EDUC 21 –

Assessment of
Learning I

Prepared by:
MRS. EDELYN D. SABILLA
 Basic Concepts in
Assessing Student’s
Learning
Common Terms in
Assessment
1. Test
2. Measurement
3. Assessment
4. Evaluation
5. Mark

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Common Terms in
Assessment
1. Test – an instrument
designed to measure any
characteristic, quality,
ability, knowledge, or skill.
It comprised of items in the
area it is designed to measure.

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Common Terms in
Assessment
2. Measurement – a process of
quantifying the degree to
which
someone/something
possesses a
given trait.quality,
Examples:
characteristic, or feature.

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Common Terms in
3. Assessment – a process of
Assessment
gathering and organizing
quantitative or qualitative
data
into an interpretation form
to
have a basis for judgment
or - It is pre-requisite to
decision- making.
evaluation.

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Common Terms in
Assessment
4. Evaluation – a process of
systematic interpretation,
analysis, appraisal, or
judgment
of the worth of organized
data as
-basis
It involves judgment about
for decision-making.
the desirability of changes in
students.
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 II. Identify whether Assessment,
Evaluation, Testing or Mark
1. Administering true-false
items to be answered.

2. Rating of 73 – 76 which is
equivalent to Barely
Satisfactory
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 II. Identify whether Assessment,
Evaluation, Testing or Mark
3. Submission of a research
report in Biology
4. Regular entries in a journal
in English

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 II. Identify whether Assessment,
Evaluation, Testing or Mark
5. Rubric rating shows that the
student needs improvement
6. Writing of a different ending
to a story read

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 II. Identify whether Assessment,
Evaluation, Testing or Mark
7. Multiple-choice items to be
answered
8. Experiment performed in a
laboratory

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 II. Identify whether Assessment,
Evaluation, Testing or Mark
9. Assessment results show
attainment of learning
outcome
10. Proficient level

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Reflection #1
1. How do we define the following
terms: assessment, evaluation,
mark, measurement, and test?
2. How do we compare mark and
evaluation?
3. How do we compare assessment
and evaluation?

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