What is assessment?
An SBG-Classroom contains 2 types of assessment:
a. formative (influential)
b. summative (cumulative)
Formative assessments help us see where students are... and, more importantly, where they need to go next.
Summative assessments are the "final" assessments to see if students understand the material.
b. summative (cumulative)
Formative assessments help us see where students are... and, more importantly, where they need to go next.
Summative assessments are the "final" assessments to see if students understand the material.
Here's a basketball analogy...
A basketball player shoots 100 free-throws at the end of practice on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in order to get ready for the game she has on Friday. She makes 20 free-throws on Monday, 40 on Tuesday, 60 on Wednesday, and 80 on Thursday.
Not a single one of these free-throws counts toward her game statistics or adds any points to the scoreboard on Friday.
What counts is her performance when she goes to the line to shoot a critical free-throw with three seconds left in the fourth quarter of the game.
Because she chose to work during the week at the end of practice when she was tired, she is ready for this free-throw at the end of the game, when she is also tired and the game's final outcome is at stake.
The practice free-throws shot from Monday through Thursday are formative assessments of how ready she is for the game.
The shots she takes during the game on Friday represent summative assessments, or the culmination of her practice during the week... and are the only shots that "count" in assessing her skill level (or mastery) as a basketball player.
Not a single one of these free-throws counts toward her game statistics or adds any points to the scoreboard on Friday.
What counts is her performance when she goes to the line to shoot a critical free-throw with three seconds left in the fourth quarter of the game.
Because she chose to work during the week at the end of practice when she was tired, she is ready for this free-throw at the end of the game, when she is also tired and the game's final outcome is at stake.
The practice free-throws shot from Monday through Thursday are formative assessments of how ready she is for the game.
The shots she takes during the game on Friday represent summative assessments, or the culmination of her practice during the week... and are the only shots that "count" in assessing her skill level (or mastery) as a basketball player.
