Assessment in education

What´s your call on the following? Assessment in education must, first and foremost, serve the purpose of supporting learning.

Assessment in education is the process of documenting, usually in measurable terms, knowledge, skills, attitudes, etc. assessment can focus on the individual learner, the learner community (class, or other organized group of learners). Assessment for learning is very important because it helps teachers to know what their students have learned and trough it they noticed what they need to improve.

Assessment for learning has different characteristics such as:

-Using effective questioning techniques; in the assessment teachers need to put in practice what they are taught their students in order to know if they have understood the topics.

-Sharing learning goals: teachers must to keep in mind that every time they evaluate their students they must know what they want to reach in learning students.

Schools and colleges could not ignore the importance of assessment for learning because it is very important in the world of teaching. If teachers gave to the assessment the importance it needs, teachers will discover a lot of things, for instance: teachers will notice what the weaknesses of students are; therefore they will know how to help students to improve. In the other hand through the assessments teachers will know what is the easiest for students, but not to all students because every single student has different weakness.

It is through assessment for learning that a teacher and student come to a purposeful understanding of the individuals learning needs. Teachers have to make use of the assessment and encourage to students to learn more.

In addition assessment can be effectively in teaching and students’ knowledge, so it needs to be put in practice by the teachers in order to help students to improve their learning day after day.