When studying educational assessment, one encounters the distinction between "formative assessment" and "summative assessment ...

This chapter discusses the relationships between formative and summative assessments—both in the classroom and externally. In addition to teachers, site-and district-level administrators and decision ...

The purpose of assessment at Binghamton University is “to improve student learning and operational outcomes.” Binghamton’s approach to a comprehensive and meaningful system of learning assessment ...

At the heart of any plan for improving assessment is the goal of obtaining information about what students have and have not learned that can be used to help them improve their learning, to guide ...