Summary Notes

Prep for EDAHOD5 – Assessment 1. Outcomes based assessment * What to assess. Things we want the learners to be able to know and to do by end of learning programme * Demonstrations of learning * An outcome includes knowledge skills and attitudes * To assess we must provide opportunities to be deemed competent * Assess knowledge, skills and attitude, therefore Outcomes based as opposed to input based * When doing this assessment we use a set of assessment criteria – formative assessment * OBA – Criteria as opposed to traditional Norm – performance of others – CRITERION REFERENCED ASSESSMENT * Norm reference assessment is to obtain a class average * OBE starts with the outcomes and works backwards “design down” * In OBE there is continuous evaluation, reflection and adaptation to a learning programme * Assessment done in an integrated and holistic manner * Assists all stakeholders in assessing the learners progress * All learners must succeed in various manners * Mastery of learning * Various assessment instruments to test knowledge skills and attitudes * Transparent and objective – what, why and how * NB! – In OBE learning for assessment and from assessment are equally important * Must assess the progress of the process

2. Challenges to OBE * The number of assessment tasks * Additional moderation * Continuous Assessment * Recording of assessment * Reporting of assessment * Over-crowded classes * E.g. portfolios – difference in students is too huge

3. Types of assessment * When assessing a teacher is assessing the learner competence – authentic tasks (real) * Assessment for complex tasks – Performance based assessment * Assessment for learning – Clarify intentions, effective discussions, feedback, learners help each other, use evidence of learning to adapt instruction * NB! Continuous Assessment – (CASS) * Diagnostic assessment done