Assessments

Formative Assessments

Anacdotal Records
Checklist
Conference
Cooperative Learning Activities
Demonstrations
Event Sampling
Exit Card
Graphic Organizers
Jottings
“I Learned” Statements
Interviews
Journal Entry
KWLsLearning Logs
Oral Attitude Surveys
Oral Presentations
Peer Evaluations
Problem Solving Activities
Products
Questioning
Quiz
Response Groups
Self-Evaluations
Show of Hands/EPR (Every Pupil Response)
Student Demonstrations
Student Discussions
Student Work Samples
Teacher Observation
​Time Sampling
Writing Samples

Summative Assessments

District benchmarks or interim assessments
End-of-term or semester exams
End-of-unit or chapter tests
Final paper
Final project
Literature Review
Oral presentation
Performance Task
Portfolio
Senior Recital
State assessments
Written product/project

Traditional vs. Authentic Assessment

Traditional                                                Authentic

Selecting a response                                 Performing a Task
Contrived                                                  Real-life
        Recall/Recognition                              Construction/Application
   Teacher-structured                                    Student-structured
  Indirect Evidence                                        Direct Evidence