Summative Assessment

About the Summative Assessment

The KAP summative assessment is typically given statewide and used for accountability purposes. Summative assessments are conducted over six weeks each spring, with a two-week testing window for remote students. It is the largest grain size of all assessments, covering all content standards for a grade and subject. It includes targets of performance, usually called performance or achievement levels. These tests are longer as they require sufficient items for reliability. Question types include selected-response items such as multiple-choice or multi-select or open-ended.

• Summative assessments provide evidence of learning and mastery of standards.
• Summarize what students know and do not know.
• Facilitate a systematic collective response to address future student learning needs
• Assist with program or course evaluation
• Evaluate curriculum and programs
• Help drive professional learning
• Provide information for local, state, and federal accountability purposes
• Administered after an extended period of instruction, usually at the end of the school year