Due to the DSPC Division school press conference where we prepared our students to join in some competitions, I was not able to attend our first day of class in this subject. But I knew that our professor asked first what is Educational assessment.
From my readings in the internet it says educational assessment is the process of documenting, usually in measurable terms, knowledge, skills, attitudes and beliefs. Assessment can focus on the individual learner, the learning community (class, workshop, or other organized group of learners), the institution, or the educational system as a whole. According to the Academic Exchange Quarterly: "Studies of a theoretical or empirical nature (including case studies, portfolio studies, exploratory, or experimental work) addressing the assessment of learner aptitude and preparation, motivation and learning styles, learning outcomes in achievement and satisfaction in different educational contexts are all welcome, as are studies addressing issues of measurable standards and benchmarks".[1]
It is important to notice that the final purposes and assessment practices in education depends on the theoretical framework of the practitioners and researchers, their assumptions and beliefs about the nature of human mind, the origin of knowledge and the process of learning.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_assessment). I know I missed the examples and the explanations which was given to us by our professor specially the sharing of ideas from my classmates which makes me interested specially if I shared too in the class.
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