Laura Molinari (asker) Nov 19, 2014:

Sorry to close without awarding points I hate to do this, but I wish some of the discussions had been entered as answers and I could award points. This was a highly confusing term. Given the descriptions found in many places, by all accounts this would correspond to a 'summative assessment'. However, this program has sommative already. Based on the description, I saw no option but to use 'final' as it encompasses all other evaluations. Thanks for all the help!

philgoddard Nov 14, 2014:

Jane If you put "final" as an answer, I'd agree with you.

Laura Molinari (asker) Nov 14, 2014:

Last clarification L'évaluation sommative se concrétise dans une activité ponctuelle et elle se fera à 2 reprises lors du stage soit, à la neuvième semaine, pour sanctionner les stages de SOI et à la dernière semaine du stage.

L'évaluation sanctionnelle est la somme des évaluations sommatives qui sont exigées pour la réussite du stage. Voici les évaluations qui seront cumulées (then lists summative evaluations, self-evaluation, evaluation of presentations, etc.)

Laura Molinari (asker) Nov 14, 2014:

I spoke too soon... The document evaluation section has the following:

Modalités d'évaluation des apprentissages
4.1.1 Évaluation formative
4.1.2 Évaluation sanctionnelle
4.1.3 Évaluation sommative

So even though the description fits, it can't be 'summative' in this case.

Laura Molinari (asker) Nov 14, 2014:

Aha! I think I have my answer... At: http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/assessment/basics/formative-summ...

What is the difference between formative and summative assessment?
Formative assessment
The goal of formative assessment is to monitor student learning to provide ongoing feedback that can be used by instructors to improve their teaching and by students to improve their learning. More specifically, formative assessments:
help students identify their strengths and weaknesses and target areas that need work
help faculty recognize where students are struggling and address problems immediately
Formative assessments are generally low stakes, which means that they have low or no point value.

Summative assessment
The goal of summative assessment is to evaluate student learning at the end of an instructional unit by comparing it against some standard or benchmark.
Summative assessments are often high stakes, which means that they have a high point value. Examples of summative assessments include:
a midterm exam
a final project
a paper
a senior recital

philgoddard Nov 14, 2014:

Well, Jane beat me to it, but two of us can't be wrong :-)

philgoddard Nov 14, 2014:

I don't understand the connotations of "sanctionnelle", but based on your first reference, "final" or "exit" would be an appropriate translation.

Jane Phillips Nov 14, 2014:

If so I'd go for something like an end of training or final confirmation appraisal/assessment

Jane Phillips Nov 14, 2014:

Could this be using sanction as given by termium in the sense of homologation or approval. So during the training period the nurse has a training evaluation which actually contributes to the learnining process and at the end of the training period the evaluation defines whether or not they have reached the required level?