Assessment Types
This high-stakes assessment evaluates achievement at the end of a course or semester.
What is a Summative Assessment?
Give two examples of formative assessments.
What are Exit Tickets and Quick Writes? (Other examples: Peer Polls, Warm-Ups)
What is the main purpose of pre-assessment?
What is to determine prior knowledge and skills?
Post-assessments measure this after instruction.
What is content mastery?
When entering formative assessments in a gradebook, they should be assigned using which category?
What is Pre/Formative?
This assessment provides ongoing feedback during learning.
What is a Formative Assessment?
What planning method or design ensures formative assessments align with learning objectives?
What is Backward Design?
Name one example of a pre-assessment tool.
What is a KWL Chart? (anticipation guide, entrance ticket, multiple choice tests, etc.)
Give one example of a post-assessment.
What is a Unit Test? (Other examples: Quizzes, Reflection Journals)
True or False: Formative assessments should be weighted heavily in gradebooks.
False.
This assessment measures mastery after instruction and impacts student grades.
What is a Post-Assessment?
Name one benefit of formative assessments for teachers.
What is providing immediate feedback to guide instruction? (or providing next steps for adjustments to instruction)
Pre-assessments inform this aspect of teaching.
What is instructional planning and differentiation?
Summative assessments often include these high-stakes evaluations.
What are Final Exams or Standardized Tests?
What is the primary purpose of formative assessment gradebook entries?
What is to track progress and guide instruction?
This type of assessment occurs before instruction to gauge prior knowledge.
What is a Pre-Assessment?
Fill in the blank: This assessment type is described as _____ and does not affect grades.
What is a "low-stakes"?
True or False: Pre-assessments are used to assign grades.
False.
Summative assessments occur at this point in the teaching cycle.
What is the end of a unit, course, or semester?
Name one guideline for entering formative assessments in gradebooks.
What is provide timely feedback?
Name the four main assessment types discussed in the teaching cycle.
What are Pre-, Formative, Post-, and Summative Assessments?
True or False: Formative assessments contribute to students’ final grade.
False.
Fill in the blank: Pre-assessments occur ________. (At what point in the teaching cycle?)
What is a "before learning"?
Name two ways summative assessments differ from formative assessments.
What are high-stakes grading and evaluation of overall achievement?
Why should teachers communicate the purpose of formative assessments to students?
What is to clarify that they measure progress, not mastery?