Content Assessments

Assessments allow both teacher and student to monitor progress towards achieving learning objectives. Formative assessments are given weekly and refers to tools that identify misconceptions, struggles, and learning gaps along the way and assess how to close those gaps. It includes effective tools for helping to shape learning, and can even bolster students’ abilities to take ownership of their learning when they understand that the goal is to improve learning, not apply final marks. 

In contrast, summative assessments evaluate student learning, knowledge, proficiency, or success at the conclusion of a unit. Summative assessments are almost always formally graded.