Assessment of Learning Outcomes in OBE Assessment in OBE should also be guided by
the four principles of OBE which are clarity of focus, designing backwards, high expectations
and expanded opportunity. It should contribute to the objective of improving students' learning.
Since in OBE, there is a need first to establish a clear vision of what the students are expected
to learn (desired learning outcome), then assessment becomes an embedded part of the
system.
To be useful in OBE system, assessment should be guided by the Following principles:
1. Assessment procedure should be valid. Procedure and tools should actually assess what one
intends to test.
2. Assessment procedure should be reliable. The results should be consistent.
3. Assessment procedure should be fair. Cultural background and other factors should not
influence assessment procedure.
4. Assessment should reflect the knowledge and skills that are important to the students.
5. Assessment should tell both the teachers and students how students are progressing.
THE TEACHER AND THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM
1. Assessment should support every student's opportunity to learn things that are important.
2. Assessment should allow individuality or uniqueness to be demonstrated.
3. Assessment should be comprehensive to cover a wide range of learning outcomes.
Responsibility for Learning - In OBE, students are responsible for their own learning and
progress. Nobody can learn for the learner. It is only the learner himself/herself who can drive
himself/herself to learn, thus learning is a personal matter Teachers can only facilitate that
learning, define the learning outcomes to be achieved, and assist the students to achieve those
outcomes. Students have the bigger responsibility to achieve those outcomes. In this way, they
will be able to know whether they are learning or not.
One of the great benefits of outcomes-based education is that it makes students aware of what
they should be learning, why they are learning it, what they are actually learning, and what they
should do when they are learning.
In terms of students' perspectives there are common questions that will guide them as they
learn under the OBE Curriculum framework. To guide the students in OBE learning, they should
ask themselves the following questions.
As a student,
1.What do I have to learn?
2. Why do I have to learn it?
3. What will I be doing while I am learning?
4. How will I know that I am learning, what I should be learning?
5. Will I have any say in what I learn?
6. How will I be assessed?
