Assessment Types
Formative - Summative - Interim
Formative Assessment
Examples: white board work, exit tickets
Data: Percentage of students that have mastered the concept. Can be used as self-assessment. Can use the data from formative assessment to create workshop groups or partners.
Interim Assessment
Guides and tracks student learning. Scored based on the standards and expectations from summative assessments. Helps the teacher see where the students need more practice.
Example: Performance Tasks, Progress monitoring
Data: Progress towards the end goal. WIll produce data that shows gaps in learning. Can identify patterns in learning of individual students.
Summative Assessment
Examples: Test, State Tests, End of Unit Project
Data: Can determine reading and math proficiency. Compared against the standards and based on the average to create a percentile. Data will show overall mastery of skills within a unit.
Relationship between all 3
You use formative assessment daily to help guid instruction for the summative assessment.