As we know that assessment
is used to measure our students’ understanding. Most of teachers assess them in
the end of the lessons. Let’s think for a while, what about during the learning
process? Is it needed? We can distinguish the assessment into three parts; assessment
of learning, assessment for learning, and assessment as learning. Now, the
question is “should in every teaching and learning process using those three
parts?”
“Assessment of learning” and “assessment for learning”
is shown for teacher’s assessment, while “assessment as learning” is shown for students’
assessment. If we see from both of them, there’s no correlation because one is
for teacher assessment, and the rest is for students. Whereas, if we look when
the assessment itself occurs, “assessment of learning” occurs in the end of the
lesson which purposes to design the next learning. “Assessment as learning” is
used by the students on going learning process. Besides, “assessment for
learning” is the materials for reflecting and reviewing to the learning that
has been occurred. Three of them are interdependent in teaching and learning
process.
Stiggins (2007) said
that “assessment of learning” is important in learning process, but he tended to
push the teachers to focus on “assessment for learning” because this way can
support during the learning process. By focusing to formative assessment, it will
increase students’ achievement. Based on the article, it has been mentioned
that most of teachers prefer to use summative assessments because formative
assessment needs long time to be done, and they have to pay attention the
improvement of all students, so they only use summative assessment.
In Indonesia, we know
that in the end of semester the students will have summative assessment final
examination (UAS) and for graduating, they will have final examination (UN). The
students have to deal with the multiple choices questions and must achieve the
standard score that has been given by the government. Actually, that’s good to
review and evaluate the students in the end of learning process, but we also have
to assess the process in learning using formative assessment. If we focus more
on summative assessment, it just make the teachers only focus to examination,
then the teachers don’t focus on formative assessment.
Assessment for learning,
assessment as learning, and assessment of learning which is the part of summative
assessment and formative assessment is very important in teaching and learning
process. So, if we just focus to one of them, will we make a good assessment?
Let’s discuss.
by: Group 2
- Ahmad Apriyanto
- Mulyati Sholeha
- Nurvika Putriyana
- Woro Retno Kris Sejati
