GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Formative Assessment
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Summative Assessment
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Summative assessments are often high stakes, which means that they have a high point value. Examples of summative assessments include: a midterm exam. a final project.
Detailed explanation-2: -Benchmark assessments, also frequently called interim assessments, are intended to be something between formative and summative assessments. They are fixed assessments, evaluating students against specific grade-level standards and learning goals rather than simply taking a quick pulse of understanding.
Detailed explanation-3: -The low stakes assessment refers to the formative assessments that have to be organized throughout the training period a multiple times. As it is conducted a number of times, each individual assessment has a limited impact on the performance of students.
Detailed explanation-4: -Examples are the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS), the Scholastic Achievement Tests (SAT), and the Graduate Record Exam (GRE). The debate over the value of high stakes testing is quite heated, especially in the public school arena. For sites favoring such testing programs, go here.