{"id":9540,"date":"2022-11-17T11:27:19","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T05:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learn.toddleapp.com\/docs\/your-guide-to-assessment-in-the-myp\/getting-to-know-summative-assessment-in-the-myp\/"},"modified":"2023-04-12T12:48:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T07:18:00","slug":"getting-to-know-summative-assessment-in-the-myp","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/docs\/your-guide-to-assessment-in-the-myp\/getting-to-know-summative-assessment-in-the-myp\/","title":{"rendered":"Summative assessment in the MYP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As MYP educators, you will have been involved in the design and implementation of summative assessment tasks. Because MYP units are developed using a <strong>backward-design approach<\/strong>, the summative assessment tasks represent both the goals of the units as well as the measure of the extent to which the goals of the unit were achieved. As such, a well-designed assessment task can provide evidence of learning, while also driving high-quality learning during the unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"733\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GIF-2-1024x733.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GIF-2-1024x733.gif 1024w, https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GIF-2-300x215.gif 300w, https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GIF-2-768x549.gif 768w, https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GIF-2-24x17.gif 24w, https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GIF-2-36x26.gif 36w, https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GIF-2-48x34.gif 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We will unpack the essential features of summative assessment in the MYP in this section by exploring the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The features of authentic assessment (read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/docs\/your-guide-to-assessment-in-the-myp\/getting-to-know-summative-assessment-in-the-myp\/what-makes-assessment-authentic\/\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to design a great assessment task (read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/docs\/your-guide-to-assessment-in-the-myp\/getting-to-know-summative-assessment-in-the-myp\/what-are-the-features-of-a-great-assessment-task\/\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to design effective task-specific clarifications (read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/docs\/your-guide-to-assessment-in-the-myp\/getting-to-know-summative-assessment-in-the-myp\/how-do-we-clarify-expectations-for-students\/\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to design tests that assess MYP criteria (read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/docs\/your-guide-to-assessment-in-the-myp\/getting-to-know-summative-assessment-in-the-myp\/what-is-the-role-of-tests-in-the-myp\/\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":9532,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-9540","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Summative assessment in the MYP - Toddle Learn<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Summative assessment in the MYP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As MYP educators, you will have been involved in the design and implementation of summative assessment tasks. 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