The Importance Of Classroom Assessment In Learning

Assessment is an integral and essential part of the teaching and learning cycle. Assessment of students is one of the most important responsibilities of teachers, because the quality of teaching in classroom is closely associated with the quality of the applied assessment. Educational assessment is the process of collecting information for making decisions about students, curricula, programs and educational policy (Nitko & Brookhart, 2007). Hence it becomes necessary for a student –teacher to be assessment literate. A teacher identifies and diagnoses students’ learning difficulties through assessment enabling her to rethink her teaching methodology. It also provides feedback to the learner, to the teacher as to how she has taught and to the …show more content…
If the teacher administers an assessment and numerous students are deficient in a given area, one can reflect on why they responded the way they did on the assessment. Hence it would be pertinent to say effective classroom assessment is ongoing; it is important that students’ knowledge is regularly assessed throughout a course. (Stanovich, 1986) By regularly assessing student learning, a teacher can use this data to make adjustments to one’s teaching. As Angelo and Cross stated, “the central purpose of Classroom Assessment is to empower both instructors and their students to improve the quality of learning in the …show more content…
Every teacher should ask oneself the questions, Are our assessments fair? Are our grading systems fair and consistently applied to all students? One has to make sure that all student educational records are kept confidential.
Conclusively, it is reiterated that training and re-training programmes should continue to be mounted to enhance the level of assessment practices of teachers. This is imperative as good quality assessment is desirable if the teaching and learning processes which take place in schools and colleges should yield good