KAT2
Summative Assessments
Assessment for Student Learning KAT2 Task 3
Western Governors University
A summative assessment was given to a group of thirty students within an 8th grade
English classroom. The class is comprised of sixteen male students and fourteen female students
from various races and ethnicities. Included in this class are:
Seventeen on level students (57%)
Six students functioning at one grade level below grade level (20%)
Four students who perform one grade level above grade level (13%)
Three students who are two grade levels above grade level (10%)
Two English Language Learners (one Mandarin, one Spanish)
Eight students meeting the criteria for free or reduced lunches
Three students with Individualized Education Plans (one with a disability is Math, one in
Language, and one with Asperger’s Syndrome
Furthermore, the instructional setting is set up in a way that the instructor is able to easily
navigate between rows of students and is able to teach from any point in the room.
The English students were given a summative assessment at the end of a unit on
figurative language. The test was comprised of an objective section involving ten multiple
choice questions and a performance section (graded using a rubric) requiring students to write
three sentences showing examples of figurative language. When looking at the cumulative
scores from the assessment, students scored an average of 75%. When using a basic standard
grading scale of A (90%-100%), B (80%-89%), C (70%-79%), D (60%-69%), and F (59% and
below), the scores can further be broken down as follows:
Two received 100%
