Formative and summative assessments

Formative and summative assessments

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  Assessment 21st CenturyClassrooms Created by Kelly Hedges June 15th, 2013 1Teach Elements: Assessment 21st Century Classrooms
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  Formative Assessment  Assessmentfor learning  ‘The main purpose for formative assessment is to help teachers monitor their students’ progress and to modify the instruction accordingly. It is used to detect if the teaching/learning is working or not.’ (formative-assessment.com) 2Teach Elements: Assessment 21st Century Classrooms
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  Summative Assessment  Assessmentof learning  ‘The process of evaluating (and grading) the learning of students at a point in time.’ (qualityresearchinternational.com) 3Teach Elements: Assessment 21st Century Classrooms
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  “If we thinkof our children as plants. . . summative assessment of the plants is the process of simply measuring them. The measurements might be interesting to compare and analyse, but, in themselves, they do not affect the growth of the plants. Formative assessment, on the other hand, is the garden equivalent of feeding and watering the plants-directly affecting their growth.” www.wiki.umu.edu Teach Elements: Assessment 21st Century Classrooms 4
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  Examples of Assessment: FormativeSummative (throughout) (at the end)  Rubrics  Class discussions  Checklists  Questionnaires  Journals/progress notes  Self evaluations  Observations  Conferences /interviews  Peer/self evaluations  Rubrics  Written tests  Creative assignments  Presentations  Portfolios  Written reports  Projects/products  Practical examinations  Peer/Self evaluation Teach Elements: Assessment 21st Century Classrooms 5
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  Goals of Assessment FormativeSummative  To establish the strength and weaknesses of learners  To encourage the active involvement of students in their own learning  To provide information and feedback that will help improve quality of student learning and quality of the course itself  For teachers to identify learning needs and strengths by modifying their teaching approach The goal of formative assessment is to gather feedback that can be used by the instructor and the students to guide improvements in the ongoing teaching and learning context. These are low stakes assessments for students and instructors. (www.cmu.edu)  Provide grades for report cards  To meet standards of accountability  To measure students growth after instruction  To determine if learning goals have been met The goal of summative assessment is to measure the level of success or proficiency that has been obtained at the end of an instructional unit, by comparing it against some standard or benchmark. (www.cmu.edu) Teach Elements: Assessment 21st Century Classrooms 6
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  In a balancedassessment system, both summative and formative assessments are in integral part of information gathering. Depend too much on one or the other and the reality of student achievement in your classroom becomes unclear. (amle.org) Teach Elements: Assessment 21st Century Classrooms 7
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  Sources: Teach Elements: Assessment21st Century Classrooms 8 Analytic Quality Glossary www.qualityreseachinternational.com Association for Middle Level Education www.amle.org Carnegie Mellon –Enhancing Education at Home www.cmu.edu Formative Assessment www.formative-assessment.com Learn NC-K-12 Teaching and Learning www.leannc.org