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Assessments - Coggle Diagram
Assessments
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Formative
Definition: Formative assessments refer to a wide variety of methods that teachers use to conduct evaluations of student comprehension, learning needs, and academic progress during a lesson. This is a way for teachers to give feedback and be able to adjust instruction.
Example 1, Exit Slip: Students will write for 1 minute on the most meaningful thing they learned. Some prompts could include:
- What I found interesting about this work was...
- Today was hard because...
- What are three things you learned, two things you're still curious about, and one thing you don't understand?
Example 2, Kahoot Quiz: Students play a game-based learning platform that is a user-generated multiple choice quiz. Students answer the questions with their phones, tablets, or computers and compete to score the highest, becoming the winner of the game.
Interim/Benchmark
Definition: Interim/Benchmark assessments are administered at different intervals during the school year to check students' grasp on content and guide future instruction.
Example 1, STAAR: series of standardized tests used in Texas public schools to assess a student's achievement and knowledge learned in the grade level.
Example 2, MAP: also known as the measure of academic progress, is a computerized test which helps teachers, parents, and administrators improve learning for all students and make decisions to promote academic growth.
Summative
Definition: Summative assessments are used to evaluate student learning at the end of an instructional unit. Summative assessments are often high stakes, meaning they have a high point value.
Example 1, Midterm/Final Exams: Tests given to students at the middle or end of a school year to assess students' gained knowledge over a period of time.
Example 2, Research Projects: allows students to be creative and work collaboratively while answering a research question over a specific subject.
Performance
Definition: Performance assessments are tasks a student has to perform rather than answer questions on a written paper. This involves students taking part in skill building activities and collaborating with their peers.
Example 1, Individual or Group Projects: Group projects can promote important intellectual and social skills and helps to prepare students for the real 'work world'. Students can work with peers to research and present information they acquire in a specific content area.
Example 2, Portfolios: Portfolios are collections of student work representing a collection of performance. It may contain a student's best pieces and the student's evaluations of strengths and weaknesses.
Diagnostic
Definition: Diagnostic assessments are pre-assessments where teachers can evaluate students' strengths, weaknesses, knowledge and skills before their instruction.
Example 1, Running Records: a way to assess student's current reading level.
Example 2, Surveys: a survey is a research method used for collecting data where students are asked a series of questions about the knowledge they currently attain.
