When determining a grade I think it’s best to consider only summative assessment scores. The whole idea behind summative assessment is to get a grade to give the student that evaluates their success in the course. Formative assessment on the other hand, is meant to be used as a tool to help students come to the point where they can succeed in summative assessments. Formative assessment does not even need to be scored, but just gives the students an idea of what they can do to improve so they can get a good score later on.
Students can benefit greatly from formative assessment for a number of reasons. It gives them an idea of what they can do to succeed in the classroom with no pressure of the formative assessment being linked to their grade. It gives them the freedom to try things and see if it works, and to change their ideas and processes if they need to. It lets the students learn from their mistakes with no penalties, which I think is the best way to learn. Formative assessment should be communicated between the student it involves and the teacher, and depending on what the results are it can also be communicated to the class. For example, if a student did something really great and the rest of the class would benefit from the knowledge, I would share the student’s idea and results with the class (with the student’s permission of course). Formative assessment can also be shared with parents, to give them an idea of what their child needs to improve on, and what they are doing well on.
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