Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Formative vs. Summative Assessments Throughout the week I give my students Formative assessments to test their understanding of the skill being taught. Once I give a Summative assessment they fail or score lower than they do on their formative assessments. I have even tried to include some of the same questions on my summative assessments that I used on my formative assessments and they still fail. What can I do to ensure overall success? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) After the formative assessments, flexibly grouping students based on the data could be another solution. If you can see that students are missing questions during the formative assessment, review the questions that students missed as a review or in a small group (if students scored less than the minimum requirement). This will help clear up misconceptions before the summative assessment.