ABSTRACT

The main objective of this research is to analyze and examine some of the  possibilities, directions and procedures that determine and confirm the  integration of  the formative assessment in the primary education from the fifth till the eighth grade in the school subject-music education .Another purpose of this research is to perceive the first experiences of applying the formative assessment on the students ‘learning outcome and  achievement. (summative assessment).The research was conducted in the first semester of the 2008/09 school year with 219 students or 102 fifth graders and 117 seventh graders in the Primary School ,,Goce Delcev” Negotino .

The researching  procedure is  consisted of examining  all the students at the end of the first trimester (summative assessment), differentiation of groups-one group where the formative and summative assessments are utilized and applied and the other group where the summative assessment has to be applied, integrating the formative assessment in the teaching process in the school  subject of  music education within the group where the formative and summative assessments are applied; examining and testing all the students at the end of the second trimester in order to sum up the results and the influence of the formative and summative assessment.

The research shows that the formative assessment has a great impact on the summative assessment thus improving the students’ learning outcome  and achievement  a great extent.

Key words:

Assessment, formative assessment; summative assessment; fifth grade; seventh grade; music education; curriculum; teaching objective; feedback; portfolio; project; self-assessment; mutual assessment; essay questions ; performing activities ; sharing the goals; test; student’s portfolio.