An Analysis of Assessment Types and Methods in Education & Training

This assignment delves into the realm of educational assessment, examining the purposes, characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses of various assessment methods. The core focus is on understanding formative and summative assessments, detailing their roles in evaluating student progress and program outcomes. The assignment explores the characteristics of each method, highlighting how they are adapted to cater to the needs of individual learners, including examples like impromptu quizzes and chapter tests. The paper also compares the strengths and weaknesses of each approach, providing insights into how they measure student achievement and the potential challenges associated with them. The assignment concludes by summarizing the benefits of these assessments in evaluating student performance within the specified subjects. It also includes a comprehensive list of references, including books, journals, and online resources, that supports the analysis of assessment methods.

Understand types and methods of
assessment used in education and training

TABLE OF CONTENTS
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Examining the purposes of types of assessment within education and training...................1
1.2 Describing characteristics of diverse methods of assessment within education and training
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1.3 Comparing the strengths and weakness of varied assessment methods to meet individual
learner needs...............................................................................................................................1
1.4 Examining how varied assessment methods are adapted to meet the needs of individual
learner..........................................................................................................................................2
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................3

MAIN BODY
Education and training a significant because it helps in providing managers, employees, workers,
students to effectively build up the knowledge and skills related with the specific subject matter.
1.1 Examining the purposes of types of assessment within education and training.
The key purpose of the assessment is that it helps students in learning and also assess
certification progress and accountability of the students in order to support quality education
(Hayward, 2015). The assessment is one of the significant process which helps in assessing the
performance and progress of the student and also determine their increased to make judgements
associated with the learning process.
Formative assessment: This is an informal diagnostic which helps teacher in carrying out a
process evaluation of the student. It comprises of range of formal and informal assessment which
has been carried out by the teacher at the time of learning process through the attainment and
goals of the student.
Summative assessment: Summative assessment is useful within the education training where
the key focus is associated with the outcome of the program. Summative assessments are of high
point value.
1.2 Describing characteristics of diverse methods of assessment within education and training
Formative assessment: It is considered to be as an integral part associated with the learning
process. It tends to occur frequently at the time of course of instruction.
Summative assessment: It is considered to be as a continuous and systematic process. It is
highly authentic and reliable approach of assessment (What is Summative Evaluation in
Education?, 2020). It tends to have content validity. This approach of assessment is highly
authentic.
1.3 Comparing the strengths and weakness of varied assessment methods to meet individual
learner needs.
Formative assessment: The key strength of the assessment is that it is significant in measuring
the achievement of the student. It is one of the significant tool in personalized learning. The
major weakness associated with the formative assessment is that, it is a time consuming
process because of repeatedly checking the student’s learning.
Summative assessment: The key strength of the summative assessment is that it helps in
measuring the achievement of the student dedicated within instructional period (Rodríguez-
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Gómez and Ibarra-Sáiz, 2015). It is not always considered to be as the most accurate reflection of
learning. It is disruptive for the students.
1.4 Examining how varied assessment methods are adapted to meet the needs of individual
learner.
Formative assessment: The teachers adapt to the formative assessment by carrying out
impromptu quizzes, anonymous voting. The teachers also carries out short comparative
assessment, one minute paper on subject matter, silent classroom polls, etc. to meet the needs of
individual learner.
Summative assessment: The teacher mainly carries chapter test, end of unit test, final projects,
standardized test and achievement test meet the needs of individual learner (Rodríguez-Gómez
and Ibarra-Sáiz, 2015).
From the conducted study it has been summarized that, these assessment are considered to be
highly beneficial in evaluating and measuring the performance of the student associated with the
subjects.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Hayward, L., 2015. Assessment is learning: The preposition vanishes. Assessment in Education:
Principles, Policy & Practice, 22(1), pp.27-43.
Rodríguez-Gómez, G. and Ibarra-Sáiz, M.S., 2015. Assessment as learning and empowerment:
Towards sustainable learning in higher education. In Sustainable learning in higher
education (pp. 1-20). Springer, Cham.
Shute, V.J. and Rahimi, S., 2017. Review of computer‐based assessment for learning in
elementary and secondary education. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 33(1), pp.1-19.
Online
What is Summative Evaluation in Education?. 2020. [ONLINE]. Available through<
https://content.wisestep.com/advantages-disadvantages-summative-evaluation/>
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