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GRINO BTVTED-FSMT2
TESTING What is being assessed?
Determined the learner’s current skills
level for the purpose of efficient
Placement Tests placement of learners depending on
the appropriate courses/field that the
student is capable of.  learning gaps.  regular colleges courses.
Measures the learner’s strength,
Diagnostic Tests
weakness and skills.  comprehension the learner
 Measures the learner’s knowledge on
Proficiency Tests specific exercises, specialization and
form.
It assessed the learner’s
Achievement Tests comprehension to the lesson after
being discussed.  needed teaching tools and
ASSESSMENT
Formative Assessment  Assessed the teacher in measuring
learners understanding, learning yield
and individual short-comings
throughout the entire learning
measures.
Advantage
It enables the teacher to
identify learner’s current
skills level in order for them
to support individual student
It enables the teacher to
determine what intellectual
mastery or form of
possesses or having difficulty
with. 
It serves as a basis in
comparing performance with
diverse learners on the same
courses. 
It allows teachers to provide
accurate overview on the
students’ performance in
variety subjects. As well as
enabled them to identify the
methods to be used in order
to achieve the effectiveness
of instructions.
The upended result of these
assessments enables the
teacher to adapt and change
learning instructions rapidly.
As well as it serves as an
effective tool in personalized
Disadvantage
 Student who failed on their
placement test might need to
take extra developmental
courses before starting to
It makes difficulty for teacher
to identify whether the
learner’s comprehend the
previous lessons or not. 
This test usually conducted
only once a year. 
The issue of fairness and
legitimacy when testing
diverse learners.
The process of formative
assessments was too time-
consuming, the fact that
teachers focuses on checking
students learning rather than
developing learning methods.
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learning which allows the

teacher to be action-oriented
in supporting learner’s needs
in real-time.
Assess the students learning progress Help the teacher to make It is believed that summative
on the content being delivered; further improvements in tests discourage learners
evaluate the effectiveness of teaching upcoming successions who failed the test and may
Summative Assessment
as well as to evaluate the enabling them to identify the promote cheating due to
productiveness of the educational weak areas of learner’s that unyielding nature of this
program.  needs to be enhanced.  assessment.
 Encourage the learners with
Assess the proficiency of learners and divergent thinking in creating Teachers might have a hard
focuses on the learning process such possible answers and time in developing this
Alternative Assessment
as exercises that encourage learners stimulates learners to assessment as well as in
to be actually performing the task in demonstrate their mastery conducting grading
real-situation.  on the given task. evaluation. 

Parts of the Lesson Purpose of Formative Assessment

For the Learner For the Teacher

Before the lesson proper, the learner must

Before the Lesson recognize and familiarize the given topic.
Comprehend the aim of the discussion and
initiate course of action in learning and
monitoring progress.
During the lesson proper, the learner should be
Lesson Proper
able to identify his capabilities, identify learning
styles that helps him to comprehend better and
implement self-learning growth monitoring.
 The goal of the teacher is to gather relevant
information on learner’s current level of learning in
order to pinpoint to what topic is needed to be
emphasize.
The teacher must identify to what possible
hindrance inhibits the learner from learning the
topic and identify the student’s development in
contrast to formative assessment prior to lesson
proper in order to provide corrective measures on
learner’s comprehension and academic growth.
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 After the lesson, the learner must identify
whether he/she achieved the learning objectives
After the Lesson
or not. In order to seek other metacognitive
strategy in learning and understanding the
lessons better.
After the lesson, the teacher must assess whether
the students met the learning objectives on the
given time scale. As well as evaluating the learners
if the learning objectives are achieved in order to
seek for alternative and effective teaching
strategies for better learning.