Reflection Questions

• What types of assessments do you typically use to evaluate student learning?
• How would you explain the difference between summative and formative assessments to a non-educator?
• What types of summative assessments will help your students demonstrate mastery of the course outcomes?
• In what ways do you ensure that summative assessments accurately reflect the course outcomes?
• What types of formative assessments will help your students practice and demonstrate learning objectives?
• How might you design formative assessments that provide ongoing feedback and support student progress?
• Do your formative assessments adequately prepare your students for the summative assessments?

Resources

The following resources are helpful for those wishing to learn more about assessment strategies:

Formative Assessments

• Orlando, J. (2023). Formative Assessments for Online Learning. The Teaching Professor.

• Rubino, V. (2023). The Instructional Value of Formative Assessment and Feedback. The Teaching Professor.
• Wiggins, G. (2012). “Seven Keys to Effective Feedback.” Educational Leadership 70, no. 1. https://www.ascd.org/el/articles/seven-keys-to-effective-feedback.

Summative Assessments

• Grant Wiggins: Defining Assessment. (2002). Edutopia. https://www.edutopia.org/grant-wiggins-assessment
• Summative Assessment and Feedback. (n.d.). Teaching Commons. https://teachingcommons.stanford.edu/teaching-guides/foundations-course-design/feedback-and-assessment/summative-assessment-and-feedback