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The Assessment Dilemma. Formative. Summative. November 25, 2009. References. Black, P. (2007, December). Inside the Black Box:Raising Standards Through Classroom Assessment. Retrieved September 15, 2009, from retrieved from:www.dianelauer.com/Assessmentlearntool/blackbox.pdf
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The Assessment Dilemma Formative Summative November 25, 2009
References • Black, P. (2007, December). Inside the Black Box:Raising Standards Through Classroom Assessment. Retrieved September 15, 2009, from retrieved from:www.dianelauer.com/Assessmentlearntool/blackbox.pdf • Chaippus, S. (2007, December). The Best Value in Formative Assessment. Educational Leadership, Retrieved November 10, 2009, from http://ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/dec/)&/vol65/num04/ • Keeley, P. (2008). Science Formative Assessment. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. • Sparks, P. (1999, March). Assessment without victims: An interview with Rick Stiggins. Journal of Staff Development, Retrieved November 11, 2009, from http://www.nsdc.org/news/jsd/stiggins202.cm
What do you think? • an end of unit test • a role play developed and performed by students • a page of math problems to solve for homework • a lab report • daily quizzes
Which is which? • It depends................. how results are used
Formative assessment • Assessment for learning • Tightly aligned to what is taught daily in the classroom • Used to make changes in teaching immediately or next day • students can use evidence collected to manage and adjust their own learning
Formative • delivers information during the instructional process • provides day-to-day instructional information • happens before the summative
Formative • Answers these 3 questions for both teacher and student • Where am I going? • Where am I now? • How can I close the gap?
Formative • Feedback is crucial • timely • understandable • descriptive
Summative Assessment • Assessment of Learning • used to make a judgement of some kind • grades • program effectiveness • progress towards AYP
Summative • Feedback from these assessments tells who made the learning destination • Is: • coded • evaluative • does not offer information for an immediate change in course direction
Formative or Summative • These tests cannot be formative if they do not: • change instructional practices as a result of the data/information collected • allow students to retake after reteaching
What do you think? • an end of unit test • a role play developed and performed by students • a page of math problems to solve for homework • a lab report • daily quizzes