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Assessment plays a significant role in the learning experience of students. It determines their progression through their programmes and enables them to demonstrate that they have achieved the intended learning outcomes. It is assessment that provides the main basis for public recognition of achievement, through the awarding of qualifications and/or credit.

An evaluation was achieved by interviewing the students after they completed their assessments. The interview questions were open-ended in order to facilitate a conversation regarding their feelings and thoughts regarding the various assessments they took. What they felt they learned about themselves, were the assessments informative and how will they use the information they learned about themselves to further their education, possible course selection and academic

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Efficient educators know and understand the importance of selecting, planning, and implementing effective assessment tools and strategies that measure student’s levels of understanding. Different types of assessments are used for a broad range of purposes that include formative, placement, diagnostic, and summative assessments. However, the main purpose is to “foster learning in all its forms” (Lefrancois, 2013, Ch. 6.1). Teachers use pre, formative, and summative assessments to determine what students know before, during, and after instruction. Each measurement is used to plan, modify, and adjust instruction to meet the needs of all learners. Although each form of assessment plays a critical role in ensuring all students succeed, educators

Assessments have been used in the classroom throughout the years as feedback to educators on how effective they are at teaching and how well students are learning. Since school’s decision-making is being predicated off assessment scores, they are increasingly becoming more important. “Assessment affects decisions about grades, placement, advancement, instructional needs, curriculum, and, in some cases, funding” (Edutopia, 2008, para. 1). With more and more reliance on assessments, it forces educators to take a step back and reflect on their lessons in order to ensure that all accommodations and strategies are in place to promote student success. Among those strategies, teachers must be able to “demonstrate skills at selecting, developing, applying, using, communicating, and evaluating student assessment information and student assessment practices”(Buros, 2014, pg.1). While reflecting on my own skills or competencies involving student’s assessment, I have found that my strengths lie in administering, scoring, and interpreting assessments; and choosing assessment methods appropriate for instructional decisions. On the other side, my weaknesses lie in developing valid grading procedures that incorporate assessment information. This paper will analyze these strengths and weaknesses and examine how they impact the development of assessment inside the classroom.

Assessment is an essential part of the teaching and learning process. Assessment is most effective when there is alignment between the outcomes, the design of assessment tasks, the criteria, marking procedures and feedback provided; this referred to as constructive alignment (Potter & Kustra, 2012). The purpose of an assessment, and the modes and strategies used will depend on a number of factors. Diagnostic, formative, and summative assessment are three modes of assessment that may be used. While each of these modes of assessment has a particular purpose, the underlying purpose of all assessments is to promote student learning (Brady & Kennedy, 2012).

In life, being assessed is inescapable in most spheres of human existence. “Assessment is the process of gathering and discussing information from multiple and diverse sources in order to develop a deep understanding of what students know, understand and can do with their knowledge as a result of their educational experiences” (Huba &Freed, 2000). Examinations serve many purposes. Teachers use them to determine if learning/curriculum objectives are being achieved and the results also forms part of the process of accountability to parents. “Learner assessment is best concerned as a form of two-way communication in which feedback on the educational process or product is provided to its key stakeholders” (McAlphine,2002). There are two major

The current trends in assessments put an emphasis on process of learning and not just the end product. In spite of this shift, similar to me, for many educators, the appropriate use of traditional and authentic assessments is still unclear.

Assessments are used to facilitate learning through collecting data. A complete assessment involves several elements. It attempts to answer the question of why a student is not learning or not producing in the instructional environment. Assessment also attempts to determine levels of functioning in areas that may be impacting student’s performance negatively. The purpose of the assessments is to provide all parties involved with the information necessary for individualized instruction (Assessment –for Parents, 1999). The most common reasons are referral, screening, identification, instructional planning, and student progress.

When gauging the knowledge of students assessments are needed, however they must ensure that the assessing the actual abilities of the student not just the ability to remember and recall information. All too frequently, students are given assessments too often that do not measure their knowledge level, but instead emphasizing concepts that administrators find useful. These concepts are normally too vague and not relatable to the student and the knowledge he/she needs to continue to learn throughout life.

I believe that assessments are vital to generating data in order to inform instruction. To this end both formative and summative assessment instruments must be administered on a regular basis to monitor student academic progress. This enables one to judge the student's academic progress against content standards and make adjustments throughout the year as needed. By differentiating instruction lessons can be adjusted to meet each student's enrichment and remedial needs and each student will be academically challenged at their level. The key to student success is teacher expectations. The more we expect of our students the greater their achievements.

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Assessment of learning objectives is beneficial to both the student and the institution. To the students, it ensures that they are able to master their program material through provision of programs that are responsive to both their needs and those of their society. Moreover, the assessments provide the faculty with the tools that enable curricular development and renewal. Further, institutions benefit through proof of student learning and achievement that translates into achievement of goals and mission.

Marriage isn’t an invention of man. God instituted marriage as a continuation of His work of creation. According to Gods plan, man and woman together, form the unit of humanity. A man or a woman alone is only a half of an entirety. Sadly society is steadfastly moving away from moral purity; due to lack of tradition and morality, which should have been instilled throughout each generation, but instead being persuaded into doing things that it believes is the correct thing to do in its eyes. Such act of moral deterioration is the increase in denial of the necessity and relevance of marriage. Today’s society believes that marriage is only a piece of paper, a private agreement between

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