Summative

ASSESMENT:

Refers to the full range of information gathered and synthesized by teachers

about their students and their classroom. Assessment is a continuous process.

There are two general uses or functions of assessment: Formative assessment

and Summative assessment

SUMMATIVE:

It is a document achievement of standards.

Summative Assessment is the evaluation of a student's learning, which is

given as a test or exam.

Refers to the assessment of participants, and

summarizes their development at a particular time.

Used to evaluate student learning, skill acquisition,

and academic achievement at the conclusion of a

defined instructional period—typically at the end of a

project, unit, course, semester, program, or school

year

SUMMATIVE

WHEN?

Summative assessments occur at the end of a formal learning/instructional

experience, either a class or a program and may include a variety of activities,

e.g., tests, demonstrations, portfolios, internships, and capstone projects.

This generally tends to be the final assessment after the learning process and is

normally linked to reward (pass or fail)

BENEFITS:

Necessary for determining student

grades.

Provides a means of evaluating

instructional activities.

Allows for the identification of errors

LIMITATION FOR OVER-

May promote cheating due to high-level nature of assessment.

Do not provide information for correcting errors

Not always the most accurate reflection of learning

OBJECTIVE:

The goal of summative assessment is to evaluate student learning at the end of

an instructional unit.

To measure the sum of students’ performance or to grade or rank students’

achievement,

Is to evaluate student learning, skill acquisition,

and academic achievement at the conclusion of

a defined instructional period—typically at the

end of a project, unit, course, semester,

program, or school year.

At the end of the course, the teacher gives a test to see if the learners know.

In other words is summative assessment's purpose is for the teacher and the

student to see how much he or she understands the lesson that has been

taught.

Why undertake a summative evaluation?

Here are some key reasons why you should undertake a summative evaluation:

• Summative evaluation provides a means to find out whether your project has

reached its goals/objectives/outcomes.

• Summative evaluation allows you to develop a better understanding of the

process of change, and finding out what works, what doesn’t, and why. This

allows you to gather the knowledge to learn and improve future project designs

and implementation.

Why is summative assessment important?

To assess whether the project has met its goals, whether there were any

unintended consequences, what were the learnings, and how to improve.

Summative assessment tells both the teacher and the student what areas are

clear to the student, and which will require more work. The summative

assessment should be effective and useful

How it Works

Evaluators

•Give educators at least four weeks advance notice prior to conducting the

summative assessment.

•Complete a summative evaluation for each cycle.

•Rate progress on student learning.

What types of summative assessment are there?

Summative assessment, or assessment of learning, can take many forms. Here

are some possible types of summative assessment that can be used in the

language classroom:

Written Product: students are asked to write an

original selection. There are many written forms that

teachers can use to get students to write. In addition,

students may be asked to write about a previous

activity . Students may also be asked to create a

piece of persuasive writing or a reflection about their

learning experience.

Oral Product: students are asked to prepare an oral piece of work; this can

take the shape of any of the oral forms

Summative Assessment Methods currently in use include:

• Unseen Examination in controlled conditions (e.g. 3 questions in 3 hours)

• Multiple Choice Test in controlled conditions (paper-based)

• Essay or Report (e.g. on an individual or group project)

• Portfolio

• Performance (e.g. musical or dramatic)

• Semester tests ( midterm and final tests)

• Oral examination (e.g. foreign language speaking skills)

• Attendance

• Interviews

• Projects (a culminating project that synthesizes knowledge)

Methods of summative assessment aim to summarize overall learning at the

completion of the course or unit.

Examples:

In the classroom: learners write exams at the end of

the year to determine who fails.

Primary motivator: threat of punishment, promise of

reward

Example: Oscar awards for actors (the little Oscar statue is the reward for

excellent performance)