Assessment

1. Deffinition

1.1. Assessment is the evaluation or estimation of the nature, quality, or ability of someone or something.

2. Types of assessment

2.1. Summative-The goal of summative assessment is to evaluate student learning at the end of an instructional unit by comparing it against some standard or benchmark.

2.2. The goal of formative assessment is to monitor student learning to provide ongoing feedback that can be used by instructors to improve their teaching and by students to improve their learning.

3. Purpose

3.1. The primary purpose of assessment is to improve students' learning and teachers' teaching as both respond to the information it provides.

4. Examples of formative assessment

4.1. Observations

4.2. Questioning

4.3. Discussion

4.4. Exit Tickets

4.5. Graphic organizers

5. Examples of summative assessment

5.1. state mandated assessments

5.2. district benchmark

5.3. end-of-unit or chapter tests

5.4. end-of-term or semester exam