Decontextualized or nonsituated assessments are those that do no originate in the learning experience. They are developed outside the context in which they are used. The educational stakeholders are defined as students, teachers, parents, administrators, and community members. The term is derived from the idea that each of these groups is encouraged to take an active role in the assessment process. Entry slips are pieces of paper about the size of a small index card that ask students or teachers to reflect upon the work they wish to include in student portfolios.
Students tell which goal their work supports and how it does so.
After attaching the entry slip to their work, they set a new personal goal. Evaluation is making judgments about students learning. Goals, expectations, and outcomes are terms used to describe what the students will be able to do after learning has taken place. There is usually an alignment among course, district, and state goals, expectations, or outcomes. Student-constructed lesson plans, written essays, observations, interviews, audiotapes and videotapes are examples of students performance.