Assessment should be designed and implemented with the goal of achieving maximum validity both in terms of learning outcomes and learning processes. It should help to advance learning as well as determine whether learning has occurred (TLRP, …show more content…
Clarke (1998:4) defines summative assessment as simply a snap shot testing to form an opinion of a child’s capability. University of Exeter (2008) describes summative assessment as showing a learners capacity to meet learning outcomes of a module or programme to give a final mark. It is a quantifying process and not always done at the end of the unit but it is to provide data for progression to the next step. In schools the terms AoL and AfL are what tend to be referred to. Summative assessment may take place in a variant of forms such as standardised test, end of unit assessments, spelling test, baseline test. A common word used is test this is how many people view summative assessment. One of the most common forms are the statutory tests taken in Year 2 and Year 6 also known as SAT’s. There is a huge debate within the education system and schools in particular about the validity of such