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The Importance of Evaluating Evaluation Instruments

The instructor must evaluate the scenario in which the evaluation instrument will be used before choosing it. The world is currently ruled by technology, hence a tool that is unable to accommodate this technological necessity would ostensibly be deemed ineffective. Before using any of the available tools, it is important to weigh their advantages and disadvantages. When creating a curriculum, what matters is how students perform, so I am certain that the best tool be used to produce the desired end. Thank you for an excellent research, I agree with you that tools such as Formative Assessment Techniques, Developmental Reading Assessment, and Curriculum Mapping can help in assessing the outcome of learning if applied to the right people at the right time within the right situation.

Implementing Formative Assessment Techniques

As stated by Fisher & Frey (2015), the teacher needs to find out what students have learned after every lesson and should not just ask the learners to recite the facts. This technique known as Formative Assessment helps the teacher to realize the concept which is not well understood by the learners to plan for its repeat. Fisher & Frey (2015) further suggested appropriate methods test the understanding of students. Among these methods include oral and written questions and giving projects to be worked on by the learners later after classes. From the students’ responses, the teacher will get an accurate reflection the change achieved by the instruction (Fisher & Frey, 2015). Unfortunately, you failed to highlight the disadvantages of Formative Assessment Techniques in your post. The process of checking the understanding of students and making changes depending on the result consumes a lot of time which may make it ineffective for some teachers. Otherwise, the tool would be appropriate in assessing the outcome of learning and not just activities.

Reference

Fisher, D., & Frey, N. (2015). Checking for understanding: Formative assessment techniques for your classroom. ASCD.