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Formative and Summative Assessment

Child Development & Pedagogy

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Overview

Formative assessment checks learning during teaching to improve it; summative assessment measures learning at the end of a unit or term.

Key points

Formative assessment is ongoing (questions, observations, exit slips) and guides teaching.
Summative assessment (unit tests, term exams) judges achievement at the end.
Assessment of learning, for learning and as learning are three purposes.
Norm-referenced tests compare a learner with others; criterion-referenced tests compare against set standards.
Both types are needed; balance matters.
Feedback turns assessment into learning.

Explanation

Formative results should change teaching plans.
Summative results can also be used formatively for the next unit.
Avoid over-testing that crowds out teaching.
Use varied tools: projects, portfolios, oral tasks.
Grades alone do not show what to improve.

Step by step

Identify the concept, thinker or policy being tested.
Recall the exact definition, stage or provision.
Prefer inclusive, child-centred and evidence-based choices; reject punitive or labelling ones.

Examples

A quick thumbs-up check after explaining a concept → formative.
An end-of-term written examination → summative.
A driving test judged against fixed criteria → criterion-referenced.

Traps and advanced points

Trap: Calling all tests summative.
Trap: Mixing norm- and criterion-referenced.
Trap: No follow-up on formative data.

Quick revision

Of, for, as learning.
Formative during; summative at end.
Norm vs criterion.

