TOOLS TO ASSESS THE CURRICULUM

Assessment Strategies

• Pencil and paper strategy• Performance based strategy• Observational• Personal communication• Oral• Reflective• Combination of strategies

Pen and Paper Strategy

•Essay•Select Response

ESSAY - is a writing sample used to assess student understanding and/or how well students can analyze and synthesize information

Characteristics• Measures student’s ability• Assesses ROCK skills• Directly measures the performance• Includes a scoring plan• Affords the student a chance to

construct his/her own answers

SELECT RESPONSE

- is a pencil-and-paper assessment in which the student is to identify the one correct answer.

Characteristics• Can be administered to a large

number of students at the same time

• Can be scored very quickly• Stated in clear, simple language

Performance- based Strategy

• Performance Task• Exhibition / Demonstration

PERFORMANCE TASK

- is an assessment which requires students to demonstrate a skill or proficiency by asking them to create, produce, or perform

Characteristics• Can be diagnostic, formative or summative• Ongoing feedback• Allows most learners to participate

successfully in varying degree• Provides opportunities to work individually, as

well as in small groups• Focuses on process as well as products• Provides contexts that have relevance to

the students• Provides most realistic assessment

EXHIBITION / DEMONSTRATION

- Is a performance in which a student demonstrates individual achievement through application of skills and knowledge

Characteristics• Either actual situation or

simulation• Often used in Arts• Accompanied by a list of

performance attributes as well as assessment criteria

• Frequently organized in assessment stations