MODULE IV

LESSON 3

Assessing the Curriculum

Tools to Assess Curriculum

Assessment Strategies
Assessment strategies are the structures through which student knowledge and skills are assessed . These are:
Definition Purpose Characteristics Teachers Role Considerations
1.Paper and Pencil
Strategy
a. .The Essay -Is a writing sample The essay is used 1.Measures a student's The teacher: The essay:
used to assess to: ability. 1.Is used to assess
students 2.Assess 1.Uses professional separately the
understanding 1.assess the knowledge,reasoning,orga judgement to student's ability to
and/or how well student's ability to nization and develop the communicate ideas,
students can communicate ideas communication skills. problem.question,or write proficiently
analyze and in writing. 3.Directly measures the statement and the and comprehend
synthesize performance specified by scoring of the final context.
information. 2.measure the expectations. product.
-Is a pencil and understanding and 2.Is less time-
paper assessment mastery of complex consuming to
where a student information construct compared
constructs a to objective item
response to a testing, but can
questions,topic or require
brief statement. considerable time
to evaluate.
b. The select 1.Is a pencil and 1.test student The select response: 1.Identifies the 1.Is always
Response paper assessment learning of format influenced by the
in which the subject/content 1.Can be administered student's ability to
student is to knowledge. to large numbers of 2.Selects the read and
identify the one students at the same content to be understand the
correct answer. 2.assess time. covered. items.
2.Is a commonly prerequisite 2.Can be scored very 3.Designs the
used procedure knowledge. quickly. questions. 2.Can utilize
for gathering computer and
formal evidence optical scanning
about student technology to
 learning,specifical save time and
ly in memory , effort with item
recall, and development,item
comprehension. storage and
retrieval,test
printing and
optical scan
scoring.

3.Can make it
more difficult to
determine how
the student
arrived at an
answer with true
or false and
multiple choice.
2. The Performance
Based Strategy