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Assessment as a Tool for Learning
Competency
"Assessment is an ongoing process aimed at understanding and improving student learning. It involves making our expectations explicit and public; setting appropriate criteria and high standards for learning quality; systematically gathering, analyzing, and interpreting evidence to determine how well performance matches those expectations and standards; and using the resulting information to document, explain, and improve performance.” (Angelo, AAHE Bulletin, November 1995, p. 7) Assessment strategies used by Valencia educators will enable student growth through consistent, timely, formative and summative measures, and promote students’ abilities to self-assess. Assessment practices will invite student feedback on the teaching and learning process as well as on student achievement.
Indicators
- employ formative feedback loops early
and often to assess student learning
- employ formative feedback loops early
and often to inform students of their learning progress
- employ a variety of assessment measures
and techniques (both formative and summative) to form a more complete
picture of learning (classroom assessment techniques, authentic
assessments, oral presentations, exams, student portfolios,
journals, projects, etc.)
- give timely feedback on class activities,
exams and papers
- align summative evaluations with
course outcomes and learning activities (appropriate to level
of thinking; appropriate levels of performance)
- design activities to help students
refine their abilities to self-assess their learning
- employ formative feedback to assess
the effectiveness of teaching, counseling, and librarianship practices
- evaluate effectiveness of assessment
strategies and grading practices
- make assessment criteria public to
students and colleagues
Indicators
provide examples of how competencies can be demonstrated in an Individualized
Learning Plan. While all competencies need to be demonstrated, only
some indicators need to be employed in the ILP process.
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