An Overview of Assessment

ASSESSMENT
To set or judge worth using an established value.

DEFINITION
Assessment is the result of an evaluative process during which the individual or object being assessed is judged based on an established set of values.

Educational assessment should be administered by a team of trained educators, in an appropriate environment, and its purpose for implementation be clearly communicated to those who would be assessed.  

EXAMPLES
Education assessment, standard assessment, formative assessment,... there is a diverse variety of assessments that can be created, designed, and modified.  Assessments are questions and inquires made in quizzes, tests, and exams, as well as challenges and projects. 




Manuel R. CortezRodas - Chief Educator/Founder

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MAY 2015

Manuel R. CortezRodas
Chief Educator/Founder
MRCR Education

May is for Mother's Day, Memorial Day, and end of school year activities, as it is the last full month of school.

The time we have left in our schools, in our classrooms, now begins to be measured in weeks and final days, as we reflect on what we have done this school year.

Two tweets from Stanford University (@Stanford on Twitter) on the month of April caught my attention.

The first tweet, a story on entrepreneurial skills "The Skills That Make Entrepreneurs Extraordinary" , mentioned the mnemonic OODA developed during the Korean War which stands for Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act.  

The second tweet, a story on Intracraneal Electrophysiology "Study Deciphers The Noise In The Human Brain" , mentioned the brain' Default Mode Network, which during Autobiographical Memory Retrival sequentially activates vision centers, critical thinking areas, decision centers, and motion areas in the brain.

The similarities of both the concepts and their sequence of 1st. Visualizing; 2nd. Analyzing; 3rd. Deciding; and 4th. Acting; represent a natural brain process and an entrepreneurial skill that should become an integral part of educative assessment.

This month of May, I invite students, teachers, educators, and parents, to take some time to reflect and self-assess the value of our educational experiences this school year.


Manuel R. CortezRodas - Chief Educator/Founder

Copyright 2015.  MRCR Educational Consulting Firm.  All Rights Reserved.