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INTRODUCTION
Administration
of tests and
use of other
assessment
methods
result in the
accumulatio
n of
evaluatio
n.
assessmen
t results,
which provide
information
for
ASSESSMENT METHODS
FORMATIVE VS SUMMATIVE
Formative Evaluation
decision making that occurs during instruction for purposes of
making adjustments to instruction
more of an evaluation of ones own teaching rather than of
students work
may be based on formal or informal methods
Summative Evaluation
occurs at the end of instruction (e.g., end of chapter, end of unit,
end of semester)
typically used for administrative decisions (e.g., assigning grades,
promoting/retaining students)
based solely on formal assessment methods