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What is Formative Assessment?
• Take a moment and write down 3 examples of formative assessment used in
your classroom…
Common FA Misconceptions
• Misconception #1: FA must be associated with a grade in order to get
students to “try”
• Misconception #2: FA is usually a test given that covers some pre-
determined chunk of material
• Misconception #3: FA must be teacher driven
Quickwrite
• Take 5 minutes and do a quickwrite about how any of the 3 common
misconceptions may have impacted your view of what formative assessments
are used in your classroom.
Characteristics of Formative Assessment
• Separate from grading process
• Used primarily as an aid for teaching
• Integrated into effective instruction
• Evidence is used to adapt teaching to meet student need
• May be generated by teacher, learner, or peer
• Focuses on Decision-driven data collection (assessment is intended to collect specific information about where to go next in the learning process)
Five Key Strategies (Leahy et al.,2005)
• Clarify, share, and ensure learner understands the learning intentions and
success criteria
• Engineer effective discussions, tasks and activities that elicit evidence of
learning
• Activate students as learning resources for one another
• Activate students as owners of their own learning
• Provide feedback that moves learning forward
Self Reflection 3-2-1
• 3 characteristics/strategies you do well for formative assessment
• 2 characteristics/strategies you don’t do so well for formative assessment
• 1 characteristic/strategy you are committed improving on formative
assessment in your classroom
Why is Formative Assessment Important?
• FA allows for real time adjustments to instruction based on learning target
achievement
• FA allows assessment for learning without having to stop instruction for a “test”
• FA supports self-regulated learning (ownership of learning)
• FA supports deliberate practice (targeted practices for specific results)
How Can I Use Formative Assessment?
• Brainstorm 5 instructional practices, that you are familiar with, which could
be used as formative assessment in your classroom (LFS, AVID, etc.).
Formative Assessment Strategies
• Thumbs up-Thumbs down
• Think-pair-share
• 4 Corners
• 3-2-1
• Give 1-Get 1
• Learning Logs
• Ticket out the Door
• Fist of five
• Collaborative Pairs
• 3 Truths and a stretch (lie)
Wrap Up
• 3 Truths and a Stretch (Three Truths and a Lie)
• Write down 3 things you now know to be true about formative assessment
• Write down 1 thing you now know to be untrue about formative assessment
Thank You!
• Please use the link at the bottom in order to receive credit toward in-service
points.
• Formative Assessment Form