Rayshawn Elijah-Amon Carr

Recognizing the Good, Bad, and the Ugly of Summative Assessment

Activity One Directions:

0 Draw your attention to the Summative Assessment display board. Attached to the front of your handout is an envelope with information inside.

0 You will be given four minutes as a group to read the information on the strips of paper and determine whether the information about Summative Assessment is a potential advantage or disadvantage.

0 You will then place each strip of paper on the proper display board labeled Summative Assessment advantage or disadvantage.  

Recognizing the Good, Bad, and the Ugly of Summative Assessment

Activity OneANSWERS

Advantage Disadvantage

Necessary for determining students' grades and placement

Tendency for over-reliance on summative measures

Promotes teacher and school accountability

May promote cheating due to the high stakes nature of assessment

Provides a means for evaluating instructional activities

Has been criticized for promoting "teaching to the test"

Encourages students' active engagement with course material

Does not provide information for correcting errors

Information for this figure retrieved from: http://www.park.edu/cetl/quicktips/summative.htmlPark University’s degree programs are regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, a member of the North Central

Association of Colleges and Schools.Mandernach, B. J. (2003).

Group Discussion Two

What are your feelings after completing this activity?

Were you surprised by

which answers were potential advantages or disadvantages?

Activity Two: SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT Defined by Tom Listen to his detailed definition of

Summative Assessment.0 With Toms shared knowledge on the

back of your handout, work individually for two minutes to formulate your own definition of Summative Assessment from the information shared.

0Share your definition with the class.

Summative Assessment According to Tom

http://youtu.be/cf3A-iyV7Fc

Information for this chart was retrieved from: Visit the FVTC Web site:

http://its.fvtc.edu/assessment/assessment.htm (Fox Valley Technical College, 2007)

Group Discussion Two

0I would like to invite anyone to come to the front of the class to share their definition on Summative Assessment.

0How has your knowledge of the Summative Assessment increased as a result of Activity Two?

Types of Summative Assessments0Summative Assessments should be selected, developed, and used on the basis of their ability to assess the mastery of the program outcomes and core abilities, and learning that occurred in both General Education and support courses related to the program (Fox Valley Technical College, 2007).

Types of Summative AssessmentsClinical Off-campus, occupationally related experience that requires

demonstration of skills and knowledge under the supervision of both an on-site clinician and an FVTC instructor.

Portfolio Collection of artifacts that shows skill development over a period oftime (the duration of the program).

Internship Opportunity to work in an occupationally related work setting under the direction of a supervisor from the occupation.

Summative Testing

Mid-term and final examinations (traditional and/or performancebased) that are used to evaluate performance at the conclusion of acourse or program.

Capstone Project

A concluding project that verifies the knowledge and skills learnedin a program.

Licensure/Certification

A process through which a license or certification is earned basedupon meeting standardized criteria and/or passing an examination,usually nationally or regionally normed.

Demonstration A performance-based display of skills and knowledge learnedthroughout the course and/or program.

Information for this chart was retrieved from: Visit the FVTC Web site: http://its.fvtc.edu/assessment/assessment.htm

(Fox Valley Technical College, 2007)

Activity Three: Summative Assessment Crossword Puzzle

Directions:0 In the sea of letters presented in section for of your

handout, locate the seven types of Summative Assessments discussed in the PowerPoint. You will have two minutes for the exercise.

0 Afterwards, you will report out to the group the types of Summative Assessment you were able to locate and recall.

Note: There maybe words in the sea of letters that try to throw you off. The person who is able to find the most words in two minutes will be the Summative Assessment Crossword Puzzle Champion.

0Thank you for your time! I would like to use a CAT One Minute Paper, which will allow me to gauge how thoroughly you grasped the information presented in the lesson plan.

0The Minute Paper can be found in Section Five of the handout.

Group Discussion Three

0What are your feelings about the information that you were asked to recall regarding the types of Summative Assessments? Was the recalling process difficult or easy, and why?

References 0 Mandernach, B. J. (2003). Park University’s degree

programs are regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Information for this figure retrieved from: http://www.park.edu/cetl/quicktips/summative.html

0 (Fox Valley Technical College, 2007). Retrieved from: Visit the FVTC Web site:

http://its.fvtc.edu/assessment/assessment.htm