From what I understand from the wikipedia articles, Formative testing is more useful for actual classroom use, whereas summative testing is used more by 3rd parties to evaluate overall scores and effectiveness of a classroom.
Personally, I think formative testing is much more useful for a teacher. It allows teachers to assess their students learning (instead of just a raw score like in standardized/summative testing) As a teacher, if I can see what my students are struggling or proficient at, I can modify my future lessons to be effective to the maximum amount of students in my class.
Web tools can be used to create these types of tests. Kids are tested up to their ears these days, so any way to make a test fun and exciting is fine by me. Sites like quizlet make a game out of it, which can facilitate learning and make it interesting for students.
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