Which of the following best describes the difference between formative and summative assessment?
A) Formative assessments are assessments of learning while summative assessments are assessments for learning.
B) Formative assessments provide teachers feedback about student learning so adjustments can be made to instruction whereas summative assessments provide concluding judgments about whether a student has met a required level of learning.
C) Formative assessments are shorter than summative assessments.
D) Summative assessments measure student learning of addition while formative assessments measure vocational and artistic production of student work.
E) None are correct

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Formative assessments are designed to give ongoing feedback that can be used by instructors to improve their teaching and by students to improve their learning, while summative assessments evaluate student learning at the end of an instructional unit by comparing it against some standard or benchmark.

Which of the Following Best Describes the Difference Between Formative