- Summarizes the development of learners at a particular time.
- Given periodically to determine at a particular point in time what students know and do not know.
- Means to gauge, at a particular point in time, student learning relative to content standards.
- Can only help in evaluating certain aspects of the learning process.
- Important for state or district programs.
- Does not help make adjustments.
Formative Assessment
- Part of the instructional process.
- Provides the information needed to adjust teaching and learning while they are happening.
- Informs both teachers and students about student understanding at a point when timely adjustments can be made.
- Adjustments help to ensure students achieve, targeted standards-based learning goals within a set time frame.
- Think of formative assessment as "practice."
- Do not hold students accountable in "grade book fashion" for skills and concepts they have just been introduced to or are learning.
Examples:
Summative:
- Standardized tests
- Chapter tests
- Midterms or Exams
Formative:
- Open Questioning
- Any practice problems
- Peer assessment (groupwork)
- Teacher to Student Discussion
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