Understand the Principles of Assessment
CU 3049 Understanding the Principles and Practices of Assessment
1. Understand the principles and requirements of assessment.
1.1 Explain the function of assessment in learning and development.
Assessment is used to make a specific educational decision and is the process of evaluating the extent to which participants in education have developed their knowledge, understanding and skills. Assessment, both formative and summative, plays a significant part in the learning experience as it determines progression and enables learners to demonstrate that they have achieved their desired learning outcomes.
Formative assessment is the assessment that takes place throughout the course or programme of study and is usually carried out by the assessor during mentoring and training. It provides feedback to both the learner and the assessor on how things are going and how learning can be improved.
In contrast summative assessment is assessment of learning and is often used to determine what’s been learnt or achieved in terms of acquired skills, knowledge and understanding at or towards the end of a course or programme of study.
Further functions of assessment in learning and development are the measurement and recording of achievement, the identification of individual learners’ needs, that the assessment reflects the required standards and performance/assessment criteria and are fit for the purpose intended and that they contribute to quality assurance and the development of best practice.
Why assessments are carried out?
What its purpose is
What it is measuring
What are the anticipated outcomes?
To answer this question, let us define assessment as evaluation or appraisal; it is about making a judgment, identifying the strengths and weaknesses, the good and the bad, and the right and the wrong in some cases. It is more than simply giving marks or grades, although that may well be a part of it. And because it involves making a judgment it will almost
1. Understand the principles and requirements of assessment.
1.1 Explain the function of assessment in learning and development.
Assessment is used to make a specific educational decision and is the process of evaluating the extent to which participants in education have developed their knowledge, understanding and skills. Assessment, both formative and summative, plays a significant part in the learning experience as it determines progression and enables learners to demonstrate that they have achieved their desired learning outcomes.
Formative assessment is the assessment that takes place throughout the course or programme of study and is usually carried out by the assessor during mentoring and training. It provides feedback to both the learner and the assessor on how things are going and how learning can be improved.
In contrast summative assessment is assessment of learning and is often used to determine what’s been learnt or achieved in terms of acquired skills, knowledge and understanding at or towards the end of a course or programme of study.
Further functions of assessment in learning and development are the measurement and recording of achievement, the identification of individual learners’ needs, that the assessment reflects the required standards and performance/assessment criteria and are fit for the purpose intended and that they contribute to quality assurance and the development of best practice.
Why assessments are carried out?
What its purpose is
What it is measuring
What are the anticipated outcomes?
To answer this question, let us define assessment as evaluation or appraisal; it is about making a judgment, identifying the strengths and weaknesses, the good and the bad, and the right and the wrong in some cases. It is more than simply giving marks or grades, although that may well be a part of it. And because it involves making a judgment it will almost