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Using AI to Help Build Assessments | Mastery Connect Dive

We all know technology has its upsides and downsides, and AI is no exception. Whenever I use it, I often have to keep prompting, reword my questions, or most times, take pieces of what it gives me instead of merely copying and pasting. Let’s explore some AI tools and how to use them to help build quality assessments.

Formative vs Summative

“If you don’t use the results of the common formative assessment to make a difference in student learning, the assessment is summative” (Bailey and Jakicic).

The quote from above is one of the best descriptions for both formative and summative assessments. We are all familiar with the classic definitions but the reason & why are more important than the characterization.