Diagnostic, Formative, & Summative Assessments, Study notes of Teaching method

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Diagnostic, Formative, &Summative Assessments

Purposes and Differences

Diagnostic Assessment ^ Assessment at either:^ ^ the beginning of a school year

or  a new unit ^ Provides the teacher with information about what students already know andare able to do ^ Completed^ BEFORE^ teaching

Summative Assessment ^ A summing up of what students have learned ^ Examples: exams, projects, papers ^ Summative assessments are graded ^ Completed^ AFTER^ instruction