Teaching Prepared by Caroline W. Ndirangu

Reading #14
Read the following materials on principles of effective assessment.
  Principles of Effective Assessment   
http://en.wikibooks.org/wik
/socialandculturalfoundations . Date 
16/11/07
Comment on the 5 main principles of effective assessment; determine how each 
of them has been achieved in your own country. Suggest how your country can 
improve on each principle of assessment. Explain 30-40 words.
Practicality 
Validity
Reliability
Authenticity
Wash back effect
Learning Tip
Assessment main principals are five:
1.  Practicality: consider the time constraint, cost, administration, evalua-
tion procedures
2.  Validity: an assessment that measures what it intends to achievement of 
objectives, content taught, skills acquired and knowledge.
3.  Reliability: determines the consistency of an assessment and the stu-
dent’s results.
4.  Authencity: the test should be applicable to learner’s real world tasks.
5.  Washback effect: the influence of teaching and learning positive or ne-
gative.

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Forms of Assessment 
Assessment is a process which:
•  Provides information on individual students experience and achieve-
ment.
•  Identifies what students know, understands.
•  Provide information to guide future learning.
A teacher, an examiner or indeed the student himself/herself cam measure this 
assessment. Assessment is often equated with tests and examinations. A test is a