formative assessment Resources

"An assessment functions formatively to the extent that evidence about student achievement is elicited, interpreted, and used by teachers, learners, or their peers to make decisions about the next steps in instruction [or learning] that are likely to be better, or better founded, than the decisions they would have made in the absence of that evidence" (p. 48).

Wiliam, D. (2018). Embedded Formative Assessment, 2nd ed. Solution Tree Press. 

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Four Formative Assessment Strategies

Clarifying learning goals and success criteria within a broader progression of learning (starts and ends of lessons)

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Eliciting and analyzing evidence of student thinking or understanding

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Self and peer assessment

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Using evidence and feedback to move learning forward by adjusting learning strategies, goals or next instructional steps

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Pro Tip: The Walk-Through Protocol provides observational 'look fors' associated with each of these four formative assessment strategies.