Assessment

It is a systematic ongoing process of monitoring learning which measures the student learning at the micro-level.

We have different kinds of Assessmente;

According to the moment: 

_ Initial (diagnostic)
_ Formative (progress)
_ Summative (final)

According to the Instrument:

_ Observation
_ Essays
_ Interviews
_ Performance tasks
_ Exhibitions and demonstrations
_ Portafolios
_ Journ
_ Teacher-created tests
_ Rubrics
_ Self-and peer-evaluation

According to the Agent:

_ Hetero-evaluation: Evaluator is different level (teacher-student).
_ Co-evaluator/peer evaluation: Students evaluate other members within the same group.
_ Self-evaluation: Students evaluate their own performance.

Why do we Assess?

To check the student´s knowledge: What do they know.
To check the student´s skills: What they can do and also how well they can do it.
To check the student´s progress: How do they go about the task of doing their work.
To check their effort and motivation: How do they feel about their work.

And their functions are:

_ Diagnostic, tells us what the student needs to learn.
_ Formative, tells us how well the student is going as work progresses.
_ Summative, tells us how well the student did a task at the end of a unit.