Assessment and Evaluation Principles

Assessment and Evaluation Principles

1.        Assessment and evaluation are essential components of the teaching-learning process. They should be planned, continuous activities which are derived from curriculum objectives and consistent with the instructional and learning strategies.

2.        A variety of assessment and evaluation techniques should be used. Techniques should be selected for their appropriateness to students’ learning styles and to the intended purposes. Students should be given opportunities to demonstrate the extent of their knowledge, abilities, and attitudes in a variety of ways.

3.        Teachers should communicate assessment and evaluation strategies and plan in advance, informing the students of the objectives and the assessment procedures relative to the objectives. Students should have opportunities for input to the evaluation process.

4.        Assessment and evaluation should be fair and equitable. They should be sensitive to family, classroom , school, and community situations, and to cultural of gender requirements; they should be free of bias

5.        Assessment and evaluation should help students. They should provide positive feedback and encourage students to participate actively in their own assessment in order to foster lifelong learning and enable them to transfer knowledge and abilities to their life experiences.

6.        Assessment and evaluation data and results should be communicated to students and parents/guardians regularly, in meaningful ways.

7.        Assessment and evaluation should use a variety of techniques and tools. The teacher collects assessment information about students’ language development and their growth in speaking, listening, writing, and reading knowledge and abilities. The data gathered during assessment becomes the basis for an evaluation. Comparing assessment information to curriculum objectives allows the teacher to make a decision or judgment regarding the progress of a student’s learning.

Assessment and Evaluation Principles

1.        Assessment and evaluation are essential components of the teaching-learning process. They should be planned, continuous activities which are derived from curriculum objectives and consistent with the instructional and learning strategies.

2.        A variety of assessment and evaluation techniques should be used. Techniques should be selected for their appropriateness to students’ learning styles and to the intended purposes. Students should be given opportunities to demonstrate the extent of their knowledge, abilities, and attitudes in a variety of ways.