Approaches to assessments

In the IB curriculum, one of the integral role of assessment is to:

• Provide constructive feedback to students for better learning

• Use constructive feedback for better learning and teaching experience for students and teachers respectively

• Provide critical feedback to students for positive outcomes

• Adhere to school policy of achieving desirable learning outcomes

Based on a prescribed curriculum, assessments can be:

• of varied types and carried over a period of time catering to learning growth and objectives

• of varied types but do do not necessarily convey learning outcomes and objectives

• formative and summative assessments that are mainly based on students' written responses

• Mainly summative tasks that outline the learning outcomes and students' accumulated knowledge

A transparent, fair and inclusive assessment should be defined as:

• the one which caters to students' needs and performance inclusive of his/her behaviour towards teachers and peers

• the one which centers around honest feedback and students' overall performance, ie, academic and non- academic achievements

• the one which is based on students' performance in formatives and summative

• the one which is standardised by the teacher on the basis of students' needs aptitude , and is regulated by school

Consolidated learning can be achieved :

• only by summative assessment

• formative and summative assessments

• community projects, personal projects and varied forms of formatives and summatvies

• any assessments produced in written form

Assessments in IB curriculum should center around:

• conceptual learning

• textual learning

• subject specific jargons and skills

• personal learning experiences

Assessments are said to be successfully implemented when:

• only teachers are informed about assessment regulations and policies

• all regulation related information is released to close to assessment date

• assessment regulations and policies are never disclosed and kept confidebtial

• parents and students are informed about documentation describing relevant assessment programme regulations