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 Definition
Formative assessment: refers
to a wide variety of methods
that teachers use to conduct
in-process evaluations of
student comprehension
Summative assessments: are
used to evaluate student
learning, skill acquisition, and
academic achievement at the
conclusion of a defined
instructional period
Diagnostic assessment: is a
form of pre-assessment that
allows a teacher to determine
students' individual strengths,
weaknesses, knowledge, and
skills prior to instruction.
Examples
Formative: learning needs, and
academic progress during a
lesson, unit, or course. Formative
assessments help teachers
identify concepts that students are
struggling to understand
Summative:
State-mandated assessments
District benchmark or interim
assessments
End-of-unit or -chapter tests
End-of-term or -semester exams
Scores that are used for accountability
for schools (AYP) and students (report
card grades)2
Diagnostic: One of the simplest and most
powerful classroom-level uses of diagnostic
assessment is the unit pretest, which occurs
prior to instruction on a particular unit of study
to gather information about what students
know about the topic. When giving a unit
pretest, be sure to focus on the core concepts
and skills that you expect students to know
and be able to demonstrate at the end of the
unit. Many textbooks and curriculum sets
have pretests you can use or adapt.
The diffrance
Formative:Formative assessment is typically
embedded within the instructional process. A
simplified but perhaps helpful way to think
about formative assessment is that it is given
during instruction. Formative assessment can
be used to determine what needs or topics
have to be addressed next with a student. A
parent can use a formative assessment to find
the gaps between what children have learned
and where they are struggling.
A summative assessment is typically given to
children after a specific point in instruction to
measure their understanding of a subject.
Some examples of summative assessments
include high stakes tests, standardized state
exams, district or interim tests, midterms and
final exams.
Diagnostic: It might be helpful to think of
diagnostic assessment as testing that occurs
before instruction. A diagnostic assessment
or pre-assessment often focuses on one
area or domain of knowledge. It can provide
educators with information about each
students prior knowledge before beginning
instruction. You can use a diagnostic
assessment to assist them in developing
lesson plans and providing differentiated
instruction to