Why is assessment important?
Assessment allows the instructor to determine if the students are meeting the goals in education.
Assessment can affect a student s learning in numerous areas…
Students in schools should be learning the basic reading, writing and arithmetic skills. Students should also learn skills to help them survive in society. The world is always changing and the assessments given to children should help them
When teachers use assessments in their classrooms they need to know the purpose for using this assessment and also make sure the content of the assessment meets the purpose intended by this assessment.
Things to consider about assessment:
An assessment should
Assessments objectives
How do teachers make assessments valuable to students?
Principals and Best Practices for Early Childhood Assessments
Sources:
Core principles of effective assessment. (n.d.). Assessing Student Learning. Retrieved June 24, 2014, from http://www.cshe.unimelb.edu.au/assessingle
Why Is Assessment Important?. (n.d.).Edutopia. Retrieved June 22, 2014, from http://www.edutopia.org/assessment-guide-importance
Wortham, S. C. (2008). Assessment in early childhood education (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall.
Emily Hobbs- summer 2014