Alternative Assessments of the Longevity Trends

<span>H<span>Half of the language teachers’ time is spent on assessing students’ performance. Therefore, they should be literate to language assessment in terms of how to make a good test or knowing which method appropriate to assess their students’ learning. Without having assessment literacy, they may not be able to help their students achieve the best results of their performance. For this reason, the present study attempts to examine language teacher assessment literacy and how it has been measured. Besides, suggestions and recommendations for language teachers regarding assessment literacy are discussed in this study. A literature review was employed to conduct this research. Findings suggest that language teachers need more training on language assessment due to their lack of knowledge of language assessment. Although some of them are assessment literate, they do not practice the knowledge in their classroom. This implies that the training they need could be on how to select appropriate assessments for their students, how to design a test, alternative assessments, and test specifications.</span></span>

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Alternative Assessments in Online Learning during Covid-19 Pandemic: The Strenghths and Weaknesses

International Journal of Elementary Education ◽

10.23887/ijee.v5i2.33532 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 240

Author(s):

Ahmad Arifuddin ◽

Turmudi Turmudi ◽

Ummi Nur Rokhmah

Keyword(s):

Online Learning ◽

Elementary Education ◽

Literature Review ◽

Cognitive Assessments ◽

Self Assessment ◽

Advantages And Disadvantages ◽

Learning Assessments ◽

Alternative Assessments ◽

Teachers And Students ◽

Research Problems

Currently, online learning becomes a new trend in the Indonesian education. But, the educators are not ready to adapt to online learning, especially in online learning assessments. This study aims to describe the alternative assessments in online learning that can be implemented at elementary education along with its advantages and disadvantages. This study employed a qualitative approach with the literature review method. Researchers collected a number of reputable national and international journal articles, textbooks, handbooks, regulations, and so on from the google scholar database, science direct, eric, and others related to research problems and objectives. The analysis of the literature review uses the critical appraisal method. The results of this study showed that online learning assessments that can be implemented in elementary education were formative and summative assessments. It included cognitive assessments, performance assessments, portfolios, writings and journals, self-assessment and peers-assessments. The use of online learning assessments has many advantages such as the availability to conduct tests on demand and at any time, provides direct feedback to users, the students’ quick access to the test results, and a more accurate measurement of student learning. However, online assessment systems also have several drawbacks, such as students who have low information technology (IT) skills might be disadvantaged. For this reason, in implementing online learning and assessment, teachers and students should master information and communication technology skills.

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