Chapter 10

Assessment activities are an important step in gathering data on students.  Teachers can use the assessment to make accommodations to help students improve their performance in their learning outcomes. Using technology to gather the data allows for a faster way to modify instruction to improve the learning outcomes.

E-portfolio is a digital collection of work stored in an electronic format.  By building a portfolio, students can show their ability to follow process, creativity in different types of product usage.  This builds their learning domain.  Teachers can assess the portfolios and see the different types of learning outcomes of the student.  Computer-based testing can be used in assessing a students learning outcomes, but I think the the validity and reliability can be questionable.  How well is the test written?  It takes time and can be a difficult task to write a good assessment, so how well is the test used from the internet, do they cover what is needed for the student in order to make improvements in their learning outcomes. Using testing from online may not always be the best route.

Assessment is required in schools today.  Teachers and students can become frustrated from the different testing’s, but in order to make for better learning outcomes assessments need to be done.  Assessments give feedback so students can improve their learning.  It gives teachers the information needed to accommodate and help each student in their learning process.