Summative vs Formative Assessment

The purpose is to monitor the learning to provide feedback about the progress of the student in order to reteach if necessary.

• Formative assessment

• Summative assessment

Only the teacher usually assesses which type of assessment?

• Formative assessment

• Summative assessment

Which type of assessment has the work assesses during the lesson?

• Summative assessment

• Formative assessment

Form of assessments include final test or final grade of classroom/homework

• Summative assessment

• Formative assessment

Work is assessed by the use of scoring criteria -- points are assigned to each question.

• Formative assessment

• Summative assessment

Points are assigned to each item, and grades connected with different ranges of point totals

• Summative assessment

• Formative assessment

In order to improve work, students may be given individual feedback, or class as a whole may be retaught; students may be grouped to be retaught portions that they have not mastered.

• Formative assessment

• Summative assessment

Only teachers and students are informed by results in order to reteach what has not yet been learned.

• Formative assessment

• Summative assessment

What type of assessment is used to monitor the learning progress and provide feedback for reteaching if necessary?

• Formative assessment

• Summative assessment

When is individual feedback given to students for improving their work?

• During formative assessment

• During summative assessment