Rethinking

FOR
Assessment FOR learning is a tool. As the instructor/educator, you are finding out what your students can do. By taking what the student has worked on, you have evidence of where they are in their abilities. The next step is teaching the skills of how to improve their skills. Assessment FOR learning is not a final end, it involves the process they go through, the learning that happens on a continuum.
 * What is the purpose of assessment FOR learning?**

Assessing FOR learning it is an ongoing process based on many outcomes or products created by the learner. The educator would assess whether the learner is learning based on the learning style that was used. Assess what taught skills were retained, what was forgotten or missed, and make a plan to move the learner to the next step.
 * What do I assess when I assess FOR learning?**

AS

 * What is the purpose of assessment AS learning?**
 * Students reflecting on their own learning and making adjustments so that they achieve deeper understanding.
 * Students taking ownership for the learning
 * Students can monitor their learning progress
 * Helps students develop increased awareness of their approaches to problem solving and their level of persistence so that they can advance their learning in a variety of contexts
 * To enhance student learning


 * What do I assess when I assess AS learning?**
 * Monitor their goal setting process
 * Assessing if they have the skills to self monitor and adjust their own learning
 * Assess the strategies the students use to advance their learning
 * Assess their level of persistence in solving problems

OF

 * What is the purpose of assessment OF learning?**
 * Confirm what students know
 * Demonstrate if students have met goals/objectives
 * Provides evidence of achievement
 * To certify proficiency for future programming/instruction


 * What do I assess when I assess OF learning?**
 * Collection and interpretation of information
 * Assessment of tasks that demonstrate student's understanding (concepts/knowledge/skills/attitudes) in an authentic manner
 * Portfolios/exhibitions/performances/presentations/simulations/multimedia projects etc.

**Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth.** **[|Rethinking Classroom Assessment with Purpose in Mind]. 2007.**

Reflection on Assessment
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