summative and formative evaluation
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What is the difference between summative and formative evaluation?
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Summative evalution refers to the evaluation of learning and "summarizes" what students have learned up to a certain point. Summative evaluation is generally quantitative and assigns a numeric score or letter grade.
Summative assessment examples:
After a two week unit on fractions, students take a unit test. The teacher grades the test and records ...
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