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ATIVE
ASSESMENT:
Refers to the full range of information gathered and synthesized by teachers about their
students and their classroom. Assessment is a continuous process.
There are two general uses or functions of assessment: Formative assessment and
Summative assessment
SUMMATIVE:
It is a document achievement of standards.
Summative Assessment is the evaluation of a student's learning, which is given as a
test or exam.
Refers to the assessment of participants, and summarizes their
development at a particular time.
Used to evaluate student learning, skill acquisition, and academic
achievement at the conclusion of a defined instructional period
typically at the end of a project, unit, course, semester, program, or
school year
WHEN?
BENEFITS:
Necessary for determining student grades.
Provides a means of evaluating instructional activities.
Allows for the identification of errors
OBJECTIVE:
The goal of summative assessment is to evaluate student learning at the end of an
instructional unit.
To measure the sum of students performance or to grade or rank students achievement,
and
defined
project,
to
see
if
To assess whether the project has met its goals, whether there were any unintended
consequences, what were the learnings, and how to improve.
Summative assessment tells both the teacher and the student what areas are clear to the
student, and which will require more work. The summative assessment should be effective
and useful
How it Works
Evaluators
Give educators at least four weeks advance notice prior to conducting the summative
assessment.
Complete a summative evaluation for each cycle.
Rate progress on student learning.
Oral Product: students are asked to prepare an oral piece of work; this can take the shape
of any of the oral forms
Summative Assessment Methods currently in use include:
Portfolio
Attendance
Interviews
Examples:
In the classroom: learners write exams at the end of the year to determine who fails.
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