21 CENTURY

ST

ASSESSMENT
January 23, 2020
• Assessment is defined as a process of obtaining
information that is used to make educational decisions
about students, to give feedback to students about his or
her progress, strengths and weaknesses, to judge
instructional effectiveness and curricular adequacy, and
to inform policy.
 21ST CENTURY SKILLS

• Learning and Innovation Skills

• Creativity and Innovation

• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

• Communication and Collaboration

 21ST CENTURY SKILLS

• Information, Media and Technology Skills

• Information Literacy

• Media Literacy

• ICT (Information, Communications and Technology)

Literacy
 21ST CENTURY SKILLS

• Life and Career Skills

• Flexibility and Adaptability
• Initiative and Self-Direction
• Social and Cross-Cultural Skills
• Productivity and Accountability
• Leadership and Responsibility
 ASSESSMENT COMPETENCIES
FOR TEACHERS
• Teachers should be skilled in:
• Choosing assessment methods appropriate for
instructional decisions.
• Administering, scoring, and interpreting the
results of both externally produced and teacher
produced assessment methods.
 ASSESSMENT COMPETENCIES
FOR TEACHERS
• Teachers should be skilled in:
• Using assessment results when making decisions
about individual students, planning teaching, and
developing curriculum and school improvement.
• Developing valid pupil grading procedures that use
pupil assessment.
 ASSESSMENT COMPETENCIES
FOR TEACHERS
• Teachers should be skilled in:
• Communicating assessment results to students,
parents, other lay audiences, and other
educators.
• Recognizing unethical, illegal, and otherwise
inappropriate assessment methods and uses of
assessment information.
CHARACTERISTICS OF
THE 21ST CENTURY
ASSESSMENT
• The following eight characteristics of 21st century
assessment, are essential guide for preparation of
assessment activities by educators. It is necessary
to refer to these characteristics to ensure that the
learners are being assessed towards the skills and
demand of the 21st century.
 RESPONSIVE

• Visible performance-based work (as a result of

assessment) generates data that inform curriculum
and instruction.
 FLEXIBLE

• Assessment needs to be adaptable to students’

settings. Rather than the identical approach that
works in traditional assessment, 21st century
approaches are more versatile.
 INTEGRATED

• Assessments are to be incorporated into day-today

practice rather than as add-ons at the end of
instructions or during a single specified week of
the school calendar.
 INFORMATIVE

• The desired 21st century goals and objectives are

clearly stated and explicitly taught. Students
display their range of emerging knowledge and
skills. Exemplars routinely guide students toward
achievement of targets.
 MULTIPLE METHODS

• An assessment continuum that includes a spectrum

of strategies is the norm.
 COMMUNICATED

• Communication of assessment data is clear and

transparent for all stakeholders.
 TECHNICALLY SOUND

• Adjustments and accommodations are made in the

assessment process to meet the students’ needs and
fairness.
 SYSTEMIC

• 21st century assessment is part of a comprehensive

and well-aligned assessment system that is
balanced and inclusive of all students,
constituents, and stakeholders and designed to
support improvement at all levels.
SEATWORK!!!
 DIRECTION

• Read each statement carefully. Identify what

characteristic of a 21st century assessment is
asked. (2 points each)
1. Assessment needs to be
adaptable to students’
settings.
2. Assessment should also be
fair to ethnic, gender, and
socioeconomic groups.
3. Students, as well as their
parents, keep track of their
achievements.
4. Ms. Carpio uses
different strategies and
techniques in assessing
her students.
5. After every discussion, Mr.
Santos let his students
answer a check up quiz.
6. Ms. Claro asks us to
give our insights for
today’s lesson.
7. 21st century assessment is
balanced and inclusive of all
students, constituents, and
stakeholders .
8. Mr. Cruz always shares
the objectives to us before the
lesson proper.
9. Assessment data is
clear and transparent
for all stakeholders.
10. Ms. Ocampo asked us for a
1/8 sheet of paper. There,
she wrote our grade for
Prelim which is 1.0
 ANSWER KEY

1. Flexible 6. Responsive
2. Technically Sound 7. Systemic
3. Communicated 8. Informative
4. Multi Methods 9. Communicated
5. Integrated 10. Communicated