Student assessment

Student assessment is a good thing however it must be clearly defined. Meaning when professor is evaluating a student for a potential grade it needs to be clearly explained either before it is done or in the syllabus not after the grade is give. Often times the assessment is vague and not clear. When probe by the student sometime the faculty member maybe become agitated by the student for the question and say refer to the syllabus.  There is a reason why the student is asking the question because it was not clearly explained in the syllabus.

The role of the assessment is to clearly explain what the student is to gain from the assignment and how the student will be evaluated. The assessment will help the student by providing feedback in how to improve/learn/grow for the next assignment.  If the assessment is provided back before the next assignment is turned in it allows growth for the student to improve how the homework/writing etc. should be completed.