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…learning, not just high-stakes grades.
Summative assessment measures learning at the end of something: a final, a project, a paper. Formative assessment checks learning along the way so you and your students can adjust: a quick quiz, a one-minute paper, a show of hands, a draft. Both matter, but most courses are heavy on summative and light on formative.…
https://ksarn.org/pedagogy-guide-formative-and-summative/