In addition, it can be used to provide useful formative as well as summative information to students.
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There are ways to make summative assessment more formative, and to get students to take formative tasks seriously.
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These include written formative and summative tests to monitor and advance progress, essays and seminar presentations and continuous practical assessment.
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This call for learner involvement in formative and summative evaluation, however, proves problematic on two counts.