Topic: Concept of Classroom Assessment Student Name: Sara Mirza Class: B.Ed. Hons Elementary Part (II) Project Name: “Young Teachers' Professional Development (TPD)" "Project Founder: Prof. Dr. Amjad Ali Arain Faculty of Education, University of Sindh, Pakistan

1. University Of Sindh. (Hyderabad, Sindh)
Pakistan.
Department / Program:
Bachlors Of Education (Elementary) 4 years
Program.
Subject: Classroom Assessment.
Assigned by : Professor Dr. Amjad Arrain.
Presented by : Sara Mirza. (Roll # 44)

2. Concept of Classroom
Assessment

3. Concept of Classroom Assessment
–Sub Topics:
• Measurement, assessment and evaluation.
• Purpose of assessment.
• General principles of assessment.
• Effective assessment practices.

4. Outcomes.
In this presentation, you'll get to know:
• Measurement, assessment and evaluation.
• The purposes of assessment.
• General principals of assessment
• Practices that make assessment effective

5. Measurement, assessment and
evaluation:
• In Education, Measurement is defined as Process of quantifying
individual’s achievement, personality, attitudes, habits and skills.
• Assessment is the ongoing process of establishing clear,
measurable expected outcomes of student learning.
• Evaluation is defined as the overall judgment of performance of
any individual.

7. Dimension of
Difference
Assessment Evaluation
Content: timing,
primary purpose
Formative: ongoing,
to improve learning
Summative: final, to
gauge quality
Orientation: focus of
measurement
Process-oriented:
how learning is going
Product-oriented:
what’s been learned
Findings: uses
thereof
Diagnostic: identify
areas for improvement
Judgmental: arrive at
an overall grade/score
Difference Between Assessment And Evaluation

8. Purpose of assessment.
•For student.
•For teacher.
•For parents.
•For system or community.

9. Purpose of assessment.
– In School.
– For students.
• The purpose of assessment is to improve learning and teaching
process.
• Help students achieve the highest standards they can.
• Provide meaningful reports on students’ achievement.
– For teacher.
• Inform teaching and learning.
• To know that the set objectives have been achieved or not.

10. Purpose of assessment.
– In society ( Out side of school)
– For parents.
• Parents and families can be kept informed of the progress being
made.
• An active role in their children’s learning.

11. Purpose of assessment.
In society ( Out side of school)
– For community.
• School leaders can use this for school planning, to support their
teachers and determine professional development needs.
• Trustees can use it to assist their governance role and resourcing.
• The Education Review Office can use assessment information to
inform their advice for school improvement.

12. General Principles
Of
Assessment.

13. General principles of assessment
• Assessment should be valid, reliable and consistent
• Information about assessment should be explicit, accessible and
transparent.
• Assessment should be inclusive and equitable.
• Assessment should be alighed to aims and learning outcomes.

14. General principles of assessment
• Formative and summative assessment should be included in each
programme.
• Timely feedback that promotes learning and facilitates
improvement should be an integral part of the assessment process.
• Staff development policy and strategy should include assessment.
• The amount of assessed work should be manageable.

15. Effective Assessment
Practices

16. Effective assessment practices
• Remember the effect of assessment on student learning behaviours
and outcomes.
• Align the course assessment with the learning outcomes and
curriculum.
• Prepare students for assessment by providing formative tasks and
explaining the structure of the assessment for their course.
• Design quality assessment tasks and items.

17. Effective Assessment Practices
• Review Assessment Data.
• Understand how to set standards and grade cut-offs.
• Give feedback to students.
• Make assessment as transparent as possible.

18. Thank You.
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