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What is the difference between summative and formative?

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Take tests (assessments) as an example.

Your teacher monitors and evaluates your ongoing performance by giving you frequent formative assessments. She then can make adjustments to her teaching based on how you are doing.

When the unit of study or lesson is at its end, your teacher will give you a summative assessment to evaluate your performance as a whole.

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Does that make sense?

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