•Criteria are a set standards to be followed in assessment

•Criteria are set of standards upon which the different elements of the curriculum are being

tested

Goals and objectives are formulated and specified for the following purposes:

To have focus on curriculum and instruction which give direction to where students need to go

To meet the requirements specified in the policies and standards of curriculum and instruction

To provide the students’ the best possible education and describe the students’ level of performance

To monitor the progress of students based on the goals set

To motivate students to learn and the teachers to be able to feel a sense of competence when goals are attained

Content

Behavior

Criterion

Condition

Syntactic correctness

Compliance with legal requirements

The “stranger test”

Both knowledge and behavior are addressed

The “so-what” test

Individualization

Common sense

Supplantive Approach

“direct” instruction

Highly teacher-directed

Generative Approach

“constructivist”

Learning by DOING

Curriculum criteria are guidelines on standard for curriculum decision making. The objectives of a curriculum or teaching plan are the most important curriculum criteria.

Have the goals of the curriculum or teaching plan been clearly stated; and are they used by teachers and students in choosing content, materials and activities for learning?

Have teacher and students engaged in student-teacher planning in defining the goals and in determining how they will be implemented?

Do some of the planned goals relate to the society or community in which the curriculum will be implemented or the teaching will be done?

Do some of the planned goals relate to the individual learner and his/her needs, purposes, interest and abilities?

Are the planned goals used as criteria in selecting and developing learning materials for instruction?

Are the planned goals used as criteria in evaluating learning achievement and in the further planning of learning sub goals and activities?

The Curriculum: Is continuously evolving

Is based on the needs of the people

Is democratically conceived

Is the result of a long-term effort

Is a complex of details

Provides for the logical sequence of subject matter

Complements and cooperates with other programs of the community

Has educational quality

Has administrative flexibility

Evaluation is the process of making a decision or reading a conclusion

Is the process of using information that is collected through assessment.

Is a thoughtful process

Is the judgment we make about the assessment of student learning based on established criteria

Focuses on determining whether the curriculum as recorded in the master plan has been carried out in the classroom

Are the objectives being addressed?

Are the contents presented in the recommended sequence?

Are students being involved in the suggested instructional experiences?

Are students reacting to the contents?

Summative evaluation

Takes place at the end of a lesson or project and tells the evaluator what has happened

Formative evaluation

takes place during the lesson or project and tells the evaluator what is happening

Assessment strategies are thestructures through which studentknowledge and skills are assesses.Theses are:

pencil-and-paper strategy

performance based strategy

observational

personal communication

oral

reflective

combination of strategies