Summative Assessment - Characteristics

Characteristics

1. It is the procedure to assess or grade educators' level of learning in certain period of time.
2. It tends to use well defined evaluation designs (i.e. fixed time and content).
3. It provides descriptive analysis (i.e. in order to give a grade, all the activities done throughout the year are taken into account).
4. It tends to stress local effects.
5. It is unoppressive and not reactive as far as possible.
6. It is positive, tending to stress what students can do rather than what they cannot.