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Student Assessments
Formative
Definition
A range of formal and informal assessment procedures conducted by teachers during the learning process in order to modify teaching and learning activities to improve student attainment.
Purpose
This assessment is used to monitor students learning in order to provide ongoing feedback that can be used by teachers to improve their teaching and by students to improve their learning.
Advantages
Timeliness of results enables teachers to adjust instruction quickly, while learning is in progress.
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Teachers can address the issues where there is a lack of learning early on instead of waiting until the end of the unit to assess
Disadvantages
Teachers not being able to finish lesson because so much time was spent on doing the formative assessment
Teachers rush through material which causes students to lack mastery once the assessment is given at the end of the unit
Teachers may lack training or professional development on how to use formative assessment successfully because historically, assessments are completed at the end
Because there is a low or no point value, students may not take the assessments seriously, which may cause teachers to misread feedback from students
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Diagnostic
Definition
Peer Assessment is a form of pre-assessment that allows a teacher to determine students’ individual strengths, weaknesses, knowledge, and skills prior to instruction
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Advantage
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Provides information to individualize instruction It may show a teacher that a small group of students needs additional instruction on a particular portion of a unit or course of study
It creates a baseline for assessing future learning. It shows both the teacher and the students what is known before instruction has occurred.
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Summative
Definition
Summative assessments are cumulative evaluations used to measure student growth after instruction and are generally given at the end of a course in order to determine whether long term learning goals have been met.
Purpose
This assessment is used to evaluate students learning at the end of an instructional unit by comparing it against a standard or benchmark.
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Disadvantages
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Those who do not do well under pressure or a language barrier will have a difficult time taking the test
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Peer Assessment
Definition
A process whereby students or their peers grade assignments or tests based on a teacher’s benchmarks
Purpose
This assessment is used to save teachers time and improve students understanding of course materials as well as improve their metacognitive skills.
Advantages
Allows teachers to manage their time more effectively while having students grade each other’s papers results in a more efficient classroom setting
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High-Stakes
Definition
It is a single, defined assessment. It has a clear line drawn between those who pass and those who fail, and it has direct consequences for passing or failing (something “at stake”)
Purpose
This assessment is used to make important decisions about students, educators, schools, or districts, most commonly for the purpose of accountability.
Advantages
Tests are based on clearly defined standards and provide important information on student’s performance growth and declines
Tests can highlight gaps in an individual students’ knowledge, classroom achievement gaps or school achievement gaps
Tests may also motive students to improve their performance, especially when test results are tied to high school diplomas and grade promotion
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Authentic
Definition
The measurement of “intellectual accomplishments that are worthwhile, significant, and meaningful”
Purpose
This assessment is used to determine if students knowledge can be applied outside of the classroom in the “real world”
Advantages
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Combines teaching, learning, and assessments to promote student learning and engagement
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Self-Assessment
Definition
A dynamic process in which students self-monitor, self-evaluate, and identify strategies that improve their understanding and skills
Purpose
Developing reflective skills provides students with the ability to consider their own performance and to identify their strengths, weaknesses, and areas that require improvement
Advantages
Giving students greater agency regarding assessment, thus enriching their learning
Increasing self-awareness through relative practice, making performance improvement practices intrinsic to ongoing learning
Help students take control of their own learning and assessment, and giving them the change to manage their own learning and development more independently
Disadvantages
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Students may resist self-assessment, perceiving assessment and grading to be the teachers job, or having no confidence in their ability to assess themselves
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Portfolio
Definition
It is an assessment form that learners do together with their teachers, and is an alternative to the classic classroom test. It contains samples of the learner’s work and shows growth over time.
Purpose
In order to evaluate coursework quality, learning progress, and academic achievement. It is also used to determine whether students have met the learning standards or other academic requirements for courses, grade level promotion and graduation. Also used to help students reflect on their academic goals and progress as learners. And creating a lasting archive of academic work products, accomplishments and other documentation.
Advantages
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Process of reviewing and evaluating portfolios provide an excellent opportunity for faculty exchange and development, discussion of curriculum goals and objectives, review of criteria, and program feedback
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Performance-Based
Definition
It measures students’ ability to apply the skills and knowledge learned from a unit or units of study. Typically, the task challenges students to use their higher-order thinking skills to create a product or complete a process.
Purpose
This assessment is used to help determine if students are achieving the higher standards set by states for all students
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