Types of Assessments

Formative Assessments

Assessements of Learning

Diagnostic Assessments

Performance Assessments

Summative Assessments

Quick, informal type of assessment to gauge student comprehension

Often times these types of assessments are done anonymously- online polls, exit ticket quiz, self assessment, exc

Formative assessments help teachers plan their lessons according to the class trends on the formative assessments. It also is a tool for students to have a better understanding of what they need to focus on in the materials.

Formative-assessment

Examples of Formative Assessments

Group Round Robin- Have students get into groups and give them an open ended question. They will go around in their group and each answer the question using the knowledge they already know. This will give the students an idea of what they need to focus on and the teacher can know which direction they need to take the lesson.

3 Way Summary- Have students write 3 different summaries or varying lengths based on the content of the lesson being covered. This allows students to focus on small details that they know about the subject. This can be done virtually on an online platform as well. Each summary will be as follows:
10-15 words long
30-50 words long
75-100 words long

These types of assessments are usually done at the end of a unit or semester or year to assess the amount of information the student retained from the class.

Assessments of learning are often the formal tests teachers administer where students receive a grade and feedback on their performance.

Examples of Assessments of Learning

Standardized tests, essays, end of chapter test, formal presentation of knowledge

Assessments for Learning

These types of assessments are done during the learning process to check for understanding and give the teacher an idea of what to focus on more in the materials.

This gives students a clear idea of what the need to learn and where they can find the Information

Examples for Assessments for Learning

Quizlet, Socrative, informal assessments, class polls

Assessments as Learning

These assessments give students the opportunity to assess themselves and self-reflect on their own learning. They can also be used for peer assessment. This way, students can monitor their own progress or their peers' progress and clearly see what they know and can do with their current knowledge.

Examples of Assessments as Learning

Survey with questions asking students how they feel about their learning/ ipsative assessments

Peer-review forms

Self-reflection form

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Summative assessments are an assessment of learning and are used to measure student progress throughout an entire unit.

Examples of summative assessments:
-Chapter/Unit test (cumulative)
-Final project
-Final portfolio
-Formal essay
-Recital

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Performance assessments are also known as "authentic" or "alternative" assessments. Students have to perform certain tasks instead of choosing answers from a provided list. These are used to assess student's progress and may be a better indicator of what the student knows since students have to produce something with all that they've learned (synthesizing information).

Examples of performance assessments

Final Portfolio

Formal presentation

Open-ended/extended response questions

Research paper

Science/lab experiment

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Diagnostic assessments are pre-tests. With diagnostic assessments the teacher is able to gather the information they need in order to understand the students knowledge and engage the whole classroom. They can hep a teacher to benchmark the students progress and the teacher may consider whether to give an assessment at the end of the unit so that the students are able to see how far they have come with their development.

Examples of Diagnostics Assessments

Flow Charts

KWL Charts

Short Quizzes

Journal entries

Student interviews

Student reflections

Mind Maps

Graphic organisers

Classroom discussions

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