{"id":84,"date":"2019-04-07T12:51:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T04:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teachertalk.site\/?p=84"},"modified":"2026-08-20T21:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T13:00:05","slug":"assessment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachertalk.site\/?p=84","title":{"rendered":"Assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In education, the term assessment<\/strong> refers to the wide variety of methods or tools that educators use to evaluate, measure, and document the academic readiness, learning progress, skill acquisition, or educational needs of students.<\/p>https:\/\/www.edglossary.org\/assessment\/<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Assessment is a word that can drive fear into both students and teachers alike! The word “assessment” originally comes from the Latin words “ad<\/em>” meaning to or at and “sedere<\/em><\/g>” meaning sit, so the word means “to sit beside”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In practice, this breaks down into three purposes \u2014 assessment for, as and of learning<\/strong> \u2014 each playing a different role in the classroom, from day-to-day check-ins to formal reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Assessment is about the gathering of data to make judgements about student learning. The data can come from the students, teachers or from standardised tests. The purpose of assessment is to primarily gauge student learning. When planning a unit of work, teachers must be cognisant<\/g> of the ongoing need to assess student learning and to revise their teaching plan accordingly. One of the first tasks in successful planning t is to know your stuents<\/g>, so the first assessment task might be to assess prior knowledge <\/strong>to gauge “where the children are at” so the planning can be specific and targeted to the children’s needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Three Types: Assessment For, As and Of Learning<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Basically, there are three purposes of assessment \u2014 assessment for, as and of learning:<\/p>\n\n\n\n