Formative Assessment
Help students identify their strengths and weaknesses and target areas that need work.
Formative assessment is a PROCESS used by teachers and students DURING instruction that provides FEEDBACK TO ADJUST ongoing teaching and learning to IMPROVE students’ ACHIEVEMENT of intended instructional outcomes. (Popham, 2008).
Summative Assessment
The goal of summative assessment is to evaluate student learning
unit tests
final exams
paper
Formative Assessment
The goal of formative assessment is to monitor student learning
see list to the right
identify strengths/weaknesses
target problem areas