The primary purpose for assessment and evaluation is to improve student learning!

There are three fundamental aspects of assessment, which will be looked at more thoroughly below, these are: assessment as learning, assessment for learning, and assessment of learning.

Assessment is used as a means to gather information to reflect student achievement of the curriculum expectations. Assessment as learning and assessment for learning are used to to provide students with descriptive and timely feedback so they may improve their learning. These two aspects of assessment are genearlly integrated into instruction, through the use of learning goals and success criteria that are co-created by teachers and students. Teachers use assessment information to inform their instruction, and plan for next steps based on the results of their assessment. Additionally, assessment as learning and assessment of learning help students develop the skills of peer assessment and self-assessment.

Assessment of learning is the evaluative part of assessment, where teachers judge the quality of student learning throughout a unit and assign a value to that learning. This is intended to summarize the learning that has occured, and communicate to parents, other teachers, employers, and students what the students known and can do in the curriculum area. Assessment of learning is based ona ssesssment of learning that provides evidence of student achievement at strategic times throughout the school year, generally at the end of a learning cycle. The report card grade is determined by assessment of learning, or evaluation, which is decided based on the evidence teachers collect through observations, conversations, and student products, combined with the teacher's professional judgement. The grade reflects the student's most consistent level of achievement, with more recent evidence given more consideration.