Science Practice #8

Informal formative assessment in the classroom takes place when a teacher elicits student thinking and makes immediate use of this knowledge in instruction. In this study, researchers studied three teachers with varying informal assessment practices to explore the nature of informal formative assessment and its connection to student learning. These resources can be modified to consider language and literacy development in science.

This STEM Teaching Tool provides strategies for educators to work with their peers to develop and refine formative assessments that fit with the 3D model of learning. 

This STEM Teaching Tool is a general resource touting the importance of formative assessment. Culturally responsive formative assessment happens within a community of learners where the teacher has cultivated explicit norms for increasing student-centered discourse, making decisions for their own purposes through democratic processes, and using clear guidelines for maintaining mutual respect.