Education of the republic of uzbekistan national university of uzbekistan named after mirzo ulugbek

Assessment of learning. At the end of the course, a summative assessment usually takes place. Very often, the purpose of a summative assessment is to translate the learner’s knowledge into a grade, which is less likely to be subjective adds that in addition to grading, there should also be some form of feedback to the students. However, a disadvantage of summative assessment is that students are unable to use the feedback from the assessment unless it is connected to future modules . In addition, by putting a pool of grades onto a scale, the focus of the measurement then becomes comparative and not the absolute performance level which the assessment was intended for . This method of comparing results is also known as norm-referenced interpretation further supports the idea that such a method of interpretation actually derails the learning goals of mastering the topic. Rather, the learner’s focus is on passing the assessment and looking good. To balance off this method, criterion-referenced interpretation assesses the student’s ability to complete a task without referencing to the performance of others. However, Sadler also argued that a large number of criteria within an assessment often distracts the learners from adopting a holistic approach as there is often a learner misconception of ticking off the checklist mentality.