The primary purpose of assessment is to improve students' learning and teachers' teaching as both respond to the information it provides.Assessment for learning is an ongoing process that arises out of the interaction between teaching and learning.
Assessment for learning is best described as a process by which assessment information is used by teachers to adjust their teaching strategies, and by students to adjust their learning strategies.
Assessment, teaching, and learning are inextricably linked, as each informs the others.
Assessment is a powerful process that can either optimize or inhibit learning, depending on how it’s applied.
For teachersAssessment for learning helps teachers gather information to:
Assessment for learning uses information to lead from what has been learned to what needs to be learned next.
http://assessment.tki.org.nz/Assessment-in-the-classroom/Underlying-principles-of-assessment-for-learning/What-is-assessment-for-learning
Assessment for learning is best described as a process by which assessment information is used by teachers to adjust their teaching strategies, and by students to adjust their learning strategies.
Assessment, teaching, and learning are inextricably linked, as each informs the others.
Assessment is a powerful process that can either optimize or inhibit learning, depending on how it’s applied.
For teachersAssessment for learning helps teachers gather information to:
- plan and modify teaching and learning programmes for individual students, groups of students, and the class as a whole
- pinpoint students’ strengths so that both teachers and students can build on them
- identify students’ learning needs in a clear and constructive way so they can be addressed
- involve parents and families in their children's learning.
Assessment for learning uses information to lead from what has been learned to what needs to be learned next.
http://assessment.tki.org.nz/Assessment-in-the-classroom/Underlying-principles-of-assessment-for-learning/What-is-assessment-for-learning
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