Exploring Relations Between Formative and Summative Assessment

Jens Dolin, Paul Black, Wynne Harlen, Andrée Tiberghien

Abstract

This chapter characterises the two key purposes of assessment, formative and summative, within a general model of assessment of student learning. It discusses reliability and validity issues in relation to the two purposes and considers formative and summative purposes as related and can be brought together in developing a dependable approach to summative assessment using evidence collected and used in formative assessment. The third purpose of assessment, accountability, is dealt with as a special use of summative assessment. Some examples from the ASSIST-ME project illustrate the variety of approaches to assessment and the overlapping relations between formative and summative use of assessment.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTransforming Assessment : Through an Interplay Between Practice, Research and Policy
EditorsJens Dolin, Robert Evans
Number of pages28
PublisherSpringer
Publication date2018
Pages53-80
Chapter3
ISBN (Print)978-3-319-63247-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
SeriesContributions from Science Education Research
Volume4
ISSN2213-3623

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