Paper 1 · Teaching Aptitude
Summative evaluation is used for which of the following purposes?
ATo monitor a student's progress during the learning process
BPrimarily to certify or grade students ✓ Correct
CTo find out students' interests and work habits
DTo assign students to specific learning groups
Correct answer: (B) Primarily to certify or grade students — Summative evaluation is used primarily to certify or grade students, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Summative evaluation is used primarily to certify or grade students, so that is the answer.
★Summative evaluation comes at the end of a course to judge final attainment.
★So its main purpose is to certify or grade the student on what has been achieved.
★Monitoring progress during learning is the work of formative evaluation, not summative.
★Finding out interests and work habits is a different, diagnostic kind of study.
★Assigning students to groups is a placement task, so summative evaluation is chiefly for certifying or grading.
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