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 ...

These summative assessments measure knowledge against state standards. The Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests students in grades 3–8 on math, English, and, in some grades, science.

Never got it. Never really got it. Why do we have tests at school? Why do we measure the performance of training after the training by means of a summative assessment? The ones given at the end of a ...