Rethinking formative and summative assessment

Geoff N Masters

Rethinking formative and summative assessment

Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

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Abstract

It's a popular idea – educational assessments are either 'summative' assessments of learning or 'formative' assessments for learning. But just how fundamental is this distinction? And is it truly useful?

Original language	English
Journal	Teacher columnist – Geoff Masters
Publication status	Published - 20 May 2015

Keywords

data analysis
data collection
long reads
strategic planning

Disciplines

Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research

Access to Document

https://research.acer.edu.au/columnists/8

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