This document discusses the differences between formative and summative assessment. Formative assessment is carried out during a course to provide feedback to students and teachers to identify strengths and weaknesses. It is not used to pass or fail students. Summative assessment occurs at the end of a course or program and is used to determine if a student has passed or failed in order to receive a certification or license. While formative assessment focuses on student learning and improvement, summative assessment makes definitive decisions about students' knowledge and competency.

1. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
FORMATIVE AND SUMMATIVE
ASSESSMENT
DR.SIDRA SHOAIB
CHPE-079

2. What is Assessment
Anyway ?
A systematic process of collecting, analyzing and interpreting
information to determine student achievement

3. There are THREE common reason for
assessment
Educational
Professional
Societal

4. There are THREE common reason for
assessment
Educational
Professional
Societal
To Consolidate
Learning

5. There are THREE common reason for
assessment
Educational
Professional
Societal
Safety and
Protection of
Patients

6. There are THREE common reason for
assessment
Educational
Professional
Societal
License to
practice

7. Types of Assessments
1. Formative assessment
2. Summative assessment

8. Formative Assessment - Ownership
• Owned by the students
• Help the teachers in planning further training
• Not to be shared by a third party

9. Formative Assessment - Purpose
• Provides information about progress of student
• Identifies needs of the student
• Determine the effectiveness of the teachinf
• Identifies needs of further learning
• Is carried out during a course
• It is NOT to pass or FAIL the trainee

10. Formative Assessment - Timing
• Integral part of the educational process
• Carried out formally as well as informally
• Repeated during the period of training
• Frequency depends on the need determined by the program as well
as the teacher
• Feedback after each assessment

11. Summative Assessment - Purpose
• Determine the success or failure or a trainee.
• Is done at the completion of the course/ module.
• To certify someone to be able to practice.
• To maintain the certification of practice.
• To determine eligibility for a higher post/ position.

12. Summative Assessment - Ownership
• Results are in public Domain.
• Clearly needed by Licensing bodies, Memberships and Fellowships
offered by Medical Colleges.
• Can categorize the student into Pass/ Fail.
• Can grades or announce marks.
• No Feedback usually on which part the candidate failed.

13. Summative Assessment - Timing
• Always at the end of the training period.
• Or at the end of blocks and added into a final score.

14. Types of assessments _ Summative vs Formative
Formative assessment – Student
improvement
Summative assessment – make a
decisions.
Can be repeated , informal, help student
know their achievement, can improve Cannot be repeated , formal, categorize

15. The Formative- Summative Divide
Formative
Cooperative and Collaborative learning
Learning is a life long experience.
Stressed on personal skills
Help teachers to assess the progress of
students.
Summative
Competitive learning environment
Students adopts Strategic Learning Tactics to
pass
Stresses on Credentials.
Student Generate a “Tactical” curriculum to
pass