1. Assessment and Evaluation EDN 322

2. What is Assessment? • What is Evaluation?

3. Assessment The process of gathering useful data or information about a person’s or group’s knowledge, performance, or achievement (Webb, 1992)

4. Evaluation The process of attaching value, worth, or relative merit to assessment information.

5. Why Assess? 1. To monitor student progress 2. To make instructional decisions 3. To evaluate student achievement 4. To evaluate a program

6. Formative Evaluation …informal, ongoing, routine methods of assessment (Assessment done within instruction)

7. Formative Evaluation Examples • Observation • Questioning and Discussion • Anecdotal Records • Interviews • Written Work and Drawings • Performances and Problem Solving • Children’s Self-Assessment and Evaluation

8. Summative Evaluation …evaluation used at the end of a term, course, or program for purposes of grading or evaluation

9. Summative Evaluation Examples • Projects and Products • Portfolios • Tests

10. Observation of Process Observation of Product Classroom Measures Decontextualized Measures Assessment and EvaluationThe Quad Anthony, Johnson, Mickelson, & Preece (1991)