Educational Psychology / Unit 12 EDP 1102 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Diagnostic, Formative and Summative
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The idea
Diagnostic assessment comes before instruction; formative assessment, assessment for learning, happens during it, formally or informally; summative assessment, assessment of learning, comes after, for grades and certification.
In practice
A pretest is diagnostic, an exit ticket formative, a final exam summative.
Where people slip
The same quiz can be formative or summative; its use decides which.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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