Assess students Assess what

progress and students have

learning needs learned
Students are Students not directly
involved in the involved in the
assessment process assessment process.
Descriptive feedback Certify student’s
is essential in competence
creating learning
Teacher and student May increase or
work together to decrease learners
improve learning motivation.
Promotes ranking or
Continuous process sorting of students

Increase learners Reveal students

motivation level of
Students are actively Assess students understanding
Provides clear involved in monitoring and cognition about their Less emphasis on
learning for assessing their learning learning improving
students Students assess their Teachers guide students students learning.
own learning in setting learning goals
Students learn to Emphasizes
differentiate “good” Improves students Teachers provide accountability to
from “weak” work learning and motivation meet standards
students with
Both teacher and Teachers show students opportunities to
student assess how to do self- practice self-monitoring Teacher assess
student’s learning assessment and self-reflection student’s learning