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Formative and Summative Assessment

by TIE, Melanie Hurley, Learning Specialist

What do we want for our students?

“We all want students who have high expectations of themselves as

learners; students who feel confident about their capacity to learn, who set high goals for their learning, and who

work for themselves to construct enjoyable, challenging learning

pathways to their futures.” (Absolum, 2006)

Outcomes

• I know what is the difference from most formative to most summative

• I know there is a continuum in assessment from most formative to most summative

• I know how to use most formative in my classroom

• I know how to use most summative in my classroom

The word ‘Assess’

“Comes from the Latin verb “assidere” meaning “to sit with”. In assessment, one should sit with the learner. This implies it is something we do with and for students and not

to students.” (Green, 1998)

How do you see assessment?• Assessment point/task• After learning • During learning• Feedback• Feed-forward• Learning continuum• Of learning• For learning• Looks back• Looks forward• Review/reflect• Improve/enhance

Activity: • Use the listed terms as a

starting point to develop a representation (model, mind-map, concept map) of how you see the relationship between summative and formative assessment.

Sharing Out our Concept Maps

• How are our concept maps similar/ different?

What are summative and formative assessment?

The Garden Analogy• If we think of our children as plants …

• Summative assessment of the plants is the process of simply measuring them. It might be interesting to compare and analyze measurements but, in themselves, these do not affect the growth of the plants.

• Formative assessment, on the other hand, is the equivalent of feeding and watering the plants appropriate to their needs - directly affecting their growth.

Formative and Summative Assessment

An easy distinction between formative and summative assessment:

• Formative assessment is assessment for learning. Its focus is on future achievement.

• Summative assessment is assessment of learning. It assesses what has been learned in the past.

Interconnected• However, formative and summative

assessment are interconnected. They seldom stand alone in construction or effect.

• “Using the terms formative and summative assessment can give the impression that these are different kinds of assessment or are linked to different methods of gathering evidence. This is not the case; what matters is how the evidence is used.” (Harlen, 2006)

Rick Wormeli: Formative and Summative Assessment

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJxFXjfB_B4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJxFXjfB_B4



Put it Together

I say strategy• Formative assessment – (clap) for

the learner• Teach (with partner)

I say strategy

Summative assessment – (round it up motion) sums it up

• Teach (with partner)

Formative Assessment Example

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab4hbIsOonU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab4hbIsOonU



Comparing Assessment for and of Learning: Overview of Key Differences

• Read and Highlight Very Important Points (VIPs)

• Share VIPs

Comparing Assessment for and of Learning: Overview of Key Differences

Share VIPs

Now we Know the “WHAT” of Formative and Summative

• Now….Self Assess

Reflect over Self-Assessment

• Decide – What are your strengths?

• Decide – What are your areas for improvement?

• Put yellow sticky

note on strength

put pink sticky note

on area for improvement

Complete How I Plan to Use Assessment in My Class

• With a partner brainstorm ways you plan to use most formative and somewhat formative assessment in your classroom

• Complete the last column of the chart

Let’s Put the Pieces Together• Where does learning targets fit into

assessment formative and summative?

• Discuss with a partner

• Share main points of your discussion in a picture

Most Formative – More Formative – More Summative – Most Summative

One-step-at-a-time - goal achieving cartoon doodle video

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cCiqbSJ9fg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cCiqbSJ9fg



Next Session

• Bring: • Lesson Plans• Assessment – examples of both

formative and summative• Standards• One content area materials

In each series of lessons ask, What is the end goal?

End goal = Top of the Stairs (Summative)

How you get to the goal = One step at a time Learning Targets Every Day (Most Formative)

Learning Targets Combined(More Formative) = Half Way Point Up Stairs, looking forward and back to see how you are doing as the learner and teacher

Planning

• Look at next series of lessons/unit• Map out the following:

1. Standards

2. Learning Targets

3. Formative Assessments

4. Mid-point assessments and plan for how and what you will do for students who are not learning content

5. Summative Assessments

Planning is like a book…

• Title of the book – Big Idea of the Learning Content – Essential Learning

• Table of Contents – Learning targets for each lesson

• Chapters – Details of each lesson, activities

While you plan….

• ASK yourself

– Does my standard match the learning target?

– Does my formative assessment match the standard and learning target?

– Do my lesson match the standard and learning target?

– Does my summative assessment match the standards and the learning targets?

Reflect on learning – 3 – 2- 1

• Share 3 things you learned• Share 2 things you are still

wondering about • Share 1 thing you will do in the

future

Survey Monkey

• https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PD7FNF6

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PD7FNF6




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