ASSESSMENT: A KEY TOOL IN THE 21ST CENTURY EDUCATION

Introduction

Assessment, as an effective tool to diagnose the learner’s needs and bagging one of the superior roles in various educational systems is pertinent to the different aspects and persons behind the educational process.  These include the students as the center of the curriculum and instruction, the teachers as the facilitator and dispenser of knowledge, the parents as the provider of moral and basic needs of the students, the school administrators and staffs as the implementer of the school curriculum, the policy makers as the core designer of educational policies, the industry and stakeholders who extends help in the educational system. Let's see the relevance of assessment to the different personalities in education.