summative
Totaling all parts
Summative describes assessment or evaluation that measures cumulative learning at the end of a period—a final exam, a capstone project, a year-end review.
It contrasts with formative assessment, which happens during the learning process to guide improvement.
The summative evaluation showed students had mastered the core concepts.
Combined sum total
- totalComplete sum
- overallInclusive of everything
- comprehensiveIncluding all elements
- integratedCombined into a whole
synthesis · consolidated · encompassing · unified · holistic · complete · conclusive · definitive
Collected works or assets
- capstoneTopmost stone of structure
- gradingAssigning marks to work
- scoresAchieves points; many
- marksVisible signs or grades
percentile · diploma · certification · proficiency · benchmarking · SAT · ACT · GRE
Estimation of worth
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- scoringEarning points in competition
- criteriaStandards for judgment
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
outcomes · accountability · competency · achievement · reporting
aggregate
Combined sum total
- totalComplete sum
- overallInclusive of everything
- comprehensiveIncluding all elements
integrated · synthesis · consolidated · encompassing · unified · holistic · complete · conclusive · definitive · culminating
portfolio
Collected works or assets
marks · percentile · diploma · certification · proficiency · benchmarking · SAT · ACT · GRE · MCAT
appraisal
Estimation of worth
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- scoringEarning points in competition
- criteriaStandards for judgment
standards · outcomes · accountability · competency · achievement · reporting
- assessmentevaluating, test, analyzing, exam, assessing
- Eduspeakpedagogy, curriculum mapping, scaffolding, rubric, formative
- evaluationreview, assessing, feedback, comparing, judgment
- gradesA, A+, B, C, D
- test typesquiz, exam, essay, multiple choice, short answer
- research methodsexperiment, hypothesis, deduction, experiments, induction
summativeformative
Influencing development or growth
diagnostic · ongoing · continuous · developmental · process-oriented
summativesubtractive
Involving removal or reduction
subtracting · decreasing · reductive · differencing · diminishing