Formative and summative assessment

Formative and Summative Assessment

Formative and summative assessment are commonly contrasted, the expert Paul Black put it as a simple example "when the cook tastes the soup it is formative, "when the customer tastes the soup it is summative". Informative assessment teachers and students are provided with feedback during the instruction so they can adjust the ongoing teaching and learning to improve students' achievements. In the meantime, summative assessment is used to evaluate students learning, skill acquisition and academic achievements. In the following video, there will be a short explanation of each concept, ending with a contrast, in order to get a complete understanding of the formative and summative assessment a concept map will be developed explaining both concepts.

The formative and summative assessment helps to assess students, separated have their advantages and disadvantages, as we already discuss that a continued assessment works perfectly for teachers and students, a complete evaluation at the ends works too, the problem is not to have to choose one, is to apply it correctly, even if students are assessed by both if are not well applied, there will be no improvement.