Comments on: Good Cop – Bad Cop: A Distinction Between Formative and Summative Assessment

By: Jim Oase

Jim Oase — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 18:03:49 +0000

…NAEP test scores gathered since 1970 have not statistically change. PISA scores indicate our nation is in an educational decline compared to the world even though our level of spending per student has more than tripled. Education turned into a $5 billion annual business with a captured market, a monopoly that is controlled by volumes of regulations and structured process.

Historically when people are subjected to intense regulation and structure, as if groups rather than individuals, they develop a black market. Individuals gaming the system. Schools are intensely regulated and structured. For many it’s not until after K-12 graduation that individuals begin to train their life long passions. For others there is the black market of education, home schools, drop outs, self study.

By: Brenda Miller

Brenda Miller — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 11:55:47 +0000

The formative assessments I have seen look like the old values clarification exercises or as in forming your child’s attitudes, values, beliefs and behaviors.

By: Kathleen Jasper

Kathleen Jasper — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 15:50:07 +0000

Thanks Karen. It’s much easier when you can put your own spin on it

By: karen

karen — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 15:33:55 +0000

Took me forever to remember the difference until I looked at the words. Formative, forming and Sumative, summarizing. Simple but effective. It is sometimes the little things that make it less confusing.