CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is NOT a step in planning summative assessments?
A
Make a representative sampling.
B
Prepare an assessment blueprint or outline.
C
The font on the paper the assessment is written on.
D
Decide how many different assessments will be given and how long they are.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The goal of summative assessment is to evaluate student learning at the end of an instructional unit by comparing it against some standard or benchmark. 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: -Summative assessment is a type of course evaluation that happens at the end of a training or program. It is the process of assessing the student’s knowledge, proficiency, and performance by comparing what they know with what they should have learned.

Detailed explanation-3: -Summative assessment is inappropriate for monitoring the progress of the teaching-learning process as “Summative Assessment", commonly known as “Assessment of Learning” is a type of assessment which: measures, certifies, and reports the level of students’ learning by assessing them at the end of the term.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ranking the children based on performance is not the purpose of assessment. Separating students based on their marks or performance leads to discouraging them.

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