This document discusses different types of assessment used in education. It describes formative assessment as evaluation that occurs before and during instruction to help students improve their learning. Summative assessment is evaluation that occurs after a unit of study to report on student learning. Formal assessment uses standardized tests to collect data on student performance and determine academic achievement levels. The document outlines strategies for formative assessment and lists examples of formal assessment such as multiple choice exams, essays, and oral exams.

1. República Bolivariana de Venezuela
Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador
Instituto Pedagógico de Caracas
Departamento de Idiomas
Assessment
Fontiveros, Luis
Rodríguez Angélica

2. Assessment
Assessment is the process of measuring and documenting
information about knowledge, skills and attitudes.

3. Kinds of assessment
 Formative Assessment:
This is the kind of evaluation that occurs before and during a
unit of study.
Several strategies of formative assessment give students and
teachers the kinds of information they need to improve learning.

4. 1. Strategies for gauging students needs, such as examining
students work, analyzing graphic organizer and
brainstorming.
3. Strategies to encourage self direction, such as self-assessment,
peer feedback and cooperative grouping.
5. Strategies for monitoring progress, such as informal
observation, anecdotal notes, and learning logs.
7. Strategies to check for understanding, such as journals,
interviews and informal questioning.

5. Summative assessment:
Most teachers are required give a report on students learning at
the end of a particular unit or on a particular project. This kind of
assessment, done after the fact, is called summative assessment.

6. Formal Assessment
A formal assessment is based on the results of standardized
tests. In the process of formal assessment, data is collected on
student performance on the test or tests to determine the level of
academic achievement or various other characteristics under
analysis.

7. Formal assessment:
 Multiple choice exams
 Essays
 Oral exams
Short answer tests
True/false tests

8. Types of tests
Norm Referenced test
Are used as comparison between one student and
another.
Referenced Tests
Criterion referenced tests measure a student’s
performance and compares with a standard.