STUDENTASSESSMENTINFINLAND–BASICEDUCATION.pptVIP

STUDENT ASSESSMENTIN FINLAND – BASIC EDUCATION Paris 3.2. 2005 LEGISLATION 1 Act for comprehensive education: Schools are entitled to evaluate their work: teaching methods, study results, and education in general. Students should be encouraged and taught for self-assessment. The Finnish National Board of Education National curriculum guidelines for comprehensive education: goals and contents of pupil assessment instructions for pupil assessment in 1999 new national core curriculum for comprehensive education in 2004  Task of assessment: to guide and encourage studying of pupils to evaluate how well the pupils have met the objectives established for growth and learning to help the pupil form a realistic image of his/her learning and development  Principles of assessment: assessment is based on diversity of evidence assessment is to address pupil’s learning and progress in different areas of learning pupil’s progress, work skills, and behaviour are assessed in relation to the curriculum’s goals and descriptions of good performance the description of good performance and the final evalutation’s criteria specify the knowledge and skill levels that constitute the basis of pupil assessment  Principles of assessment, cooperation between school and home: pupil and the parents/guardian are to be informed in advance about the grounds for assessment in addition to reports assessment feedback can be given in a diverse manner  Self-assessment by a pupil one task of the basic education is to develop pupils’ capability for self-assessment the purpose is to support the growth of pupils’ self-knowledge and the development of her/his study skills the goal is to reinforce pupils’ sef-esteem, self-image as a learner, and sense of involvement pupils learn to assess their learning progress and process and to establish goals of their own  Supporting the self-assessment skills of pupils pupils are to be guided in examining their learning processes and a