Which of the following statements about assessment are correct? A. Assessment should help students see their strengths and gaps and help the teacher fine-tune her teaching accordingly. B. Assessment is meaningful only if comparative evaluations of students are made. C. Assessment should assess not only memory but also understanding and application. D. Assessment cannot be purposeful if it does not induce fear and anxiety.

Which of the following statements about assessment are correct? A. Assessment should help students see their strengths and gaps and help the teacher fine-tune her teaching accordingly. B. Assessment is meaningful only if comparative evaluations of students are made. C. Assessment should assess not only memory but also understanding and application. D. Assessment cannot be purposeful if it does not induce fear and anxiety. Correct Answer A and C

Assessment is integral to the teaching-learning process which helps in facilitating student learning and improving instruction.

• It is a process of collecting relevant information on student learning.
• It is one of the crucial components of the teaching-learning process. 
• Assessment does more than just measuring learning.

Assessment Helps the Students in the Following Ways:

• Students are able to learn about themselves as learners and become aware of how they learn – become mega cognitive (knowledge of one’s own thought processes).
• Assessment help students to see their strengths and gaps and help the teacher fine-tune her teaching accordingly. 
• Students reflect on their work on a regular basis, usually through self and peer assessment, and decide what their next learning will be. 
• Assessment should assess not only memory but also understanding and application.
• Assessment as learning helps students to take more responsibility for their own learning and monitoring future directions.

Hence, it becomes clear that Assessment help students see their strengths and gaps, helps the teacher, and it assesses not only memory but also understanding and application.