Assessments
Formative and summative assessment
Assessment of, as, and for learning
Diagnostic assessment
Performance assessment
Assessment of learning
Assessment for learning
Assessment as learning
These are formative assessments. They give teachers insight into where their students are in their learning and provide feedback to both students and teachers about where to go next and what adjustments need to be made. This kind of assessment is constantly happening in a classroom.
These are assessments for a grade. They can be summative - assessing the learning from the whole unit, norm-referenced - comparing students to their peers, or criterion-referenced - comparing students to someone's idea of where they "should" be. These assessments provide evidence of learning, assuming that the assessment is valid and reliable.
These are assessments that actively involve students in the learning process, using critical thinking and problem-solving skills and setting SMART goals for themselves. Students monitor their own learning, taking responsibility and asking questions.
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Formative assessment is used to watch student learning style and ability, ongoing feedback, and allow teachers to improve and change the way they teacher to better themselves as teachers and allow for the students to learn better. These types of assessments are very rarely graded, strictly used to see progression.
Summative assessment is used to evaluate student learning at the end of a term, end of a chapter, etc. This type of assessment is graded and sometimes compared to a universal standard or benchmark school, such as the SATs or PSSAs.
Examples of summative assessments are end of a unit exam or final project. Both examples would consist of information taught over the course of a chapter or as long as a couple months. The exams and final project will be turned in for a grade based.
Examples of formative assessment would be exit ticket or pop quizzes. An exit ticket would consist of a question that has to deal with what was taught that day in class. It will show is the student grasped the concept. Pop quizzes are to see the progression of achievement throughout a chapter or lesson. Both examples will also show the teacher if they need to tweak the lesson plan or not.
Sources used: Promethean. (2021, October 7). Types of summative assessment and Formative Assessment. Promethean Blog. Retrieved February 1, 2022, from https://resourced.prometheanworld.com/types-of-summative-formative-assessment/ Game, P. (n.d.). 6 types of assessment (and how to use them). Prodigy Education. Retrieved February 2, 2022, from https://www.prodigygame.com/main-en/blog/types-of-assessment/
Measures how students apply learned skills, knowledge, abilities (performance based)
Characteristics: real-world scenarios, authentic & complex, high-order thinking, clear evaluation criteria
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Examples: portfolios, demonstrations, writing pieces
Benefits: increases student engagement, student ownership for own learning, comprehensive, alternative way of evaluating students with test-anxiety
Works Cited
Engaging students through performance assessment. (2020, November 2). EDC. https://www.edc.org/blog/engaging-students-through-performance-assessment
Performance assessment. (2019, September 16). Top Hat. https://tophat.com/glossary/p/performance-assessment/
Performance-based assessment: Reviewing the basics. (2015, December 7). Edutopia. https://www.edutopia.org/blog/performance-based-assessment-reviewing-basics-patricia-hilliard
Portfolios
Final projects
Exams
Standardized tests
diagnostic assessment
formative assessment
self assessments - students can use (and even create) a rubric to evaluate their own learning and use the data to help themselves learn better.
peer assessments - students can use a rubric to evaluate their peers and help each other learn better.
ipsative assessments - students measure their progress against their past self. For example, a student runs 100 meters in 13 seconds the first time, then in 11 seconds the second time. The student competes against their previous time, rather than against their peers.
Beliefs
assessments help teachers teach better
assessments are inclusive of all students and stem from the premise that all students can grow; responsibility in the assessment process is on teachers, students, parents
assessments help students learn better, not just get a better grade
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References
The 6 types of assessment [+ how to use them]. (n.d.). https://www.prodigygame.com/main-en/blog/types-of-assessment/
Assessment approaches: Assessment for, as, and of learning. (n.d.). NSW Education Standards. https://www.educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/k-10/understanding-the-curriculum/assessment/approaches
To understand the students' knowledge of the subject matter in order for the teacher to be able to engage all the students.
This kind of assessment is meaningful to the students, it can empower and motivate.
The main aim of formative information is to give interpretive information to the teacher
Inform teachers about their input.
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Timely
Informative
Related to what is been taught
The teacher can improve teaching strategies
In class purpose
for, as, of teaching.
for, as, of teaching
Not graded
Check interest and what motivates students
Inform instruction
Various formats
Different purposes
Formative Cycle
Inform teacher
Instruction methods
Set task
Examen work
Negative aspects of Formative assessments
Students might not take the assessment seriously
No accountability
Negative aspects of Summative assessments
The students might detach from the teachers' evaluations.
There might be a lack of creativity and too much drilling during learning.
Strengths
Manage common gaps in learning
Identify retention for mastery
Identify strengths and weaknesses in plans and curriculums
Develop teaching
References
36 teaching strategies to try in 2021. (n.d.). https://www.prodigygame.com/main-en/blog/teaching-strategies/
The 6 types of assessment [+ how to use them]. (n.d.). https://www.prodigygame.com/main-en/blog/types-of-assessment/
Approaches. (n.d.). NSW Education Standards. https://www.educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/k-10/understanding-the-curriculum/assessment/approaches
Make formative assessment more student-centered. (2018, September 27). Common Sense Education. https://www.commonsense.org/education/teaching-strategies/student-centered-formative-assessment
Using ActivPanel for effective formative assessment. (2020, February 24). Promethean Blog. https://resourced.prometheanworld.com/using-activpanel-effective-formative-assessment/
Why is assessment important? (2008, July 15). Edutopia. https://www.edutopia.org/assessment-guide-importance