Formative ASSessment

The main purpose of formative assessment is to monitor the process of learning and to provide ongoing feedback that can help learners to improve their learning and help teachers to improve their instructions and next steps. More precisely, formative assessment:

Helps learners recognise their and strengths and next steps and work on areas that need improvement
Helps teachers identify where learners are needing further help and how to overcome problems or difficulties

“To me ‘formative assessment’ describes all those processes by which teachers and learners use information about student achievement to make adjustments to the students learning that improve their achievement. It's about using information to adapt to your teaching and adapt the work of the students to put the learning back on track - if you like, to make sure that the learning is proceeding in the right direction and to support that learning. It’s what happens when you don’t just lecture students and rattle through the material until you get to the end and ask them if they’ve understood it okay - it’s constantly making those adjustments.” (Dylan Wiliam)

whiteboards
show-me cards
thumbs up/down
traffic light systems
exit tickets
comment only marking
open-ended questions

JamBoard
Active Expression Pods
Keynote on iPads
Explain Everything
random name selector
self/peer assessment

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Using whiteboards and Active Expression Pods to assess understanding of Problem Solving tasks

Using whiteboards and show-me cards to assess understanding of multiplication of 2/3 digit numbers by 2 digit numbers.

Using Digital Technologies to assess understanding of mental recall multiplication/division

Using Active Expression Pods to assess understanding number bonds.

Digital Technologies to self and peer assess skills taught during P.E. Lessons

Using Digital Technologies to self assess formation of numbers and letters

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