Assessment IN, AS, and FOR Learning (Video)

Assessment can be monitored many ways when teaching. I found it most interesting when assessment is used FOR learning because it involves learners actively and allows a student to move to the level of metacognition. I'm glad that there is a movement toward this assessment instead of the feedback being just a grade. This summative type of assessment provides feedback that gives little direction or advice for learning. Rather than waiting to see how a student does on a test at the end of a unit, a teacher can formatively assess throughout the lesson and focus on how the student can improve and progress to succeed. Learning is then enhanced for the student and teaching becomes a process rather than a lecture.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUU36eWscSg