Formative & Summative

Which type of assessment monitors student learning and provides ongoing feedback?

• Formative assessment
• Summative assessment

Which type of assessment evaluates student learning by comparing it against a standard or benchmark at the end of a unit of study? 

• Formative assessment
• Summative assessment

Which of these sample assessment types is NOT a summative assessment?

• Midterm exam
• Final project
• Venn diagram
• State-wide standardized test

The goal of quality, formative assessments is to:

• Provide students a grade
• Improve student learning
• Report an average to the student's parents
• Mark something right or wrong

Which of the following statements, about formative assessments, is NOT true? 

• They allow us to adapt instruction to benefit student learning. 
• They give students evident of their progress towards mastery of the standards. 
• They provide us the opportunity to give constant feedback to our students. 
• They give us the opportunity to assign a grade to record for report cards.