1. Interim/Benchmark
1.1. Testing throughout the year
1.1.1. Six Weeks Test
1.1.2. Unit Test
1.2. Low-Level
1.3. Little to no student feedback
1.4. Formal style
1.4.1. Projects
1.4.2. Written Assignment
1.4.3. Test
2. Formative
2.1. Definition
2.1.1. Process of gathering evidence of student learning
2.2. What is it?
2.2.1. Provides evidence of student learning
2.2.2. Has structure: informal or fomal
2.2.3. Participants give involved feedback
2.2.4. Allows adjustments in instruction
2.3. When/How?
2.3.1. During the Lesson
2.3.2. Thumbs up/Thumbs Down
2.3.3. Exit Ticket
2.4. Examples
2.4.1. Questioning
2.4.2. Structured Excercises
2.4.3. Pretests
2.4.4. Homework
2.4.5. Quizzes
2.4.6. Informal Obersrvations
2.5. Why?
2.5.1. Engages Students
2.5.2. Differentiation
2.5.2.1. Grade Level
2.5.2.2. Learner Level
2.5.2.3. Subject
2.5.3. Gives Feedback
3. Purpose
3.1. Helps Students learn
3.2. Helps teachers improve instructions
3.3. Determines allocation of resources
3.4. Evaluate efficacy of education programs
4. Summative
4.1. Planning Summative Assessment
4.1.1. End of a large chunk of learning
4.1.2. Review what you want to do/learn
4.1.3. Criteria for ensuring high-quality assessment
4.1.4. Representative sampling
4.2. Examples
4.2.1. Final Exams
4.2.2. Major cumulative projects
4.2.3. Research projects
4.3. Standardized Testing
4.4. Preparing Students
4.4.1. Assessment Taking Skills
4.4.1.1. Teach Assessment taking skills
4.4.1.2. Test length, format, types of questions, etc.
4.4.1.3. Review
4.4.2. Item Type/Format
4.4.3. Assessment Anxiety
4.5. Conducting Summative Assessments
4.5.1. Questions to ask
4.5.1.1. When should they be scheduled
4.5.1.2. When should they be created
4.5.2. Creation
4.5.2.1. Assessment Directions
4.5.2.2. Arrange items
4.5.2.3. Physical layout
5. Diagnostic
5.1. Purpose
5.1.1. Determine students' strengths/weaknesses before a lesson
5.1.2. Modify lesson based on student's past successes
5.1.3. Group students based on high/low achievement
5.2. Prior to instruction
5.2.1. Prior to instruciton
5.3. Based off of past formative and summative assessments
6. Performance
6.1. Examples
6.1.1. Individual or Group Projects
6.1.2. Portfolios
6.1.3. Student Logs
6.1.4. Journals