ABSTRACT
Assessment can be a part of every day's activities: students should be assessed before, during, and at the end of an instructional day or unit. Formal assessments often take the form of short performance tasks such as a skit, dictations, or quizzes or tests over the entire contents of a unit. Classroom Assessment Techniques (CAT) are ungraded activities that provide feedback for both teacher and student on learning progress, with less work than traditional assessments. A good self-assessment has three parts: a self-monitoring, a self-judgment of the data, and self-reflection. Another variety of test is a bingo-style assessment, in each box of the Bingo grid is a performance activity involving using the target language (TL) to speak, read, listen, or write. A few final thoughts to remember about assessment: Assessment is not a test at the end of a unit. It is ongoing and students need multiple ways to demonstrate their learning.
