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Classroom Assessment Report

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Introduction Classroom assessment practices conducted by teachers is one of the integral parts of teaching and learning .Teachers may not know if students are learning or progressing without assessment. Lloyd (2011) explained that these classroom assessment standards comprise a set of criteria and related guidelines accepted by professional organizations as indicative accurate classroom assessment practices. At the heart of assessment system is a clear understanding and connecting to the knowledge and skills and their range of complexity as required by the standards, grade level expectations, and span expectations (Brown, 2011). These standards should be focused in all assessments, instruction, and professional development related to teaching …show more content…

Cosares (2006) in his recommendation stated that there is a dire need for administrators to give their full support to the teachers to participate in the seminar-workshops and trainings conducted not only in the division but also in the regional and national levels. Since they are in the position, there is a need for them to encourage and motivate their teachers to pursue graduate …show more content…

In a constructivist classroom the teacher is perceived as one of the learners who is more experienced and acts like a ‘guide’ to enable the students to explore some new fields of knowledge. According to Brooks and Brooks (2012) the teacher tries to understand the way learners’ brains work, and she or he leads them to construct and combine the newly-gained knowledge with what students already know from the previous experience. Experiential learning, made by American theorist David Kolb is learning through reflection on doing and which is often contrasted with rote or didactic learning. It is related to, but not synonymous with, experiential education, action learning, adventure learning, free choice learning, cooperative learning, and service learning. While there are relationships and connections among all these theories of education, importantly they are also separate terms with separate meanings (Nsamenang & Tchombe 2011) Thus, one makes discoveries and experiments with knowledge firsthand as a result of assessment, instead of hearing or reading about others' experiences. (Brown,

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