How do I address the key issues and themes to open and distance assessment?
It is important to understand both the positive and negative aspects of assessment. First and foremost it is necessary to verify if West Valley College is achieving its mission and purposes. In order to achieve this goal, it is necessary to find out how well students achieve educational objectives. The definition of assessment is the measurement of student s progress toward a learning goal by utilizing multiple measures with assessment tools. In addition, evaluation of the assessment program will be a critical component to this process. This process will include both formative assessment- providing valuable information about how well students are progressing towards West Valley College s expectations and summative assessment providing information about patterns of student achievement without institutional or program opportunity to improve students achievement and without student opportunity to improve and demonstrate that improvement. There are many concerns about assessment at West Va
