Testing Day!

Assessments are used to evaluate students' learning. There are two different types of assessments: formative and summative. Formative assessment is used to monitor the students' learning through the learning process. On the other hand, summative assessment s used at the end to assess the overall learning; this helps assign grades. Examples of formative assessments are exit tickets, quizzes, classroom polls, and research papers. All of these will e assign during the quarters of the school year. They focus on smaller content areas. Summative assessments are like exams such as midterms and finals. In addition, final projects and state testing are considered to be summative.

The issues that arise when it comes to formative assessment is that teachers may use this type of assessment just as a grade instead of using it as a way to gather data and feedback. This could help improve learning in the classroom if it is used correctly. Summative assessment's data is used to hold the schools accountable, inform parents and monitor performances The negative impact that it can have is if the main focus is on the test instead of the children's learning. Children can also feel discouraged or nervous about taking the test which can lead to low test scores. Lastly, summative assessments do not test all qualities including creativity, big-picture thinking, motivation, and leadership.