summative assessment

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summative
adjective
uk
/ˈsʌm.ə.tɪv/us
/ˈsʌm.ə.t̬ɪv/
A summative assessment happens after a student has finished being taught about a subject, for example at the end of a year or unit ...
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assessment
noun[C or U]
uk
/əˈses.mənt/us
/əˈses.mənt/
the act of judging or deciding the amount, value, quality, or importance of something, or the judgment or decision that ...
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An approach containing systematic assessment for formative as well as summative purposes was compared with one based onsummativeassessmentalone.
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Intended mainly as a tool forsummativeassessment, this may also aid diagnosis and provide formative prescriptions for planning.
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They are a short,summativeassessmentfor testing a level of achievement at a particular moment in time.
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Newsummativeassessmentprocedures were introduced earlier this year and must be passed by all doctors training for a career in general practice.
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The staff give a formative assessment from the reviews and asummativeassessmentat the end of the academic year, with continuous feedback from tutorials.
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The evaluation phase consists of two parts: formative andsummativeassessment.
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The system provides tools for both formative assessment andsummativeassessment.
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They range from primary school to university in context, and include both formative andsummativeassessment, from writing to mathematics.
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Summativeassessmentis characterized as assessment "of" learning and is contrasted with formative assessment, which is assessment "for" learning.
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The next stage is to make asummativeassessmentby a new set of questions only covering the topics previously taught.
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Thesummativeassessmentwill be conducted by the schools itself.
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Formative assessment is typically contrasted withsummativeassessment.
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Taskstreams suite of tools also includes e-portfolios to engage students and faculty in a reflective process of formative andsummativeassessment.
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This form of assessment helps determine a baseline so that when asummativeassessmentor post-test is given, quantitative evidence is provided showing that learning has occurred.
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This process incorporates formative assessment, while the summative assessments contain tests or evaluations created for the content being implemented.
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In an educational setting, summative assessments are typically used to assign students a course grade.
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This is especially true when combined with the summative assessments teachers are required to complete.
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In teaching or traditional training, the criteria against which formative and summative assessments are conducted is known as teaching or training objectives.
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She was not struggling with her summative assessments and was getting excited about learning.
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Badges can be associated with summative assessments of prior learning as well as formative assessment that provide guidance and feedback.
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