Formal vs Informal Assessments

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Formal Assessments

Scores/ results

Can compare results to other students

Results

School readiness

Students had less negativeattitudes about assessments

Postive Factors

Pros

Cons

Results

Undergraduate Students

All students plan to use informal assessmentsas well as formal.

Negative factors

Limited attention span

Test ability not perfomance

Time consuming

Costly

Only snapshots of development

Informal Assessment

Nonstandardized

No score

Observing and interviewing

Normal classroom environment

No comparing to other students

Can be done by itself or with informalassessment.

Through formal testing the student is given ascore that shows the abilities and lack thereof.

Curriculum individualized to meet the needsof the student

Influence to use formal assessments maycome from content and objectives inundergraduate subject of evaluation andassessment.

Have more negative attitudes aboutassessments than other group

Formal assessment for moreaccurate results of childdevelopment

Standardized testing

Most students stated they would only useformal assessments if a problem wasevident.

Too inaccurate

Results show that both groups have concernsabout assessments.

Early childhood participators ECP

Most used formal assessments

27% did not use formal assessments

Labels children

I&#x27;m a dog. Seriously.

Testing to complex for young children