This document discusses innovative assessment in teacher education. It defines assessment and its purposes, which include providing feedback, facilitating improvement, measuring achievement, and maintaining standards. Assessment approaches in teacher education include theory papers, practicum activities, internship, and community-related activities. Learning-oriented assessment involves trainee involvement, feedback as feedforward, and uses various tasks and tools. The document presents benefits and formats of online assessment, including efficiency and engagement. It provides examples of online assessment tools like Kahoot!, Mentimeter, and e-portfolios. For innovative assessment, learning outcomes must be clear and teaching must be based on outcomes. The National Education Policy 2020 advocates for more regular, formative, competency-based,

1. INNOVATIVE ASSESSMENT IN
TEACHER EDUCATION
Professor Ramakanta Mohalik
Regional Institute of Education
Bhubaneswar
email-rkmohalik@riebbs.ac.on
1/31/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE BBSR

2. Concept of Assessment
• Assessment an integral part of teaching
learning in teacher education.
• It is the process of gathering, analyzing,
interpreting and using information collected
from students for quality improvement of
learning.
1/31/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE BBSR

3. Purposes of Assessment
• Providing feedback on learning,
• Facilitating improvement,
• Measuring achievement,
• Motivating learning and
• Maintaining standards.
• Overall quality of teaching and learning in
teacher education.
1/31/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE BBSR

4. Purposes of Assessment
Providing feedback on learning
Facilitating improvement
Measuring achievement
Motivating learning
Maintain standards
Certifying trainees
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5. Assessment in Teacher Education
• Theory papers
• Practicum activities
• Internship
• Community related activities
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6. Approaches to Assessment
• Teaching Oriented Assessment
• Learning Oriented Assessment
• When an assessment is constructed so as to
maximise opportunities for meaningful
student learning.
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7. Learning Oriented Assessment
Certification Learning
Assessment as
Learning Task
Trainees Involvement
(Peer & Self)
Feedback as
Feedforward
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8. Observation
Written
test
Portfolio
Artifacts
Peer
Assessment
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Discussion
Self
Assessment
Presentation
Project

9. Assessment
Tasks
Done by
Trainees
Graded by
Teachers
Self/Peer/Tr
Review
Learning
Resources
Essay/Project/Assign
ment/Dissertation
Peer Review
Learning Oriented Assessment
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10. Online Assessment: Innovation
• It involves use of digital devices and
applications to assist in the construction,
delivery, storage or reporting of students
assessment task/responses, grades/feedback.
• It can be part of LMS like Moodle, Sakai and
BlackBoard.
• It can be independent like Mentimeter,
ExamSoft, Kahoot!
1/31/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE BBSR

11. Benefits of Online Assessment
• Efficiency: Timeliness, Flexible delivery, Auto
processing of responses, storage of result.
• Effectiveness: Immediate feedback, new
question types
• Authenticity: Access to people & responses,
stimulate real world, complex problem solving
task.
• Engagement: Multi modal format, use virtual
world, use self & peer review
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12. Online Assessment Formats
• MCQ
• Free text-Short & long essay
• Hot Spot-Drag & drop
• Cloze
• Ordering
• Blog
• Discussion Forum
• Self/peer review
• Online group project-Google doc/wiki
• e-Portfolio
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13. Online Assessment Tools
• Hot Potatoes
• Kahoot!
• PaperShala
• Socrative
• Google Forms
• Goformative
• Quizizz
• TCExam
• Mentimeter
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14. mentimeter.com
• It is very good presentation and assessment
tool used in online class.
• Log in to mentimeter.com
• Put the number code show
• Then answer
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15. Kahoot!
• Go to Kahoot!
• Create Game –questions
• Play with students
• Students enter the PIN to participate and
answer
• Teacher can see the answering pattern on line.
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16. e-Portfolio
• Google sites
• Google slides
• Weebly
• Seesaw
• Evernote
• Canvas
• Wordpress
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17. e-Portfolio
• Edublog
• Mahara
• PebblePad
• Rcampus
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18. For Innovative Assessment
• Learning outcomes must be clearly defined
• Teaching must be based on learning outcomes
• Teachers and students must be informed and
oriented in assessment task.
• Public perception of examination result must
be changed
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19. NEP 2020 & Assessment
• More regular & formative
• Competency based-core capacities
• Measures HOT
• Holistic assessment -360 degree
• Board exams at two levels-standard/higher
• Academic Bank of Credit (ABC)
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20. Assessment to Educational Reform
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Quality
Improvement
Input Curriculum Teaching
Process
Innovative
Assessment