OCTOBER 2, 2020

Utilization of Assessment
Data: Reporting
What can you
observe?
What does fairness mean to you?
Reporting
 Learning Objectives
● Discuss the Purposes of Reporting Assessment data
● To identify the Principles of Reporting
● Recipients/ Beneficiary of Reporting
● Tips on Writing a Report
What does it illustrate?
Yes you’re
right!
 Definition
Assessment
- refers to all the ways we gather information
about progress in a student’s learning.
Assessment tasks should reflect the objectives
and criteria and be meaningful and relevant. They
may include tests, observations, peer discussions,
work samples, presentations/performances and
projects.
 Definition
Reporting
- is the process used to communicate
knowledge gained from assessing student
learning. The purpose of reporting is to
provide relevant information about a
student’s progress.
Reporting of Assessment
Data

Purposes Principles Reporting

of of Method
Reporting Reporting
Purposes of
Reporting
 Purposes of Reporting
1. Instructional Decisions
- Based on test results, teachers decide to change or
maintain their instructional approach.
2. Grading Decisions
- As grades are indicators of student performance,
teachers need to decide whether a student deserves
a high grade – perhaps an A – on the basis of some
form of assessment.
 Purposes of Reporting
3. Diagnostic Decisions
- Sometimes, we give tests to find out the strengths
and weaknesses of our students.
4. Selection Decisions
- It relates to whether or not a student is selected for a
programme or for admission into an institution based
on a test score.
 Purposes of Reporting
5. Placement Decisions
- It deals with where a candidate should be placed based
on performance on the test.

6. Counseling and Guidance Decisions

- Counselors often give advice in terms of appropriate
vocations for some of their students.
 Purposes of Reporting

7. Program of Curriculum Decisions

- It reflects the kinds of changes made to the educational
programme or curriculum based on examination results.
8. Administrative Decisions
- Administrative policy decisions that need to be made
which are also greatly influenced by test scores.
Other Purposes of
Reporting:

- To recognize, acknowledge and give

credit for what students have achieved.
- To contribute to student’s personal
development and progress.
- To assist schools and system in
identifying the potential of their students
Other Purposes of Reporting to Parents:

By knowing what the school is attempting to do, parents are better

able to cooperate with the school in promoting their children’s learning
and development.
Information concerning their children’s success, failure and special
problem enable parents to give them the emotional support and
encouragement they need.
Knowing their children’s strengths and weaknesses in learning
provides a basis for helping them make more sound educational and
vocational decisions.
Principle
s
of
Reporting
Principles of Reporting
Has clear, direct links with syllabus
outcomes
Is integral to teaching and learning
Is balanced, comprehensive and varied
Is valid
Is fair
Engages the learner
 Principles of Reporting
Values teacher judgement
Is time efficient and manageable
Recognizes individual achievement and progress
Involves a whole school approach
Actively involves parents
Conveys meaningful and useful information
Reporting
Method
 Reporting
Method
Norm - Referenced Assessment and Reporting
- Assessing and reporting a student's achievement and progress in
comparison to other students.
Criterion - Referenced Assessment and Reporting
- Assessing and reporting a student's achievement and progress in
comparison to predetermined criteria.
An outcomes-approach
- An outcomes-approach to assessment will provide information about
student achievement to enable reporting against a standards framework.
- Acknowledges that students, regardless of their class or grade, can
be working towards syllabus outcomes anywhere along the learning
continuum.
 Reporting
Method
1. Individual Parent/Teacher Conferences
- Provide a good opportunity for teachers to explain assessment results to parents.
2. An Individual Written Report Sent Home
- A written report does not provide the face-to-face interaction of a parent/teacher
conference, but it can be an effective method for distributing assessment information.
- Report card* -summarizes student performance. Grades or numbers, like all symbols,
are an efficient way to do this.
3. Parent Group Meetings
- Assessment by the teacher is made in general.
4. Parent Newsletter Articles
- Articles in such a newsletter can describe the assessment process, the scoring
procedures, the school’s placement on an overall level, and any initiatives that are
being undertaken to improve future learning.
Recipient
s
of
Reporting
Recipients
 Recipients of Reporting
1. Teacher
- needs some information about students to assist them in teaching.
1. Students
- need some information about themselves to help them in learning.
1. Parents
- need some information about their children to help them organize
some activities that improve academic progress and personal
development of their children.
1. Counselor
- needs some information about students to help provide guidance and
counseling to students.
 Recipients of Reporting
5. Headmasters
- The headmaster needs some information about students to help design a
program that can increase learning motivation, academic achievement and
personal development of students.
6. Education District Officers
- District education officer need some information about students to help
design a program that can streamline increase motivation, academic
achievement and personal development of students in all schools in the
area under his supervision.
7. Potential Employer
- Prospective employers need some information about students to help them
decide to accept graduates of a school as employees.
Tips for Writing the
Report
➢ Determine the specific goal(s) of the report.
For example, the goal may be to communicate to
colleagues in the department the student skills that
were assessed, how evidence was collected and
evaluated, what the results mean and how they will
be used. Or, the goal may be to explain why a
particular data-collection method was selected, how
evaluation took place, and how results will be used
as part of program improvement.
➢ Report results at a level of understanding
appropriate for the audience receiving the report.

Use language that will be understood by the

individuals receiving the report. Explain
technical terms. If a statistician is hired, be sure
to ask him/her for a layman’s description of
statistical terms.
➢ Keep it short and concise–be careful not to
overwhelm.
If a written report is lengthy, include a 1-2 page executive summary.

➢ Be accurate and be careful to not mislead.

➢ Use visual displays, bullet lists, active
voice.
➢ If other assessment results exist, bring
them into the discussion.
 References
http://blackwoodps.sa.edu.au/assessment-and-reporting.html

https://manoa.hawaii.edu/assessment/resources/report-use-assessment-results/

https://www.slideshare.net/YeeBeeChoo/topic-9-reporting-of-assessment-data

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/oct94/vol52/num02/Toward-Better-Report-Cards.a
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