APPROPRIATENESS OF

ASSESSMENT METHODS

As you are well aware , a number of different

types of assessment methods can be used in
the classroom, but the match between type
of target and method is very important.
Even though most targets may be measured
by several methods, the reality of teaching
is that certain methods measure some types
of targets better than other methods do.
That is particular methods are more likely to
provide quality assessments for certain
types of targets. Thus, one of your first
tasks, once you have identified targets, is to
match them with methods.

TYPES OF ASSESSMENT
METHODS

Objective tests are the most popular, most

commonly used and are considered to be
the easiest to construct and administered.
These are usually distinguished by requiring
structured student responses and by how
they are scored. Typically students either
select a response from two or more
possibilities, or they supply a one-or twoword answer to question.

Essay
tests
are
paper
and
pencil
assessments
that
allow
students
to
construct a response that would be several
sentences to several pages in length.

Oral question assessments are used

continuously in instruction to monitor
student understanding. In the Philippine
setting, we commonly understood it as a
recitation. But here it is more than a simple
recitation that we know. Teachers ask
students questions about the content or
process, or they engage students in verbal
interaction individually or in groups.

Observation assessment, like oral question,

is so common in teaching that we often
dont think of them as a form of student
evaluation. Teacher education students are
usually amazed to know that during their
early years, they dont have any idea that
they are being observed as a form of
assessment.
But
teachers
constantly
observe students informally to assess
student understanding and progress.

Performance-based assessments require

students to demonstrate a skill or
proficiency by asking them to create,
produce, or do something, often in a setting
that involves real-world applications.

Self-report assessments are those in which

the students are asked to complete a form
or answer questions to reveal how they think
about themselves or how they rate
themselves. Usually this method is being
used in affective assessment.