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ASSESSMENT AND ASSESSMENT AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATIONINCLUSIVE EDUCATION
BARRIER OR SUPPORT?BARRIER OR SUPPORT?
Seamus HegartySeamus Hegarty
UNESCO, Santiago 19 November 2009 UNESCO, Santiago 19 November 2009
OverviewOverview
Purposes of assessmentPurposes of assessment
Often seen as a problemOften seen as a problem
How assessment can helpHow assessment can help
What purposes What purposes does assessment does assessment serve in education?serve in education?
Purposes of assessmentPurposes of assessment
LearnersLearners
What do they know?What do they know?What are they learning?What are they learning?Do they have difficulties in Do they have difficulties in
learning?learning?And, if so, why?And, if so, why?
Ditto for skills and attitudesDitto for skills and attitudes
Purposes of assessmentPurposes of assessment
TeachersTeachers
What should my students be What should my students be learning?learning?
How well am I facilitating their How well am I facilitating their learning?learning?
Do I need to change my Do I need to change my pedagogy?pedagogy?
Purposes of assessmentPurposes of assessment
SystemSystemAre pupils graded/certificatedAre pupils graded/certificated- accurately? meaningfully? fairly?- accurately? meaningfully? fairly?
How do our schools perform in How do our schools perform in comparison with each other? with comparison with each other? with other countries?other countries?
Are schools transforming young Are schools transforming young people's lives? preparing them people's lives? preparing them
for adult for adult life?life?
Why is assessment so often Why is assessment so often deemed to be a problem for deemed to be a problem for inclusive education?inclusive education?
problemsproblems
Information derived from assessment Information derived from assessment not useful for learning and teaching, not useful for learning and teaching, or not used wellor not used well
Comparative information used Comparative information used inappropriatelyinappropriately
Some assessment practices are Some assessment practices are exclusionaryexclusionary
How can assessment help How can assessment help inclusive education?inclusive education?
How can assessment help How can assessment help students with SEN receive students with SEN receive a good education?a good education?
Deal with the downsideDeal with the downside
Inappropriate and unhelpful labellingInappropriate and unhelpful labelling Misuse of raw test resultsMisuse of raw test results Allowing tests to dictate the Allowing tests to dictate the
curriculumcurriculum
Capitalise on the upsideCapitalise on the upside
Information that helps teachersInformation that helps teachers• TargetTarget• Monitor Monitor • ImproveImprove
Capitalise on the upsideCapitalise on the upside
Information that helps teachersInformation that helps teachers• TargetTarget• Monitor Monitor • ImproveImprove
Capitalise on the upsideCapitalise on the upside
Information that helps teachersInformation that helps teachers• TargetTarget• Monitor Monitor • ImproveImprove
Allocating resourcesAllocating resources Monitoring performanceMonitoring performance
AssessmentAssessment
barrier or support?barrier or support?
Muchas Muchas gracias!gracias!
Assessment tools for teachersAssessment tools for teachers
Screening instrumentsScreening instruments Structured tasksStructured tasks Achievement testsAchievement tests Social measuresSocial measures (Specialist tools)(Specialist tools)