Formative Assessment
At its core, formative assessment is
Using assessment information to determine what to do next to improve student learning and/or effectiveness of teaching during the learning process
Summative assessment is also known as?
Assessment of learning
What is pre assessment able to highlight? Name 2 examples.
preassessment help to highlight what students currently know and/or understand about a topic before they learn about it and how the teacher can plan for appropriate learning experiences that will meet the students where they are currently at in their learning, without having to guess or assume where they are.
quiz, let them play, brainstorm
When would you use this type of assessment?
Skills that take a long time, fitness, over several years of same skills or same skills used in different units.
What is assessment not?
Marks/Scores for grades
Means for compliance
Blackhole information
Comparing students to others
1. Assessment for learning- using assessment information to decide how to respond to where students are at in learning.
2. Assessment as learning- using assessment information to determine strengths and how to improve.
What is summative assessment used for?
Validating the level of achievement a student has been able to demonstrate with their learning at the end of a learning process or period.
How can pre-assesment be helpful to the STUDENT?
What do they already know, see what their peers know, understand where they have started in their knowledge, manner of self assesment
What does this style allow students to do?
create a personal goal and action plan to make an improvement. Their plan would be put into action until the next assessment where the student would measure, reflect on the effectiveness (or outcome) of the goal and plan, and repeat the process
Name three ways you can assess in an informal setting.
Conversations, observations, daily score
Describe the formative assessment feedback loop
What am I learning, how am I doing, what can I do next?
Within the 3 categories for using assessment information for, when is summative assessment helpful and not helpful and why?
Planning and teaching- not
Next steps in learning growth- not
Grading and reporting- very
What are the 3 stages of the pre-assessment?
Hear, see, read
Describe ipsative assessment.
consider one’s growth over time compared to themselves, and not others.
Within the 3 categories for using assessment information for, when is summative assessment helpful and not helpful and why?
Planning and teaching- not
Next steps in learning growth- not
Grading and reporting- very
Describe what AfL is and name 2 examples
Teachers is the assessor, use it to improve instruction
Exit tickets, observations, discussion, ratings (group/individual), success criteria
How can you ensure the standards and what students are being assessed on is not a surprise?
Have dates of assessment on board
Make criteria together
Have other assessments be based on same criteria as final
Allow students to practice the assessment format
What forms of pre-assessment may not be helpful?
Observation takes times, unable to do this without explaining rules sometimes
Describe how you might be able to use this assessment for grading?
Ability to self reflect, ability to improve over time, ability to set goals
Name an example of how to make assessment less daunting.
post what is going to be learned in class (not done in class, i.e., activities) and 1-2 traits that signal success for that day. Share these with students and ask them to self-rate during or at the end of class (e.g., finger rating 1-5, exit tickets, etc.) with one area of strength for the day and one area to work on for next class