Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g63FgSX27166; Wed, 3 Jul 2002 11:42:28 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 11:42:28 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <004b01c222af$d4fa7480$cd607b83@educ.kent.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Dianna Baycich" <dbaycich@archon.educ.kent.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1215] Re: Assessment question X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1012 Lines: 23 Mary wrote: I am interested in assessment and evaluation questions and wonder if you would clarify for me the way you are using the terms. By assessment do you mean looking at and collecting evidence of learning in the children and/or parents to inform teaching and learning, or do you mean looking at and collecting evidence of how well the program is working so you can modify it as you go along? And by evaluation do you mean setting a value on the learning of participants and encoding it in a letter grade or test score for reporting/accountability purposes or evaluating/judging the program as a whole for reporting/accountability purposes? Or something else? Hi Mary, I feel assessment should be used for informing teaching and learning and that ongoing evaluation should look at the program as a whole for reporting/accountability and also to modify the program to make it more effective. How do you and others see it? There is also a short discussion about this on the Assessment List. Dianna B. OLRC
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