The document provides an overview of student assessment for a high school. It discusses what assessment is, the assessment process, importance of assessment, functions of assessment, methods of assessment, criteria for choosing assessment methods, and who should be involved in assessment. It also summarizes different types of assessments including informal assessment, formal assessment, portfolios, rubrics, and concept mapping.

1. ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING Arlan M. Villanueva, M.A. Commonwealth High School

4. Sequence in Preparing Instructionally Relevant Assessment INSTRUCTION Indicates the learning outcomes to be attained by students LEARNING TASK Specifies the particular set of learning task(s) to be assessed. ASSESSMENT Provides a procedure designed to measure a representative sample of the instructionally relevant learning tasks. Is there close agreement?

5. What is the Assessment Process? AIMS ASSESSMENT ACTION ADJUSTMENT

35. Open-ended Question During a storm, Wendy noticed that she always heard thunder shortly after she saw a flash of lighting. Explain why there is a difference a time between seeing lightning and hearing thunder. No answer or answer erased 0 Thunder follows lightning Question or parts of question restated 1 Sound is faster than light Response is scientifically incorrect 2 Sound travels slower than light Response only mentions the fact that light is faster than sound; does not relate the concept of hearing and seeing 3 Light is faster than sound. You can see the lightning bolt before sound reaches you. Response include the fact that light travels faster than sound; makes the connection with scenario 4 Sample Answer Criteria Level of Performance

41. REFLECTIVE JOURNAL What did I learn? How do I feel about it? What happened?

42. SYNTHESIS JOURNAL How I can Use It? What I learned? What I Did?

43. SPECULATION ABOUT EFFECTS JOURNAL What could happen because of this? What happened?

45. Why link assessment with instruction? Better assessment means better teaching. Better teaching means better learning . Better learning means better students. Better students mean better opportunities for a better life.