Formative vrs Summative Assessment Sarah Snyder, PhD

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Formative vrs Summative Assessment Assessment FOR Learning Generally low-stakes To provide feedback to students Help faculty recognize where students are struggling and address problems immediately Process-based Assessment OF Learning Often high-stakes Evaluation of student learning at a certain point in time Compared to standards Product-based

Why is Formative Assessment Important? Gives point-of-need feedback to students through activities such as Writing a summary “Ticket out” Answers to procedural questions Observations of student participation in class Conferences with students A concept map in class to represent their understanding of a topic Student feedback Can improve summative assessment! https://www.niu.edu/facdev/_pdf/guide/assessment/formative and_summative_assessment.pdf

Why is Summative Assessment Important? Gives the overall effect or “how much” someone has learned. Can be used to advocate for Students Materials needed Time needed Other resources Examples: Standardized Tests Exams Final Essays Reports Papers End-of-Class-Projects

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Aligning Classroom Assignments and Activities to Measure Outcomes Sarah Snyder, PhD and Eva Aviles

Aligning Measures to Outcomes How is your measure appropriate for assessing the outcome? Validity argument How many times/ways do you assess the same outcome with different measures? Recommendation from Assessment Office is to use at least two measures per outcome.

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