FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
WHAT
What is formative assessment?
Observing and interacting with students to understand student progress toward learning targets
Intervening with necessary feedback through in-the-moment follow-up conversations, demonstrations, or written dialogue
Using purposeful check-ins to get a snapshot of student performance on specific standards or learning targets
Staying flexible while teaching in order to monitor student understanding and adjust as needed
WHY
Formative assessment results inform teachers about how well students are learning and informs students about where they are in the learning process.
HOW
Fist to five
Gather immediate feedback by using a 0-5 (Fist to Five) scale of their own understanding of a concept, fist meaning "I don't understand at all" and 5 meaning "I could teach this to someone else."
find and correct errors
Have students find and correct errors on an example that has already been solved (teacher provided errors).
peer feedback
Give students time to provide feedback to peers before they submit their work.
Be sure to model what good feedback looks like.
exit ticket
Provide 1-4 questions at the end of the lesson for students to show their understanding of the content, which serves as their "ticket to exit the room."
individual white boards
Students can write a simple answer on the white board and turn it around; this is a great way to quickly see who understands the concept and who does not.
Quick write
This is a timed writing response.
Give students a prompt related to the lesson and a minute or two to write a response.
Collect the answers and determine if further instruction is necessary.
top 5/10
Students simply list their top 5 or 10 ideas that they feel were the most important key points to the lesson.
5 words
Students use 5 words to describe the topic of the lesson and explain and justify their word choices.
parking lot
Have students write questions/ideas/areas for clarificiation (during or at the end of a lesson) on a post-in and place it on a "parking lot", which can be the classroom door or a poster in the room
This strategy gives you an opportunity to address misconceptions and answer student questions and allows students to share their questions in a less threatening way.
get.plickers.com
Students are given a card that they use to respond to MC questions with A, B, C, or D.
Teachers use camera on a device to scan cards and receive immediate feedback.
four corners
Teachers assign each corner of room a preference, answer choice, level of agreement, etc.
Teachers pose a question, and students move to their desired corners.
formative.com
Teachers create digital assessments.
Teachers can monitor students' progress in real-time.
