Formative Assessment & Summative Assessments

Formative Assessments	Summative Assessments
Anecdotal records	Final exams
Diagnostic tests	Statewide tests
Lab reports	National tests
Quizzes and essays	Entrance exams (SAT and ACT)

http://fcit.usf.edu/assessment/basic/basica.html

As we know, there are two kinds of assessment that is formative and summative assessment. Formative assessment is “all those activities undertaken by teachers and by the students in assessing themselves, which provide information to be used as feedback to modify the teaching and learning activities in which they are engaged” Black and William (1998).

Summative assessment is typically used to evaluate the effectiveness of instructional programs and services at a pre determine time. Examples of formative assessment are posttest, pretest, reflection, class participant, etc. Examples of summative assessment are UAN, UMPTN, Test STAN, UAS, etc.

Actually in a test that can include formative and summative assessment that to distinguish is the goals and times. According to me, both of kinds of assessment are effective but in summative assessment if we fail in this test we feel very disappointed. Example UAN, we have three years to learn but when we failed the test we very disappointed because within three years is only determine within a week. Is not fair, right? 

So Hampuskan UAN.hhe