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We should remember that assessment for learning is an essential and integrated part of the teaching and learning process that reflects a belief that all students can improve. It helps students understand and recognize the standards they are aiming for. It gives the teacher feedback that helps him/her to understand the next step in learning and to plan how to achieve them for the benefit of the students. .
It is important to assess what has been taught and link it directly to the curriculum outcomes. The higher the motivation, the more time and energy a student is willing to devote to any given task. A quality assessment works best when its purpose is clear, when it is carefully designed to fit that purpose and clearly stated to the intended level of students. Assessment for learning is designed to give teachers information to modify and differentiate teaching and learning activities. Assessment as learning is a process of developing and supporting metacognition for students. Assessment of learning is summative in nature and is used to confirm what students know and can do, to demonstrate whether they have achieved the curriculum's outcomes. Each of these purposes requires for the teacher to plan differently. The most important part of assessment is the analysis and use of the information that is collected for its purpose. It helps students understand standards they are aiming for and provides feedback that helps them understand the next steps in learning. .
According to the article Curriculum Support for Primary teachers Vol. 12 No. 2 (2007 p.1), when we set assessment tasks, we should ensure they have clear and explicit criteria for making judgments and that they promote reliability and validity and consistent judgments by teachers. An assessment may lack reliability whenever assessments are inconsistent to measure student's achievements, secondly when a variety of assessment tasks are not used to gather information on student's competence and when teachers ignore to work in a learning team in order to bring collective insights that will enhance children's achievements stated Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth (2006 p.