What is Assessment?

“Assessment is a process for obtaining feedback for making a particular educational decision. Assessment is a broad term meaning a process for obtaining information that is used for making decisions about students’ curricula, programs, and schools.” Assessment is used to evaluate where a student stands in terms of his/her strengths and weaknesses in the classroom.

Two forms of assessment are summative assessment and formative assessment.
Formative assessment is used to measure how much of a subject a student has grasped while still learning the subject. The assessment is for the teacher to know what to do next in terms of the student’s learning. Formative assessment can be based on in class activities and homework among other things.
Summative assessment is used to measure the complete achievement of a student when the learning process is finished. Summative assessment is done using test grades and report cards.

Assessment is important and necessary because it judges a child’s progress. Assessing students can help a teacher create lessons and activities for the students so they can catch up to where they need to be.