What Is a Summative Evaluation?

Summative evaluation is also called summative evaluation and ex-post evaluation. Generally, it is an evaluation that is behind in teaching activities to understand the final effect of teaching activities. Examinations and assessments of various subjects conducted at the end of the semester or the end of the school year are all such evaluations, and the purpose is to check whether the students' academic studies have finally reached the requirements of the teaching objectives of each subject.

Summative evaluation is also called summative evaluation and ex-post evaluation. Generally, it is an evaluation that is behind in teaching activities to understand the final effect of teaching activities. Examinations and assessments of various subjects conducted at the end of the semester or the end of the school year are all such evaluations, and the purpose is to check whether the students' academic studies have finally reached the requirements of the teaching objectives of each subject.

Chinese name

Summative evaluation

Foreign name

Summative Assessment

Applied discipline

psychology

Application range

Educational psychology

Summary evaluation implications

Summative evaluation is also called summative evaluation and ex-post evaluation. Generally, it is an evaluation that is behind in teaching activities to understand the final effect of teaching activities. The examinations and assessments of various subjects conducted at the end of the semester or the end of the school year are all such evaluations, and the purpose is to test whether the students' academic studies have finally reached the requirements of the teaching objectives of each subject ^[1] . The summative evaluation attaches importance to the results, so as to make a comprehensive evaluation of the assessees, distinguish the grades, and evaluate the effect of the entire teaching activity.

Summative evaluation method

The summative evaluation is based on the preset teaching goals, and evaluates the degree to which the evaluation target has achieved the goal, that is, the teaching effect. Summative evaluation focuses on examining the overall level of students' mastery of a certain subject, with a high level of generalization and a wide range of test content. It is often carried out during the semester or at the end of the semester with fewer times ^[2] .

Relationship between summative evaluation, diagnostic evaluation and formative evaluation

1. contact

Evaluation is a basic element in the teaching and learning process. The three evaluations are not mutually exclusive. They are interrelated and infiltrated. This is because any kind of work is continuous and the division of phases is relative. Both formative evaluation and final evaluation are of a diagnostic nature; moreover, because the basic purpose of evaluation is to promote work and development , So any evaluation is of a formative nature. Without diagnostic evaluation is not a true scientific evaluation, it is only a subjective speculation, and without formative evaluation, it loses its significance. Whenever a teacher adopts one of the evaluation forms, the student should make clear the purpose of the evaluation, how to perform the evaluation, and what the evaluation criteria are.

2. Contrast

kind	Diagnostic evaluation	Formative evaluation	Summative evaluation
purpose	Reasonably place students, consider different treatment, and take remedial measures	Improve the learning process, adjust teaching programs, and promote student progress and development	Determine the final learning results and serve for screening and selection
effect	Identification of learning readiness and identification of adverse factors so that "the right medicine"	Diagnose and analyze the teaching process, determine the teaching effect, and propose improvement measures	Assess academic performance
Evaluation focus	Quality, process	learning process	Learning results
Evaluation subject	teacher	Teacher, me, classmate	teacher
comment content	Necessary prerequisite knowledge and skills, as well as students' physical, psychological and environmental factors	Language knowledge, language skills, emotional attitudes, learning strategies, cultural awareness	Knowledge, skills
means	Analysis of specially prepared tests, student records and observation records	Daily observation, homework assessment, questionnaire survey, self-assessment / mutual assessment, interview, daily test, activity record, etc.	Exams (such as final or academic year exams, final exams, etc.)
Implementation time	When a course or semester or school year begins	After the topic or unit teaching is completed, often	After a course or a course, generally 1-2 times per semester
Evaluation results	Provide premise and foundation for teaching activities	Document whether the requirements are met, point out shortcomings, and make suggestions	Score
main feature	Forward-looking	Forward-looking	Retrospective