Formative assessment

Formative Assessment The goal of formative assessment is to gather feedback that can be used by the instructor and the students to guide improvements in the ongoing teaching and learning context. These are low stakes assessments for students and instructors. Summative Assessment The goal of summative assessment is to measure the level of success or proficiency that has been obtained at the end of an instructional unit, by comparing it against some standard or benchmark. Examples: • Examples: •

The assessment practices that I feel are most important in my school is the usage of Common Core. It requires students to analyze, synthesize, apply and evaluate information that is gained from reading (Afflerbach, 2015). I have seen firsthand the positive effects of using Common Core especially in the ELA discipline. It allows for higher order thinking skills versus the lower level questioning that the students have been exposed to for so long. Some assessment practices that I feel are in need

Incident two demonstrates a range of different assessment strategies which were used within the maths carousel lesson. The intentions and learning outcomes of this lesson were to explore and identify key concepts of division as well as being able to recall prior knowledge to help the children with their comprehension of the topic which would continue throughout the week. The learning objectives were outlined at the beginning of the lesson to the children to ensure that they understood what was expected

The impact of formative assessment on student’s learning and achievement in South Africa and The United States The purpose of this paper is to examine the tensions between formative and summative assessments with a review of how they impact student learning and achievement for South African and American students. Introduction Assessment is the systematic collection, review, and use of information about educational programs undertaken for the purpose of improving student learning and development

LEARNING ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES FIELD STUDY 3 A STUDENT PORTFOLIO ______________________________________________________ PRESENTED to COLLEGE OF EDUCATION JOSE RIZAL MEMORIAL STATE UNIVERSITY THE PREMIER STATE IN ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE DIPOLOG CAMPUS, DIPOLOG CITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT OF THE COURSE FIELD STUDY 5 BY: MARY JANE C. ROJAS OCTOBER, 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Title Page ______________________________________________i

I believe assessment is important and is the basis of planning for instruction, whether it is diagnostic prior to learning, formative during units or lessons, or summative to evaluate student learning. Rowan’s quote in Every Teacher’s Guide to Assessment, "After all, in the end, the problem is less the idea of testing itself, but how we design them, apply, them, and make use of their data." definitely has an impact on my assessment practices. I feel it is necessary to make sure the student acquires

Discussion This study investigated the effectiveness of daily formative assessments in the success of low-achieving ninth-grade Algebra 1 students. Sending students into annual standardized tests, like the Algebra 1 End of course exam, without quality daily assessments, often end with students being placed in remedial courses the following year. The continual use of giving students failing unit test grades, unsatisfactory semester exams that fail them for the semester, and no daily feedback

requires appropriate assessment. There are a number of ways to assess students’ word knowledge both formal and informal test. Many classroom friendly vocabulary assessments are available that inform instruction and measure vocabulary growth (Stahl & Bravo, 2010). Also, teachers can use various summative assessments to assess student vocabulary knowledge and growth. This paper aims at discovering formative assessment, then examining five activities that can be used as formative assessment for vocabulary

to use formative assessment effectively there must be these components: it must be incorporated into each lesson, must have student involvement, must collect information on student performance to determine if outcomes are meet, must give the teacher feedback to help shape and guide student learning, and must give the student feedback to help them reflect upon their learning. Anecdotal Records, Quizzes, Portfolios, and Student-Led Conferences all meet the components of an effective formative assessment

Formative assessments. Yael Mirabal According to “The Glossary of Education”, “Formative assessment refers to a wide variety of methods that teachers use to conduct in-process evaluations of student comprehension, learning needs, and academic progress during a lesson, unit, or course. Formative assessments help teachers identify concepts that students are struggling to understand, skills they are having difficulty acquiring, or learning standards they have not yet achieved so that adjustments