ICT and Assessment

Introduction

Schools in the modern day have become more sophisticated in terms of the development of their instruction infrastructure and facilities.  Previously, the school environment was limited to having a class with chairs, tables, and aboard. Most of the instruction activities were conducted in class in front of students and most of the assessment processes were performed in class with paper and pencil tests.  Given that technology has developed very rapidly and has influenced every aspect of life, including education, technology, computers, and the Internet should be integrated into education to support instruction and assessment processes.

The assessment system, structure, methods, and strategies used in your school

Test

A test or examination is an assessment intended to measure a test-takers knowledge, skill, aptitude, physical fitness, or classification in many other topics.

Portfolio

A student portfolio is a compilation of academic work and other forms of educational evidence assembled for the purpose of

(1) evaluating coursework quality, learning progress, and academic achievement;

(2) determining whether students have met learning standards or other academic requirements for courses, grade-level promotion, and graduation;

(3) helping students reflect on their academic goals and progress as learners; and

(4) creating a lasting archive of academic work products, accomplishments, and other documentation.

Project-based assessment

Project-based assessment is the approach used in design education to assess students' performance. It is an essential feature in design education and curriculum. Students have to go through a series of design activities and generate design solutions based on the project information given to them.

How we can use ICT in assessment and evaluation in school

In education, one aspect that raises much research and study is the importance of ICT use in assessment practice. In many ways, ICT can support assessment practice. ICT can also be used to support formative and summative assessment.

Computer-assisted assessment (CAA) to assess students, CAA technology can also be used to assist in the assessment process. CAA technology such as computer-based testing (CBT) helps teachers in assessing students’ achievement by marking test items and analyzing the test results. It is usually used for examination, quiz and questionnaire type testing.

The other important use of CAA is to help teachers to do assessments where professional judgment is involved. The e-marking tool aims to lessen the busy work of marking, such as adding up marks and recording and spell-checking comments by hand. As a result, teachers can spend more of their time on quality feedback, reflection, and moderation. The e-marking tools have been applied to oral presentations, posters, essays, tutorial papers, tutorial presentation concept maps, and exams. The e-marking tool he developed is about moving marking process off the desk and onto the computer by combining and integrating spreadsheet features, word process and database applications.

Meanwhile, ICT can also be used for students to do their assignment. ICT is not only used to assess students’ tasks but also is used to prepare and complete the tasks. For example, students use ICT to complete assessment tasks like technology-based projects such as science projects, creating podcasts or photo stories and portfolios. Teachers need to notice that to assess assessments tasks that integrate ICT, they have to assess the technical skills as well.

Conclusion

Thus, it is clearly explained that the inclusion of ICT in education cannot be avoided. The use of ICT by teachers and students will support the assessment process. For teachers, they can catch up with the development of educational technology so that they can be digital teachers. For students, the use of ICT will prepare their computer skills so that they will be ready to be digital learners and workers.