ASSESSMENT:

ASSESSMENT:

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N EDUCATION, ASSESSMENT IS THE PROCESS OF GENERATING, PROCESSING OR ANALYZING AND DOCUMENTING INFORMATION ON THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ATTITUDES, MOTIVATIONS AND BELIEFS OF LEARNERS, OF LEARNING COMMUNITIES AND OF NATIONS AND TURNING THESE INTO COMPREHENSIVE DECISION TOOLS. IT INVOLVES ALL TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING DATA INCLUDING MEASUREMENT LIKE IN TESTING, QUESTIONNAIRE AIRING, INTERVIEWING, CONTENT ANALYZING, CLASSROOM QUESTIONING, OBSERVATION, ASSIGNMENTS, ETC., AS WELL AS ALL TECHNIQUES OF DATA PREPARATION, ANALYSIS AND COMMUNICATION OF INFORMATION. WHILE WE CANNOT MEASURE LEARNING, WE CAN ASSESS IT BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE MEASUREMENT OF SEVERAL COMPOSITES OF LEARNING. THE RESULT OF ASSESSMENT FEEDS INTO RESEARCH AS WELL AS INTO EVALUATION AND DECISION-MAKING FROM THE CLASSROOM TO THE NATIONAL LEVELS AS WELL AS INTO BOTH THE FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES. CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT IS EITHER LEARNING-ENHANCING OR LEARNING-DETERMINING EXERCISE. AS LEARNING-ENHANCING ENDEAVOUR, IT INVOLVES FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT INCLUDING, ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING AND AS LEARNING-DETERMINING PROCESS, IT INVOLVES SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT.