Meanings of summative assessment in English

Each respondent was interviewed twice, once following a formative assessment of a written case study, and again after a summative assessment.

This is usually provided by summative assessment of clinical communication, but there is considerable variation in how this is carried out.

The effect observed in the second cohort was masked by an overriding incentive generated by the summative assessment in the first cohort.

Schools should stop relying on summative assessments that tell students how they are performing in relation to national curriculum sub-levels, something which demotivates many learners.