Out of the two chapters on for this weeks post the main thing that really stuck in my head actually came from the very first page of chapter 26. The thing that really stuck out was the purpose of Assessment in Education. The book gave four tools for data gathering that teachers could use and follow. Those for tools are 1. provide feedback on student’s progress and level achievements 2. Guide and motivate students in their own learnings. 3. Improve the general effectiveness of instruction 4. Identify modifications that will better meet the needs of individual students.
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FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
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SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT
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FORMALLY ASSESSED
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Give the students a pre test on their spelling words that they have been given.
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Give the students a book report over a certain book that they just got done reading.
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INFORMALLY ASSESSED
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Put each student in a group of two and see how they work with their partner on assignments day by day
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Give the students a final test over a group of items that they have learned throughout the year.
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One question that I have on this section is on page 483 and the grading tips. On the grading tip # 6 says “Keep students informed of their standing in the class.” How often should you inform your students about their progress in the class?
It’s really hard to tell which one is being used. The only way I could define them is that the book says a formative assessment helps both the teacher and the student while the summative assessment helps only the teacher evaluate the student.
Why did the purpose of assessment really stick out to you? How would it be useful for your future teaching?
ReplyDeleteDid you switch the boxes for your summative assessments in the table? A final test sounds very formal to me (students will know they're being assessed, it communicates to them 'this is a test!'). I think, perhaps, a book report would also feel a bit formal to them. Why couldn't you do some observations of their behavior or performance on the last day of class to record into their final grades?
Make sure you understand that the informal formative assessment is only formative if it is used to push on students learning or the teachers strategies for instruction.
You shouldn't be able to tell which one it is just by looking (although, in the way the questions are phrased, or by the structure, sometimes you can guess how it will be used!), since it is defined in how they are used. Your descriptions here make sense. Formative assessments are used to change instruction and help student learning, while summative assessments are given with the purpose of seeing how much someone has learned at a snapshot in time (just getting the number/amount, and then moving on).