Innovative Formative Assessment
1. Analyzing Students Work
complicated. They can take a day, a half-day, or
A great deal of information can be learned from
even an hour.
student’s homework, test and quizzes. This is
Create a poster or collage illustrating the
specially so if the students are required to explain
subject matter.
their thinking. When teacher take the time to
Let students design their own flashcards to
analyze student work, they gain knowledge about
test each other with.
it.
Keynote presentation made by students on
A student current knowledge, attitudes and
the topic.
skills about subject matter.
Strengths, weaknesses and learning styles.
Need for further or special assistance.
Innovative Summative Assessment Tools that
Measure Higher-order Thinking Skills
2. Three Way Summaries
The idea here is to use different modes of thinking
and attention to detail. Students can work in
1) Performance task shows and demonstrate
groups or individually. In response to a question
what the learners can do.
or topic inquiry, they write three different
summaries.
Examples are:
10-15 words long
Demonstration
30-50 words long
Group presentation
75-100 words long
Oral work
2) Quarterly assessment measure students
learning at the end of the quarter.
3. Creative Extensive Projects
Objective test
Students can create a large scope of projects to
Performance-based assessment
demonstrate comprehension. Quick projects help
them apply the higher order levels of Bloom’s
Taxonomy. These don’t have to be big and