EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Placement evaluation also referred to as pre-assessment or initial assessment, is conducted prior to instruction or intervention to establish a baseline from which individual student growth can be measured.

Detailed explanation-2: -Initial assessment is the process of identifying an individual’s learning and support needs to enable the design of an individual learning plan which will provide the structure for their learning. In other words it determines the learner’s starting point for their learning programme.

Detailed explanation-3: -Initial assessment happens at the time of transition into a new learning programme. It is a holistic process, during which you start to build up a picture of a learner’s achievements, skills, interests, previous learning experiences and goals, and the learning needs associated with those goals.

Detailed explanation-4: -Diagnostic Assessment (as Pre-Assessment) Tip: Done at the beginning–of the school year, beginning of a unit, beginning of a lesson, etc.

Detailed explanation-5: -What it is: Pre-assessment provides a way for teachers to gather key information about what students know and are able to do prior to instruction, as well as what student interests and learning styles are. Pre-assessments can be paper and pencil tasks or performance-based.