This document discusses student assessment. It defines student assessment as processes for gathering information to measure individual student performance. There are two main types of assessment: formative assessment, which provides feedback to students, and summative assessment, which makes overall judgments about competence. The purposes of assessment include fostering learning, monitoring progress, motivating students, and ensuring licensing and patient safety. A good test or assessment should be valid, reliably measuring what it intends to, and also feasible, acceptable to stakeholders, educationally impactful, and culturally sensitive.

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Student Assessment
By: Dr. Esra Abdallah
MBBS, MPH, MD (c.), MHPE (c.)

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At the end of this presentation the
participant will be able to:
1. Define the student assessment
2. Differentiate between the assessment
types
3. Discuss the assessment purposes
4. Describe the criteria of a good test
Objectives:

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Define student assessment
Assessment refers to processes of
gathering information for the purposes
of decision-making regarding
measurement of individual student
performance.

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Types of assessment
Give students
feedback about
their learning
Making an
overall judgment
about
competence
Formative Summative

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Fostering
learning
(assessment
for learning).
Certification
of student
learning
(assessment
of learning)
Student
motivation
Progress
monitoring
(Assessment
as learning)
Licensing
and patient
safety
Assessment purposes

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Criteria of a good test
1. Validity: measures what it is supposed to
measure.
Types of validity:
1. Content validity: covering the content
2. Predictive validity: predict performance in future
3. Construct validity: relevant and coverage of
important content.

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2. Reliability: consistently gives the same result if
repeated (Measured by Cronbach’s Alfa )
Types of reliability:
1. Inter-rater reliability: two examiners give similar
grades
2. Inter-case: cases vary greatly in their level of
difficulty.
Criteria of a good test

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Criteria of a good test
3. Feasibility: consider the resources: human, physical,
and financial.
4. Acceptability: of stakeholders including students.
Cultural sensitivity is one aspect which is seriously
considered.
5. Educational impact: learn in the exam.
Criteria of a good test

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