摘要：Assessment of student learning provides evidence so that educational decisions can be made. We may use the evidence to help us evaluate a teaching programme or we may use the evidence to make statements about students competence or to make decisions about the next aspect of teaching for particular students. The choice of what to evaluate, the strategies of assessment, and the modes of reporting depend upon the intentions of the curriculum, the importance of different parts of the curriculum, and the audiences needing the information that assessment provides. Educational decisions which require information about the success of learning programmes, or which require information about which students have reached particular levels of skill and knowledge, depend upon valid and therefore reliable measures to inform those who make the decisions.
