Formative assessment
Summative assessment
Scenarios/
Examples
Authentic assessment
Vocabulary
Words
100

Assessment used throughout teaching of a lesson and/or unit to gauge students’ understanding and inform and guide teaching 

What is formative assessment? 

100

Evaluation at the conclusion of a unit or units of instruction or an activity or plan to determine or judge student skills knowledge or effectiveness of a plan or activity 

What is a summative assessment? 

100

Everybody in mrs.bakers class is taking the EOC at the end of the year. 

What is an example of summative assessment? 

100

A technique to examine students’ collective abilities via real-world challenges that require them to apply their relevant skills and knowledge 

What is authentic assessment? 

100

Assessment tool to help students understand the teacher’s expectations for the assignments

Examples: projects, or a paper

What is a rubric? 

200

Homework, knowledge checks, tickets out the door, and/or review games 

what are examples of formative assessments? 

200

Standardized tests, book reports, portfolios, and/or exams. 

what are examples of a summative assessment? 

200

Mrs.Brown has her students take a silent classroom poll at the end of every lesson they learn each day to gauge their understanding of the topic covered. 

What is an example of formative assessment? 

200

Journals, interviews, essays, performance tasks, and portfolios

What is an example of authentic assessment? 

200

A collection of documents/videos/interviews/artistic pieces, etc. that SHOW mastery standards 

What is a portfolio? 

300

Evaluating student learning, data provided, to improve education, and teacher evaluations 

What are the purposes of a formative assessment? 

300

To measure student competency, to track progress over time, and used to judge success of academic progress

What are the purposes of a summative assessment? 

300

Mrs. Namen gives her students a piece of paper everyday before they leave out of the door and they have to answer the three questions on it before leaving class.

What is an example of formative assessment?

300

Students must prove mastery

What is the purpose of authentic assessment?

300

Refers to a measurement of reading abilities that is based on the Lexie Framework for Reading 

What is a Lexile score? 

400

Methods used to gain information about student learning

What is assessment? 

400

Students in rows taking the ACT or SAT

What is norm-referenced Tests? 

400

Mr.Zalen has his students design and build wind instruments from metal pipes then perform a piece of music for that instrument.

What is an example of authentic assessment? 

400

Alternative assessment or performance based assessment

What is another name for authentic assessment? 

400

Given at the beginning of a unit of study or course of study to see what students already know 

What is diagnostic assessment? 

500

In a formative assessment information is used to practice, reteach, and to learn next

what are things an individual student needs?

500

Students taking The EOCT (end of course test),EOC (milestones),CRCT (criterion- referenced competency test) Or GHSGT (teacher test) 

What is criterion-referenced Tests? 

500

Mr. Kinnin has his students take a test every 4 weeks to see how much they know at the end of every unit. 

What is an example of a summative assessment? 

500

Designing a nutritious and attractive lunch menu for the cafeteria within a specified budget

What is a scenario of an authentic assessment? 

500

Grading practices that impede student achievement such as the use of zeros, average and other practices that discourage effort

What is toxic grading? 

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