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    Formative and summative assessment serve different purposes: - Formative assessment is used during instruction to provide feedback and adjust teaching, while summative assessment evaluates learning at the end of a period through tests. - Formative assessment is diagnostic and aims to enhance learning, while summative assessment is evaluative and measures competency. - Formative assessment occurs more frequently like monthly, while summative assessment is less frequent, typically at the end of a term or course.

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    Formative and summative assessment serve different purposes: - Formative assessment is used during instruction to provide feedback and adjust teaching, while summative assessment evaluates learning at the end of a period through tests. - Formative assessment is diagnostic and aims to enhance learning, while summative assessment is evaluative and measures competency. - Formative assessment occurs more frequently like monthly, while summative assessment is less frequent, typically at the end of a term or course.

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    Formative and summative assessment serve different purposes: - Formative assessment is used during instruction to provide feedback and adjust teaching, while summative assessment evaluates learning at the end of a period through tests. - Formative assessment is diagnostic and aims to enhance learning, while summative assessment is evaluative and measures competency. - Formative assessment occurs more frequently like monthly, while summative assessment is less frequent, typically at the end of a term or course.

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    BASIS FOR COMPARISON FORMATIVE SUMMATIVE

    ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT

    Meaning Formative Assessment Summative Assessment is


    refers to a variety of defined as a standard for
    assessment procedures that evaluating learning of
    provides the required students.
    information, to adjust
    teaching, during the learning
    process.

    Nature Diagnostic Evaluative

    Frequency Monthly or quarterly Term end

    Aims at Enhancing learning Measuring student's


    competency.

    Goal Monitor student learning. Evaluate student learning.

    "The difference between formative and summative assessment:


    _ Formative Assessment refers to a variety of assessment procedures that provides the
    required information, to adjust teaching, during the learning process. Summative
    Assessment is defined as a standard for evaluating learning of students.
    _ Formative Assessment is diagnostic in nature while Summative Assessment is evaluative.
    _ Formative Assessment occurs on an on-going basis, either monthly or quarterly. On the
    other hand, Summative Assessment occurs only at specific intervals which are normally end
    of the course.
    _ Formative Assessment is conducted to enhance the learning of the students. Conversely,
    Summative Assessment is conducted to judge student’s performance.
    _ Formative Assessment is undertaken to monitor student’s learning. As opposed to
    Summative Assessment, aims at evaluating student’s learning."

    What is an assessment?
    Assessment is the systematic process of documenting and using empirical data
    on the knowledge, skills, attitudes and beliefs. By taking the assessment,
    teachers try to improve student learning.

    What is testing?
    A test is used to examine someone’s knowledge of something to determine what
    that person knows or has learned. It measures the level of skill or knowledge
    that has been reached.
    Assessment Testing
    Assessment is seen as a procedure instead of A test is a “product” that measures a
    a product. particular behavior or set of objectives
    Assessment is used during and after the Tests are done after the instruction has taken
    instruction has taken place place, it’s a way to complete the instruction
    and get the results.

    You can interpret the results and in case The results of the tests don’t have to be
    needed alter the instruction interpreted

    Assessment is a more general term than Tests are understood to make up a relatively
    testing small set of controlled procedures among a
    Taking in many different methods of much broader range of options
    obtaning and evaluating language data
     Fewer control and restriction than
    tests

    Assessment may involve such activities Whereas testing include


    such as: - Deciding on the content of the test
    - Informal questioning in class by - Scoring the performance
    teachers - Deciding on the meaning of the
    - Semi-formal exercises and quizzes scores obtained
    carried out in class - Decisions that the scores are used to
    - Leaners reflecting on their own use justify (such as choosing which
    of language – self-assessment students to admit onto a course or
    - Learners judging each oher’s deciding whether to award
    performance – peer assessment certificates)
    - The collection of samples of
    language that have not been elicited
    according to any fixed or formal
    plan. Ex: observation and some
    forms of portfolio assessment

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