Technology Tools for Assessment and Evaluation

This article was interesting to read because alot of the information coneccted to ideas I've learned in other special education classes. For example, this artciel defines the difference between assessment, analysis, and evaluation. Assessment is the process of gathering infomation, analysis is the process of organizing that information, and evlauation is the judgement that is made about the student's performance. Even more confusing, these three stages are all part of the assessment-decision making process. Whew! This information directly connects to the content of assessment block. I have always thought of assessment and evaluation as the same thing. However, these two words represent completely different ideas. Another example of information in this article that directly connects to what I learned during assessment block is the difference between summative and formative evaluation. Formative evaluation is using student performance data to make on-going decisions to improve learning. Summative evaluation is used to make definate decisions about individuals. I wish I could have had this article to read while I was in assessment block. It's interesting how the article ties assessment to technology.