Formative/Summative Assessment

What is a Formative Assessment?

• An assessment for learning to help identify student's strengths and weaknesses and areas of improvement.

• An assessment of learning to summarize what they have learned, demonstrate depth of understanding, and conduct critical thinking skills.

• An assessment that is taken at the beginning of any course work to evaluate the preparedness of the students for further education

• An assessment that analyzes a your dislikes and likes about the classroom.

What is a summative assessment?

• An assessment for learning to help identify student's strengths and weaknesses and areas of improvement.

• An assessment of learning to summarize what they have learned, demonstrate depth of understanding, and conduct critical thinking skills.

• An assessment that is taken at the beginning of any course work to evaluate the preparedness of the students for further education.

• An assessment that analyzes a your dislikes and likes about the classroom.

Examples of Formative assessments

• Kahoot

• Padlet

• Quizzizz

• PearDeck

Answer explanation

Nice work! All of these are considered examples of a formative assessment and are also fun and interactive for students to participate in. If you do not want to incorporate technology as the formative assessment you can also conduct written exit tickets, have students provide a written explanation of the lecture, concept maps, etc.

Examples of summative assessments

• Inquiry-based projects

• Labs

• Plays

• Debates

Answer explanation

You're on a roll! These are examples of Summative Assessments and how they can be incorporated in the classroom to get students engaged but also develop their learning.

Formative Assessments are assessments (blank) learning

Summative Assessments are assessments (blank) learning

Of the following statements, identify which of these are TRUE of formative assessment.

• They must always be graded

• They provide valuable feedback for teachers

• They provide valuable feedback for students

• Nothing's true

Which of the following is NOT a typical example of formative assessment?

• K-W-L Chart

• Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down

• Student Response Cards

• Unit Test

Informal checks for understanding

• Formative

• Summative

Usually given at the end of a unit or after an extended period of time

• Formative

• Summative