Practice MCQs

A teacher wants to apply Formative Assessment correctly. Which action is most appropriate?
1. Formative assessment is only the final annual examination.
2. Formative Assessment is useful only for record keeping and has no effect on learning.
3. Use an exit ticket to decide what to reteach tomorrow.
4. Formative Assessment should be applied identically in every situation without checking learner needs.
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Answer: (c) Use an exit ticket to decide what to reteach tomorrow.. Formative assessment uses evidence during learning to improve teaching and learning. Application: Use an exit ticket to decide what to reteach tomorrow. Common trap: Formative assessment is only the final annual examination.
Which statement about Formative Assessment is NOT appropriate?
1. Formative assessment uses evidence during learning to improve teaching and learning.
2. Use an exit ticket to decide what to reteach tomorrow.
3. Formative Assessment should be interpreted according to its purpose and context.
4. Formative assessment is only the final annual examination.
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Answer: (d) Formative assessment is only the final annual examination.. Formative assessment uses evidence during learning to improve teaching and learning. Application: Use an exit ticket to decide what to reteach tomorrow. Common trap: Formative assessment is only the final annual examination.
Choose the most defensible exam-ready conclusion about Formative Assessment.
1. Formative assessment uses evidence during learning to improve teaching and learning.
2. Formative assessment is only the final annual examination.
3. Formative Assessment is useful only for record keeping and has no effect on learning.
4. Formative Assessment should be applied identically in every situation without checking learner needs.
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Answer: (a) Formative assessment uses evidence during learning to improve teaching and learning.. Formative assessment uses evidence during learning to improve teaching and learning. Application: Use an exit ticket to decide what to reteach tomorrow. Common trap: Formative assessment is only the final annual examination.
During a classroom lesson on Formative Assessment, the teacher compares evidence before choosing an approach. A teacher wants to apply Formative Assessment correctly. Which action is most appropriate?
1. Formative assessment is only the final annual examination.
2. Formative Assessment is useful only for record keeping and has no effect on learning.
3. Use an exit ticket to decide what to reteach tomorrow.
4. Formative Assessment should be applied identically in every situation without checking learner needs.
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Answer: (c) Use an exit ticket to decide what to reteach tomorrow.. Formative assessment uses evidence during learning to improve teaching and learning. Application: Use an exit ticket to decide what to reteach tomorrow. Common trap: Formative assessment is only the final annual examination.
During a classroom lesson on Formative Assessment, the teacher compares evidence before choosing an approach. which statement about Formative Assessment is NOT appropriate?
1. Formative assessment uses evidence during learning to improve teaching and learning.
2. Use an exit ticket to decide what to reteach tomorrow.
3. Formative Assessment should be interpreted according to its purpose and context.
4. Formative assessment is only the final annual examination.
Read chapter notes · Similar questions
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Answer: (d) Formative assessment is only the final annual examination.. Formative assessment uses evidence during learning to improve teaching and learning. Application: Use an exit ticket to decide what to reteach tomorrow. Common trap: Formative assessment is only the final annual examination.
During a classroom lesson on Formative Assessment, the teacher compares evidence before choosing an approach. Choose the most defensible exam-ready conclusion about Formative Assessment.
1. Formative assessment uses evidence during learning to improve teaching and learning.
2. Formative assessment is only the final annual examination.
3. Formative Assessment is useful only for record keeping and has no effect on learning.
4. Formative Assessment should be applied identically in every situation without checking learner needs.
Read chapter notes · Similar questions
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Answer: (a) Formative assessment uses evidence during learning to improve teaching and learning.. Formative assessment uses evidence during learning to improve teaching and learning. Application: Use an exit ticket to decide what to reteach tomorrow. Common trap: Formative assessment is only the final annual examination.
While planning instruction on Formative Assessment, the teacher compares evidence before choosing an approach. A teacher wants to apply Formative Assessment correctly. Which action is most appropriate?
1. Formative assessment is only the final annual examination.
2. Formative Assessment is useful only for record keeping and has no effect on learning.
3. Use an exit ticket to decide what to reteach tomorrow.
4. Formative Assessment should be applied identically in every situation without checking learner needs.
Read chapter notes · Similar questions
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Answer: (c) Use an exit ticket to decide what to reteach tomorrow.. Formative assessment uses evidence during learning to improve teaching and learning. Application: Use an exit ticket to decide what to reteach tomorrow. Common trap: Formative assessment is only the final annual examination.
While planning instruction on Formative Assessment, the teacher compares evidence before choosing an approach. which statement about Formative Assessment is NOT appropriate?
1. Formative assessment uses evidence during learning to improve teaching and learning.
2. Use an exit ticket to decide what to reteach tomorrow.
3. Formative Assessment should be interpreted according to its purpose and context.
4. Formative assessment is only the final annual examination.
Read chapter notes · Similar questions
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Answer: (d) Formative assessment is only the final annual examination.. Formative assessment uses evidence during learning to improve teaching and learning. Application: Use an exit ticket to decide what to reteach tomorrow. Common trap: Formative assessment is only the final annual examination.
While planning instruction on Formative Assessment, the teacher compares evidence before choosing an approach. Choose the most defensible exam-ready conclusion about Formative Assessment.
1. Formative assessment uses evidence during learning to improve teaching and learning.
2. Formative assessment is only the final annual examination.
3. Formative Assessment is useful only for record keeping and has no effect on learning.
4. Formative Assessment should be applied identically in every situation without checking learner needs.
Read chapter notes · Similar questions
Show answer
Answer: (a) Formative assessment uses evidence during learning to improve teaching and learning.. Formative assessment uses evidence during learning to improve teaching and learning. Application: Use an exit ticket to decide what to reteach tomorrow. Common trap: Formative assessment is only the final annual examination.
During a teacher-training workshop on Formative Assessment, the teacher compares evidence before choosing an approach. A teacher wants to apply Formative Assessment correctly. Which action is most appropriate?
1. Formative assessment is only the final annual examination.
2. Formative Assessment is useful only for record keeping and has no effect on learning.
3. Use an exit ticket to decide what to reteach tomorrow.
4. Formative Assessment should be applied identically in every situation without checking learner needs.
Read chapter notes · Similar questions
Show answer
Answer: (c) Use an exit ticket to decide what to reteach tomorrow.. Formative assessment uses evidence during learning to improve teaching and learning. Application: Use an exit ticket to decide what to reteach tomorrow. Common trap: Formative assessment is only the final annual examination.