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Assessment Types

Assessment can be used to grade students summatively (assessment of learning) or formatively to support their ongoing learning (assessment for learning and assessment as learning). Assessment for learning occurs throughout the teaching process to clarify student understanding, while assessment as learning involves students self-assessing and adjusting their own learning for deeper understanding.

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Assessment Types

Assessment can be used to grade students summatively (assessment of learning) or formatively to support their ongoing learning (assessment for learning and assessment as learning). Assessment for learning occurs throughout the teaching process to clarify student understanding, while assessment as learning involves students self-assessing and adjusting their own learning for deeper understanding.

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Assessment OF learning is 'summative', i.e.

its main purpose is to


grade and certify students' achievement. Examples are exams, graded
projects, and papers.

Assessment FOR learning is 'formative', aiming to support and


advance students in their learning1'. This can also be described
as Assessment AS Learning.

Assessment FOR learning usually occurs throughout the teaching


and learning process to clarify student learning and understanding.

Assessment AS Learning is the use of ongoing self-assessment by


students in order to monitor their own learning, which is “characterized
by students reflecting on their own learning and making adjustments so
that they achieve deeper understanding.

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