Assessment and evaluation are best addressed from the viewpoint of selecting what appears most valid in meeting prescribed needs. Student evaluation focuses on the collection and interpretation of data which would indicate student progress. This, in combination with teacher self-evaluation and program evaluation, provides a full evaluation. When a teacher has information on each of these three aspects, there is a basis for categorizing the needs of assessment and evaluation as prescribed by Saskatchewan Education. To aid data collection in order for the factors of Scientific Literacy to be addressed in student assessment, a checklist is available for each grade in this Curriculum Guide.
Teachers often differ in the way they like to collect data.
The students' columns are then marked if a skill is displayed. In this case some information would have to be transferred later to a student's individual profile. Other teachers prefer to have one assessment sheet per child, which is kept in the profile. That sheet would list the factors for assessment down the side, but along the top might be a series of dates indicating when assessment took place. Each date column could be subdivided to indicate the extent of the display.