Elevator Speech on Assessment Philosophy I believe that assessments are essential to education. Not only do they serve as a means of ascertaining how well lessons have been delivered, but they also provide a check of comprehension and mastery for the learners. Assessments can and have been used to check teachers’ efficiency in presenting learning content. Without assessments how could we find out if knowledge was actually imparted? How would we know that a teaching method/ strategy is the right one for a group of students? There are many more questions that we would be unable to answer if we did not have an assessment. Assessments are of different forms and types. There are two types of assessment that may be administered. One is formative assessment which is a test that is given before, during, or after content has been taught. Formative assessments are given at the beginning or in the middle of a topic or unit. The results or data from these tests are used to ascer...
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