Formative vs Summative Assessment Quiz

What is the main purpose of summative assessment?

• To explore additional learning opportunities

• To track student progress throughout their learning process

• To support teachers in the decision-making process

• To check if students have acquired the expected knowledge at the end of the teaching-learning process

Which of the following is a feature of formative assessment?

• To compare results with standards

• To check the results of the teaching-learning process at the end

• To get to know each student to guide them accordingly and plan future steps

• To get information on how things went, so teachers can use it to improve next year

How is summative assessment typically graded?

• It can be graded or ungraded

• It is always graded

• It is graded only if the teacher decides

• It is never graded

What does formative assessment favor?

• Comparing results with standards

• Checking the results of the teaching-learning process at the end

• Identifying content assimilated or not assimilated by the student at the end

• Student improvement

Which type of assessment is diagnostic?

• Neither formative nor summative assessment

• Both formative and summative assessment

• Formative assessment

• Summative assessment