Reaction paper
by Lcda. Sylvia Johnson Smith
During the process of observation that frequently teachers go through every day, assessment has an important role, in other words, it covers a range of activities that takes into consideration student’s performance in class to large-scale standardized exams.
Assessments include the phases of planning, development, administration, analysis, feedback and reflection. Teachers at times can be working in several different phases.
Assessment dills with series of process that will enhance the learning of both teachers and students who are engage in the second language acquisition. The following processes are:
v Planning: here you need to decide on the purpose of assessment taking into considerations the abilities, resources and target language use.
v Specifications: they provide a common set of criteria for development and evaluation.
v Constructing the Assessment: write your tests in a way that anybody can understand it, permit that your colleagues carefully examined items you wrote as you have scrutinized theirs.
v Preparing students: students need accurate information about assessment, developing good test-taking skills, also, what they will cover in terms of skills and materials, how much the assessment are worth, and when students can reasonably get their results.
v Assessment in the Larger Cycle: here it is important to schedule time for analysis, feedback, and reflection.
