Theories, Principles, and Models of Assessment for Inclusive Learning

This report delves into the core principles, theories, and models of assessment within the context of inclusive learning. It examines the significance of assessment in understanding student learning capacities and setting short-term goals to enhance the learning process. The report highlights key figures like Black and William, who have contributed to the evolution of assessment methods. It explores various assessment principles, including practicality, reliability, validity, washback, and credibility, and explains how these elements contribute to effective educational practices. Furthermore, the report emphasizes the importance of initial assessments in providing a foundation for learners and connecting assessment processes with diagnostic evaluations. The analysis incorporates research from various scholars, such as Tsai et al. (2020), Ferguson-Patrick and Jolliffe (2018), Balloo et al. (2018), and Wilson et al. (2020), to support its arguments and offer a comprehensive overview of assessment in inclusive learning environments. This report is available on Desklib, a platform providing educational resources like past papers and solved assignments for students.

THE THEORY OF INCLUSIVE
LEARNING TEACHING AND
ASSESSMENT

TABLE OF CONTENT
3.1 Analysing the principles, theories and models of the assessments
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3.2 Explain the manner in which these principles, theories and models
of assessment are applicable in acquiring the process of learning

3.1 ANALYSING THE PRINCIPLES, THEORIES
AND MODELS OF THE ASSESSMENTS
• The process of assessment helps in
understanding the learning capacity of the
learners that how much they have learnt till date.
• The assessment learning helps in setting the
short term goals for the students in order to get
adjusted with the learning process and the
teaching methods of the educator.
• After the evaluation, the area on which the
students are lacking will be settled by the making
certain improvements in the performance of the
individual(Ewing, Monsen and Kielblock, 2018).

THEORIES AND MODELS OF ASSESSMENT
• Black and William are the two teaching scholars
who have introduced the radical approach in the
area of learning in the year 1998.
• They took assistance from the various sources of
assessment in order to do some changes in the
learning practices which are provided by the
teacher.
• The educators are able to share their views and
observations on the performance of the learners
not only to increase their marks but also to level
up the other activities apart from studies. There
are different methods of assessment.

PRINCIPLES OF ASSESSMENT
• Practicality
• Reliability
• Validity
• Wash back
• Credibility

3.2 EXPLAIN THE MANNER IN WHICH THESE
PRINCIPLES, THEORIES AND MODELS OF
ASSESSMENT ARE APPLICABLE IN ACQUIRING THE
PROCESS OF LEARNING
• The application of the theories, principles
and the models of assessment helps in
the welfare of the students by increasing
the prospect and link up the starting
assessment process with that of
diagnostic assessment.
• The initial assessment is important to
provide a base to the learners in order to
understand the concept of the particular
subject matter.

REFERENCES
Tsai, Y.S.,et.al, 2020. Learning analytics in European higher education—Trends and barriers. Computers & Education, 155,
p.103933.
Ferguson-Patrick, K. and Jolliffe, W., 2018. Cooperative learning for intercultural classrooms: Case studies for inclusive
pedagogy. Routledge.
Balloo, K.,et.al, 2018, September. Transparency isn't spoon-feeding: how a transformative approach to the use of explicit
assessment criteria can support student self-regulation. In Frontiers in Education (Vol. 3, p. 69). Frontiers Media SA.
Wilson, C., Marks Woolfson, L. and Durkin, K., 2020. School environment and mastery experience as predictors of
teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs towards inclusive teaching. International journal of inclusive education, 24(2), pp.218-234.