FORMAL ASSESSMENT

                               

             

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• Formal assessments are pre-planned methods of testing students that are used to determine how well students have learned the material that is being taught in class. In other words, formal assessments provide a way to know what the students know.

• Each formal assessment has the same expectations for the students who are being assessed. It has specific criteria used for scoring and interpretation.

The Purpose of Formal Assessment

1. To measure the amount of knowledge that students have gained from what they have taught previously.
2. Finding out new information about students.
3. Identify the student's strengths and weaknesses.
4. Compare the students' achievement to the results of students from the other school.

Examples of Formal Assessment

• Essay test

• Report

• Presentation

• Portfolio

Reflection and Opinion

In my opinion, formal assessment helps the teacher to identify the student's strength and weaknesses in their learning process. It will help the teacher to improve their teaching methods to increase the student's rate of achievement. The data gathered from a formal assessment will allow to compare a student to other student in the classroom. Parents, teachers, and schools should focus more on the learning progress instead of the result so the students will not feel stress by the parents and teachers' expectation in their academic achievement.

Suggestion to improve Formal Assessment

• Identify what students need to know and provide a choice of activities to enhance their learning.
• Teach the students using a simple concept for better understanding and assess their ability by giving them individual task such as writing and artwork.
• Assign the students to work in a group to discuss on what they have learned and gained.

Reference :

http://study.com/academy/lesson/formal-assessments-examples-types-quiz.html

http://sydney.edu.au/education_social_work/groupwork/docs/TypesOfAssessment.pdf

http://education.seattlepi.com/advantages-formal-assessments-students-1610.html