Assessment is a complex process dependent upon an entire network of practices. It presumes a variety of strategies and procedures and requires multiple indicatorsand sources of evidence. There are two methods of assessement: Traditional assessments and Alternative assessments. Each one has its own potential for enhancing student learning. Traditional assessment is used to determine what students know at the end of a chapter, unit, or series of lectures on a topic in which assessment measures emphasize the interconnections, coherence, and understanding among skills, concepts, and procedures, as well as among knowledge, abilities, and dispositions. We can assess with the goal of increasing that learning. In fact we should think of assessment as a means for enhancing student learning aligns assessment with instruction.
