Formative Summative

The Assessment

Dilemma

November 25, 2009

References

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What do you think?an end of unit test

a role play developed and performed by students

a page of math problems to solve for homework

a lab report

daily quizzes

Which is which?

It depends................. how results are used

Formative assessmentAssessment for learning

Tightly aligned to what is taught daily in the classroom

Used to make changes in teaching immediately or next day

students can use evidence collected to manage and adjust their own learning

Formative

delivers information during the instructional process

provides day-to-day instructional information

happens before the summative

Formative

Answers these 3 questions for both teacher and student

Where am I going?

Where am I now?

How can I close the gap?

Formative

Feedback is crucial

timely

understandable

descriptive

Summative Assessment

Assessment of Learning

used to make a judgement of some kind

grades

program effectiveness

progress towards AYP

Summative

Feedback from these assessments tells who made the learning destination

Is:

coded

evaluative

does not offer information for an immediate change in course direction

Other AssessmentsOther Assessments PurposePurpose

Diagnosticindividually administered tests,identify learning weaknessesusually administered by a specialist

Periodic interim or Benchmark assessments

program evaluation, inform instructional improvement, identify struggling students and their areas of strength/weakness,predict future performance on other high stakes tests

National/State/Local/District Standardized Tests

annual accountability, comparison of schools and districtsstudent placement and services, guidance, progress monitoring, program evaluation

Formative or Summative

These tests cannot be formative if they do not:

change instructional practices as a result of the data/information collected

allow students to retake after reteaching

What do you think?an end of unit test

a role play developed and performed by students

a page of math problems to solve for homework

a lab report

daily quizzes