EDL 650 2/20/21

EDL 650 2/20/21

Assessment

Summative

Formative

Summative Assessment

• used to evaluate student learning, skill acquisition and academic achievement at the end of a defined instructional period

• example: end of a project, unit etc.

3 major criteria to be considered summative assessment

• the tests, assignments or projects are used to determine whether students have learned what they were expected to learn

• given at the conclusion of a unit, topic etc. to determine learning progress and achievement

• recorded as scores or grades that are factored into a student's grade

Formative Assessment

• formative assessment, formative evaluation, formative feedback, or assessment for learning, including diagnostic testing, is a range of formal and informal assessment procedures conducted by teachers during the learning process in order to modify teaching and learning activities to improve student attainment

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Examples of Formative Assessment:

OBSERVATIONS

QUESTIONING

DISCUSSIONS

EXIT SLIPS

GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

CONFERENCING

RUNNING RECORDS

FOUNTAS & PINNELL IS AN EXAMPLE OF FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

-it measures decoding, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills

-determining students' developmental reading levels for the purpose of informing instruction

Summative assessments are commonly contrasted with formative assessments, which collect detailed information that educators can use to improve instruction and student learning while it's happening.

Formative are often said to be FOR learning , while summative are assessments OF learning