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Classroom Assessments

Formative Assessment• Ongoing or continuous

during instruction

• NOT graded

• Process

• Descriptive feedback

• Assessment FOR learning to gauge students’ progress towards learning goals

Summative Assessment• Periodic or after the end

of instruction

• Graded

• Product

• Evaluative feedback

• Assessment OF learning to assess students’ achievement of learning goals

Formative AssessmentsDescription• Ongoing or continuous

during instruction

• NOT graded

• Process

• Descriptive feedback

• Assessment FOR learning to gauge students’ progress towards learning goals

World Language Examples• Questions & Discussions• Comprehension checks• Admit and Exit Slips• Individual Feedback• Conferences• Student Self-Assessment• LinguaFolio®

Biography

Dossier

Passport/Global Profile

Summative AssessmentsDescription• Periodic or after the end

of instruction

• Graded

• Product

• Evaluative feedback

• Assessment OF learning to assess students’ achievement of learning goals

World Language Examples• Classroom assessments

– Quizzes, unit tests, final exams– Performance tasks or projects

• Commercial assessments like AAPPL, SLPI, SOPA, STAMP

• Exams from other countries: DELE, DELF, DSD, HSK

• Non-profits: AP, IB, SAT II• National Language Exams

from professional organizations