Brylee Foster

Define

Formative vs. Summative Assessment

  • November 16, 2020 at 4:53 PM
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Formative Assessment:
1. It helps improves instruction and provides student feedback.
2. Formative assessments are used throughout the Unit (not just a 1 time thing).
3. Formative assessments allow students to see how they are doing when it comes to understanding the topic.
4. Teachers use summative assessments to check student learning.

Summative Assessment:
1. It measures the student's learning.
2. Summative assessments are used at the end of the unit (i.e. a unit test).
3. Summative assessments are used to see how students are doing in regards to completing the grade-level concepts.
4. Teachers use summative assessments to grade and promote students to the next grade level.