried out during a student’s learning. These include the placement assessment, formative assessment, and summative assessment. Learners coming into the kindergarten class are often given a pre test or a placement assessment to evaluate what the learner may already know or think about content that is to be learned. Formative assessment is usually carried out while an instructional sequence is occurring. Summative assessment takes place at the end of the end of an instructional unit. These assessments help the educator to understand, what the students have learnt, how much they have learnt in their units and whether they need assistance or not.

Literacy assessment

Assessment is an integral part of instruction. I am using a mid year and an end of the year assessment information from Bloomington Public School website to explain their literacy skill assessment. The objectives and skills layed out in this assessment are aligned to the state standards. A sample of their assessment is shown on page 7and 8. The kindergarten literacy assessment in the table includes: Prints first name correctly, prints last name correctly, prints uppercase and lowercase letters, names uppercase letters, names lowercase letters, produce letter sounds, identifies beginning and ending sounds in words, recognizing and producing...

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...kills and improve over a period of time. This gives the educator and student an opportunity to be successful.

Assessments should be free of cultural, ethnic and gender stereotypes; fair in content and age appropriate; tap into knowledge and skills that all students have had enough time to master. Achievement tests determine a student’s depth of knowledge and proficiency in the subject. A fair assessment helps the learner and the educator to grow and embrace learning

Works Cited

http://www.education.com/reference/article/why-assessment-important

http://uat.okstate.edu/assessment/what_is_assessment/index.html

http://www.bloomington.k12.mn.us/departments/curriculum/assessments/KindergartenLiteracyandMathrubrics.htm

Armstrong, D.G., Henson, K. T & Savage, T.V. (2009), Teaching Today; An Introduction to Education, 8th Edition]. New Jersey: Education Inc.

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