What is Assessment??

Assessment is defined as the process of obtaining information for making decisions about students, curricula, programs, schools, and educational policy. There are three different ways to assess students: Formative, Diagnostic, and Summative. Formative assessment is more informal and provides feedback to learners as part of an ongoing process. Two examples are self-tests and textbooks. The problem with self-tests is that they do not provide feedback or allow students to get help with problems. Formative assessment makes teaching more efficient and stops problems before they start. Diagnostic assessment focuses on questions. It is done to describe specific content (usually certain weaknesses) and particular instructional strategies required to help a student attain a particular learning target. Summative assessment is the most common means of checking students' work. You can do this by administering a midterm or a final exam. It is an approximation of a student's achievement at a given point and time. It usually informs instructors about learning gaps after it is too late.
Some ways to introduce classroom assessment techniques are to keep the course objectives in mind, plan for consistency, provide a rationale, strive for clarity, respond quickly and explain changes, and communicate changes.
["Classroom Assessment Techniques" Video Presented by Shaun Longstreet, Ph. D.]

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Hello everyone! My name is Alyssa and I'm 20 years old. I'm a junior at Saint Peter's College and I'm a double major in Elementary Education/American Studies. In school I am involved with the Student Education Association and Kappa Delta Pi. I'm a substitute teacher for grades K-12 for the Bayonne Board of Education. I'm also a coach for the K-3 grade cheerleading team for All Saints Academy. I love working with children. In the future I hope to teach K-2. That's all for now! Bye!!

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Hi!! I'm sitting in my Tests and Measurements class right now and this is my first blog ever! I am currently a Junior Elementary Education/American Studies major at Saint Peter's College in Jersey City, New Jersey. I'm looking forward to this course this semester! I'll blog again soon!! Bye!!