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Approaches, theories, and methods have increased as well as the challenge for learning. But, how to measure the English store of learning reached? The word that immediately comes to our mind is assessment, and it is not a misconception to think about that word if we consider that our educational environment is full of evaluations, tests, quizzes and some others assessment tools. It is then important to present assessment and testing as different terms in meaning instead of presented them as synonyms. Assessment is an urgent part of any educational process as it determines whether standards to ensure the objectives been met. Educational assessment affects to make decisions about the effectiveness of curriculum, policies, syllabus and textbooks and in some cases, funding. As Scanlan (2012) stated, assessment helps teachers answer crucial questions in order to evaluate the effectiveness of their teaching practice. Educators must take active responsibilities such as, raising serious questions about what they teach, and how they teach. Accomplishment is not the only signaled by the completion of the unit, but also by the extent to which students have engaged with the topic at hand. This entry argues that a distinction should be made between impact assessment and evaluation and that the role of positivist approaches is best conceived of as contributing to the former. 

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There are two main reasons that assessment is necessary in learning: First, accountability, which means that many teachers still have the challenge of external pressures to give students a grade. It is think that teachers may have been a group of generator of grades rather than a meaningful process of education, to being able to report students and to be reported by the Minister of Education with the standardized test (Saber-Pro). Moreover, provide solid experience and results to the prospective students. To summarize, acquire reputation. Notably, positivist logic inferences are in favored in these discussions. A child’s behavior may be affected by extenuating circumstances. We have to belong and labeled to a certain category or group, In all cases, we should not pay more attention to the meaning of the number, instead of paying attention at the learning process.  Second, program improvement, once assessments are complete the results are evaluated to determined how well student learning outcomes. If the goals are complete and which ones need to be revised. Testing are being using to measure how much of the assigned materials students are mastering, how well student are learning materials, and how well student are meeting the stated goals and objectives. [1] Education should serve to liberate and promote opportunity for all of us. All of this got it hard to smarter consumers who are looking for academic excellence. Therefore, assessment must fulfill several purposes. 

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To conclude, assessment is an ongoing process developed along any learning course which allows the instructor or teacher to observe the learner’s achievements, improvement and performance (Brown, 2003). For carry out this process, teachers should use different tools such as journals, tests, quizzes, portfolios, blogs, etc can be used. It suggests that testing is a component of the assessment process, and a test is a tool used by teachers for assessing general or specific aspects of learners’ performance in a determine domain (Brown, 2003). As educators, we have the responsibility to become more effective teacher not offering definitive answers to questions, but rather than providing new insights into teaching and learning process, and explore deeper into the students' mind in order to generate critical thinking. I truly believe that we have to face the way of seen the world from different points of view without escaping from the reality, one's reality. As Chandra Mohanty (2001) states, pedagogy is not only about the act of knowing, but also about how knowledge related into the power itself. [2]

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[1] Differences between Testing, Assessment, and Evaluation. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://istudy.psu.edu/tutorials/testing/TestingAssessment2.html

[2] Henry A. Giroux | The War Against Teachers as Public ... (n.d.). Retrieved from http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13367-the-corporate-war-against-teachers-as-pu

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