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Types of Assessment
Formative Assessments
Formative assessment is more diagnostic than evaluative. It is used to monitor pupil learning style and ability, to provide ongoing feedback and allow educators to improve and adjust their teaching methods and for students to improve their learning.
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Assessment of, as, and for learning
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Assessment for learning
Assessments for learning provide you with a clear snapshot of student learning and understanding as you teach -- allowing you to adjust everything from your classroom management strategies to your lesson plans as you go. Assessments for learning should always be ongoing and actionable.
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Assessment as learning
Assessment as learning actively involves students in the learning process. It teaches critical thinking skills, problem-solving and encourages students to set achievable goals for themselves and objectively measure their progress, and help engage students in the learning process
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Diagnostic assessments
Diagnostic assessments are meant to "get the information you need to understand student knowledge and engage your whole classroom." (Maria Kampen, Prodigy.com)
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We can think of Diagnostic Assessments as ways in which we can measure a students current understanding of the materials. This is helpful if we are going to build on prior knowledge.
The example Kampen gives is: if we are to teach kids two digits multiples, it's best to make sure they have a strong understanding of single digit multiples. It may be best to gauge the understanding that the students have of single digit multiples, before moving on and introducing the topics of multiple digit multiples.
Ipsative assessments
Prodigy.com's blog written my Maria Kampen has a great introduction to what an Ipsative Assessment is meant to be. Paraphrased: How many of us have had such a bad grade in a subject that we then stop trying altogether? Personally, I know I have. It was Math 110 in University. I failed that class so hard it made my head spin. And I haven't taken a math class since. Ipsative Assessments are assessments "as learning", meaning, it is a form of teaching and not a tool to grade students.
Ipsative Assessments "compare previous results with a second try, motivating students to set goals and improve their skills." (Kampen, Prodigy.com).
Simply put: Ipsative Assessments are meant to show the students how far they have come. It shows the students that they are in fact making progress and getting closer to their goals. This is an awesome assessment when students feel like they are "spinning their tires" and not getting anywhere in the subject. One personal time I had an Ipsative Assessment was with writing class. I felt like my handwriting was very ugly and never improving, and it wasn't until a teacher showed me an older assignment I had handed in at the beginning of the year, that I could see I was in fact improving. My handwriting still looks like chicken scratch, but, it has improved.
A first draft, second draft, and final copy are great Ipsative Assessment tools that we can use in English and Creative Writing classes, but, students "don't always get the same chance when it comes to other subjects like math." (Kampen, Prodigy.com)
Again, Kampen's post about the 6 different types of assessments is a great depository of knowledge. They mention that a two-stage framework allows students to "learn from their mistakes and motivates them to do better." (Kampen, Prodigy.com). If a student can see how far they've come, it is very motivating; it reinforces that they are improving. Brick by brick, stone by stone, so the road was built to Rome.
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Performance assessment
A Performance assessment is when a student is given a task that more accurately reflects a real world task, rather than asking abstract questions about those real world tasks (ETS).
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Summative Assessment
Summative assessment aims to evaluate student learning and academic achievement at the end of a term, year or semester by comparing it against a universal standard or school benchmark. Summative assessments often have a high point value, take place under controlled conditions, and therefore have more visibility.
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Standardized tests that demonstrate school accountability are used for pupil admissions; SATs, GCSEs and A-Levels
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Citations:
Ark, T., Tom Vander ArkTom Vander Ark is author of Difference Making at the Heart of Learning, Tom Vander Ark is author of Difference Making at the Heart of Learning, & Here, P. (2013, December 23). What is performance assessment? Retrieved April 27, 2021, from https://www.gettingsmart.com/2013/12/performance-assessment/
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