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Formative vrs Summative Assessment

Formative vrs Summative Assessment. Sarah Snyder, PhD. Assessment is…. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC. Formative vrs Summative Assessment. Assessment FOR Learning Generally low-stakes

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Formative vrs Summative Assessment

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  1. Formative vrs SummativeAssessment Sarah Snyder, PhD

  2. Assessment is… This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC

  3. Formative vrsSummativeAssessment • Assessment FOR Learning • Generally low-stakes • To provide feedback to students • Help faculty recognize where students are struggling and address problems immediately • Process-based • Assessment OF Learning • Often high-stakes • Evaluation of student learning at a certain point in time • Compared to standards • Product-based

  4. Why is Formative Assessment Important? • Gives point-of-need feedback to students through activities such as • Writing a summary • “Ticket out” • Answers to procedural questions • Observations of student participation in class • Conferences with students • A concept map in class to represent their understanding of a topic • Student feedback • Can improve summative assessment!

  5. Why is Summative Assessment Important? • Gives the overall effect or “how much” someone has learned. • Can be used to advocate for • Students • Materials needed • Time needed • Other resources • Examples: • Standardized Tests • Exams • Final Essays • Reports • Papers • End-of-Class-Projects

  6. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA What Types of Assessment Do You Already Do? This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

  7. Aligning Classroom Assignments and Activities to Measure Outcomes Sarah Snyder, PhD and Eva Aviles

  8. Aligning Measures to Outcomes • How is your measure appropriate for assessing the outcome? • Validity argument • How many times/ways do you assess the same outcome with different measures? • Recommendation from Assessment Office is to use at least two measures per outcome.

  9. HOW

  10. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND Align Your Measures to Your Outcomes Try it on your handout

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