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The different types of assessments, By Yasmeen and Meifang - Coggle Diagram
The different types of assessments
Summative assessment
Definition:It is used to measure and evaluate students' learning at the end of a given period
Example: Final exam (it can provide a general measurement for students learning)
It can help teachers and administrators with curriculum and curriculum planning improvement
It can evaluate what the students have learned during the course
It can serve as a guide to improving teaching methods
It can help understand how prepared the students are for the next academic year
Formative assessment
It helps clarify learning goals and success criteria
It heps elicit and analyze evidence of student thinking
It helps providing actionable feedback
Definition:It provides teachers and students with information about learning as it develops.
It helps use evidence and feedback to move learning forward by adjusting learning strategies, goals, or next instructional steps
It helps to evaluate and fill the gaps
Example:Entry and exit tickets (Those marginal minutes at the beginning and end of class can be great opportunities to find out what kids learned and want to learn)
Performance assessment
Example: Presentation (do some research and make a powerpoint to present in fron of the class)
It helps educators see what students are actually able to do – not just what they may know
It helps teachers gauge the levels of student understanding
Definition:This assessment measures how well students apply their knowledge, skills, and abilities to authentic problems.
The key feature: it requires the student to produce something, such as a report, experiment, or performance, which is scored against specific criteria.
It helps the teacher to correct any student misunderstandings, and provide instruction needed to move thinking and learning along
Diagnostic assessment
Definition：Diagnostic assessment is the process of using multiple measures and reports to identify student strengths and needs in specific skill-areas so that teachers can provide instruction to address learning needs.
Example: Diagnostic test (It provides in-depth details of a student's skills and prior knowledge in a specific domain)
It plays an important role in how teachers identify and understand learning needs.
It helps collect data on what the students already know about a specific subject or topic.
It helps educators understand their students’ strengths, weaknesses, knowledge level, and skillset prior to beginning instruction
Assessment as learning - AaL
It provides valuable information about student learning
It encourages peer assessment, self-assessment and self- reflection
It encourages students to take responsibility for their own learning
Definition：Assessment as learning occurs when students are their own assessors. Students monitor their own learning, ask questions and use a range of strategies to decide what they know and can do, and how to use assessment information for new learning.
Example: Self-assessment
Assessment of learning - AoL
Evidence based, to show the student current performance and student academic progress throughout the academic year when its performed again
Ranking and reporting
Students Screening, it identifies students that are at rick academically, students who meet the expectations and students who exceed the expected grade level
Definition: A summative assessments typically done teachers to administered at the end of a unit or grading period and evaluate a student’s understanding by comparing his or her achievement against a class-, district-, or nationwide benchmark or standard
Example: Benchmark assessments are examples of assessments of learning, where students are assessed three times or two times per year for universal screening (early identification). ( for example the student scores in PM reading level) Link:
https://app.pmecollection.com.au/
Assessment for learning - AfL
AFL increases confidence because AFL helps create a sense of self-efficacy (a learner’s confidence in their ability to reach targets through hard work and determination)
It helps students develop the ability to assess themselves and to take responsibility for their own learning so that AFL increases independence
AFL helps learners understand what excellence looks like and how they can develop their own work to reach that level.
Definition：Assessment for learning (AFL) is an approach to teaching and learning that creates feedback which is then used to improve students’ performance.
Example:
Whole-Class Questioning
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