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You might think of assessing and testing as synonymous
terms, but they are not. Let’s differentiate the two concepts.
In educational practice, assessment is an ongoing process
that includes a wide range of methodological techniques.
Whenever a student responds to a question, offers a comment,
or tries a new word or structure, the teacher subconsciously
analyses the student’s performance. Written work—from a
simple sentence to a formal essay—is a performance that
ultimately is “judged” by self, teacher, and possibly other
students. Reading and listening activities usually require some
sort of productive performance that the teacher observes and
then implicitly evaluates. A good teacher never ceases to assess
students, whether those assessments are incidental or intended.
Tests, on the other hand, are prepared administrative procedures
that occur at identifiable times in a curriculum, when learners
know that their responses are being measured and evaluated.
BROWN, H .Douglas. Principles of language learning and teaching. 5th
ed. Longman, 2000. Adaptado.
Uma professora de Inglês recém-formada, desejosa de melhor
compreender o desempenho de seus estudantes adolescentes no
dia a dia de suas aulas, demonstrará ter compreendido
adequadamente o conceito de ‘assessment’ proposto no texto se,
para alcançar seu objetivo,