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Assessment

Assessment is an ability of a teacher to know how well his/her students perform in any given task. The word assessment was coined by an australian mathematician namely Michale scrivem in the year 1967. Basically in India we have two type of assessment - 1. Formative assessment 2. Summative assessment Assessment for learning-

Formative assessment- Basically Formative assessment is a corrective, observative, and continuous form of assessment with respect to his/her academic achievements.Also a teacher has to make sure that what all he taught in the class is understood by his/her student as well as he is able to get a favourable feedback from the students. It is also called as Diagnosis test which is held during the mid-term of a school curriculum.

purpose of formative assessment-

1.To increase the self efficiency of the student in the class. 2.To remediate the students from gradings to feedbacks. 3.To provide favourable feedback to the students about their performance in any given task. 4.To diagnose the area of difficulty in academic of a student and correctly remediate it for further developement. 5.To enhance the learning ability of a student.

Assessment of learning-

Summative assessment- It is the second type of assessment which itsekf means summing up of learning through giving favourable feedback at the end of learning. It is actually done at the end of every semester in the school or any educational institute to check and evaluate his/her work efficiently. Actually summative assessment is done in order to check what achievement or development is gained by the learner after providing feedback and sufficient guidance in the area or field where he/she lags.

Purpose of summative assessment-

1.It can be used in given forms in the school/educational institute- a mid term exam,a senior project, a recital, internship programme. 2.It is carried out in schools to provide a final report of the learning of the learner. 3 It has high stake value as compared to formative assessment. 4.To determine whether teachers have made serious effort to bring change in the learning pattern of a learner or not. 5.To enable students with the reflective criterion of their own performance as a whole at the end.