Criteria-based assessment as a modern control and evaluation activity in pedagogy

Abstract

The article is devoted to criteria-based assessment, which today is the only system used to control
and test the knowledge, skills and abilities of students. And also, the setting of marks according to the new
assessment system is compared with the previous traditional system of assessing the knowledge of students
of general education schools. Goals and objectives are set related to training, feedback and assessment. The
purpose of criteria-based assessment is described as providing objectivity, reliability of information about the
learning outcomes of students, and questions about the goal of developing a high level of thinking of students
are mainly raised. The article describes the stages of Kazakhstan’s transition to the updated content of education,
which is accompanied by the introduction of a new assessment system. Methods of research are demonstrated,
such as the analysis of formative and summative assessment, the role of criteria and descriptors in assessment
within the framework of the updated content of education. Observing and comparing, we can argue that the
practical application of assessment criteria and assessment tools using Bloom’s taxonomy, mind map, modern
applications, test constructors help cognitive learning, the development of creative and critical thinking.