1. Summative vs Formative Assessment in the Elementary Art Room

2. Summative Assessment The focus is on the outcome
 to evaluate student learning at the end of an instructional unit by comparing it against some standard or benchmark

3. Formative Assessment
guides teachers in making decisions about future instruction
The focus is on the development

4. Why Should we be assessing in the art classroom
Validity
Providing assessment in the Art classroom helps our children to view our programs as valid
Extra measures of accountability create a more encouraging environment for our students to strive even more

5. Examples of formative assessment
I have been very big on the thumbs up, thumbs down, closed fist for unsure this year
Observation (Always a favorite)
Students self assessment rubrics
Open conversations

6. Examples of summative assessment
Pre assessment Post assessment Skills test Quick standards based tests after every project (mine seem to take forever so its not as many as it seems)

7. Showing growth through assessment
Summative assessment is only true way to show growth
Skills assessments can be very difficult and time consuming
Pre and Post assessments can be done in advance of every major unit or quarter