Module 4 Activity 4 Assessment Standards and Guidelines

Assessment is used to inform teacher practice and provides an opportunity to offer specific feedback to help students improve their learning. Assessment is the process of gathering and recording information about student work during a specific period of time.  Assessment may be formative or summative. In formative assessment, students monitor their own learning. They set curricular and learning skill goals, engage in learning, and reflect on the feedback from teachers and peers to help determine next steps. It is important that as teachers we do not test ICT specific skills but rather seek evidence of the students’ understanding in the presentations. I have come to the realization that it is better to assess my students ICT competence than to assess their ICT skills.

In addition, assessment guidelines are necessary to guide the assessment process whether it be through individual, self, peer or group assessment.  In my opinion, the major issue with assessment is that various methods are used and adequate feedback is given to the students.