Testing, Assessing, and Teaching

The main activities in the teaching and learning process are testing, assessing, and teaching. Those three activities cannot be separated at any level of learning. Almost all learning activities begin with testing and then continue to the learning process or teaching. Occasionally, during the teaching and learning process, the teacher may administer an assessment to the students prior to administering the test after the teaching materials have been completed. Testing is a method of determining a student's ability in such things or in a subject. It is also used to assess students' achievement, knowledge, and performance in a specific domain. Thesaurus defines a test as a series of questions or exercises used to assess an individual's or group's skill, knowledge, intelligence, capacities, or aptitudes.