COMPARE/CONTRAST ASSESSMENT FOR, AS, OF LEARNING

Instructions:

Working in trios complete the following chart to compare and contrast assessment for, as, and of learning.

1. Number off, with person 1 responsible for Assessment FOR Learning, person 2 for Assessment AS Learning and person 3 responsible for Assessment OF learning.

2. Each person fills in their column, using what they already know and information from the handout.

3. Each person shares their information with the other two, gradually completing the grid.

4. As a group, discuss what is the same about each purpose for assessment and what is different.

	Assessment FOR Learning	Assessment AS Learning	Assessment OF Learning
Why? Why are we assessing?
Who? Who uses the assessment information?
When? When in the learning process does this happen?
How? What tools, strategies, processes are relevant?