Basic Comparison of Formative Assessment and Summative Assessment

School-based assessment [Pentaksiran Bilik Darjah (PBD)] is an assessment approach that involves the process of COLLECTING INFORMATION about pupils' progress, planning, implementation and reporting by respective teachers.

There are two types of school-based assessment to be carried out in schools:

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT is conducted as an ON-GOING PROCESS, while SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT is conducted at the end of a term.

This process is CONTINUOUS and can be either FORMALLY or INFORMALLY implemented in determining pupils' LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE [Tahap Penguasaan (TP)].

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT (To assess the effectiveness of the teachers' teaching method)

✅ Carried out by teachers to gain immediate feedback on their pupils learning process and provide them with the necessary information so that they can make changes in their teaching.

✅ Thus, formative assessment is carried out during the teaching and learning process and pupils achievement levels are recorded and reported every quarterly.

✅ Various method of assessment such as checklists, observations, oral presentations, quizzes, questions and answer, task sheets or written assignment can be used to document the attainment of the Learning Standards.

✅ Through this process, teachers will be able to build a profile of their pupils' language development through on-going assessment.

🔴 SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT (to assess the pupils achievement)

✅ to aim at determining whether and to what degree pupils have learnt what they are expected to learn at the end of an instructional period

✅ The summative assessment can also be utilised as part of school improvement efforts to help teachers determine whether pupils are making adequate academic progress or meeting LEARNING STANDARDS.

💠 In order to help teachers implement effective school-based assessment (PBD), the assessment elements has been incorporated in DSKP together with the Content and Learning Standard.

💠 Teachers should refer to Performance Standard to help them ascertain the level of their pupils' understanding and acquisition of the skills taught.

💠 With this knowledge, teachers may change their approach or strategy to help their pupils master the intended LEARNING STANDARD.

✳️ Source: Dokumen Standard Kurikulum dan Pentaksiran Bahasa Inggeris

🔰 PERFORMANCE STANDARD

- Refer to the six (6) levels of pupils' progress in the acquisition of the four skills:

LISTENING
SPEAKING
READING
WRITING

✅ Teachers can diagnose the learning strengths and weaknesses, measure pupils' progress against the teaching and learning objectives, then review, re-strategies and modify their teaching to enhance pupils' learning.

✅ Below are the samples of Performance Standard Guide for all skills in Year 1