Assessment and Evaluation in Mathematics.pdf - Mathematics...

Mathematics
Assessment and
Evaluation
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Roel S. Valenton
University of Southern Mindanao
Cotabato State University

LEARNING ENVIRONMENT STANDARD
All students will be evaluated using a diversity of
assessment tools and strategies to provide multiple
indicators of the quality of every student’s mathematical
learning and of overall program effectiveness.

A variety of assessment instruments should be used to enable the
teacher to monitor students’ progress in understanding
mathematical concepts and in developing mathematical skills.
Assessment of mathematical learning should not be confined to
intermittent standardized tests . The learning environment should
embody the perspective that the primary function of assessment is
to improve learning.

An important goal is to broaden understanding of both the purposes
and the tools of assessment . The popular conception of assessment is
restricted to evaluating individual student performance by tests
designed to determine, at the end of a unit of time or instruction, what
the student has already learned.
But assessment should also be used during the learning process to
enable teachers to monitor students’ understanding and to modify
curriculum and instruction, as well as to assess the effectiveness of
school programs. Assessment of individual student performance should
be a continuous process that involves many types of assessment
activity. Students should play active roles in assessment so that each
assessment experience is also an educational experience.