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Classroom AssessmentsFormative 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®

BiographyDossierPassport/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