Assessment can also take place while a student is being taught. This kind of assessment is called formative evaluation. And assessment can be done after a student has been taught - this is called summative evaluation. Assessment or Evaluation for the purpose of placement can prevent the occurrence of accelerated students becoming bored because they have already mastered the content which is being taught. It can also avoid the opposite problem of students becoming frustrated because they are being expected to master content which they are not yet capable of mastering.
Formative evaluation is carried out while the student is involved in an instructional unit.
The purpose of formative evaluation is to determine how well a given objective has been mastered and to identify which parts of the objective have not been mastered. Summative evaluation is usually to make a general assessment of how well the larger outcomes have been obtained over an entire grade or report period. Depending on the type of instructional setting, summative evaluation can assess and report mastery of particular outcomes or it can assess how well a student has achieved a particular subject area over a specified period of time. Briefly state what this means and how you can ensure diverse viewpoints are enhanced in your classroom. For example, teachers often transmit their personal values as they interact with their students in school.