Formative Assessment Tools
Formative Assessment tools help teachers understand where students are in the learning process. These are not grading tools, but rather tools that provide teachers and students with real-time feedback that can be used to guide future lessons.
- Google Forms
- PearDeck
Padlet Backpack
- Answer Garden
Google Forms
Google Forms are a powerful data collection tool. Forms make it easy to collect and analyze responses from students. Teachers use Forms in many different ways, including :
Daily Check-in
Auto Graded Quizzes
Reading Logs
Exit Tickets
Opinion Polls
Digital Escape Rooms
Pear Deck
Pear Deck adds interactive elements to Google Slides. Pear Deck is an Add-on to Google Slides. Students respond on their screens to the teacher led presentation prompts. Pear Deck lets teachers:
Get instant feedback from students
Check for student understanding
Create Flashcards
Lead interactive slide based activities.
Padlet Backpack
Padlet is a web app that lets users post notes on a digital wall. Educational applications of these virtual sticky notes are many. Images, links, videos, and documents, and Google Maps can all be collated on a "wall" that can be made public or private.
Brookline teachers can create Padlets in our district's Backpack organization. The Backpack version of Padlet creates a safe and managed space for students view and post to teacher Padlets
Answer Garden
Answer Garden, a simple but powerful tool that can help generate discussion in a classroom or online. It's also great for formative assessment, brainstorming, and more.