NC FALCON Slides for ERD Staff

1. NC FALCON Slides for ERD Staff Sarah McManus, Ph.D Director Learning Systems

2. FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT Formative assessment is a process used by teachers and students during instruction that provides feedback to adjust ongoing teaching and learning to help students improve their achievement of intended instructional outcomes. The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO, 2008)

3. 4 Key Words: Process During Feedback Students

4. http://center.ncsu.edu/nc Statewide professional development in the use of formative assessment in the classroom

5. Aligned to North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards Example Standard IV: Teachers Facilitate Learning For Their Students Teachers use a variety of methods to assess what each student has learned. • Teachers use multiple indicators, including formative and summative assessment to evaluate student progress and growth. • Teachers provide opportunities, methods, feedback, and tools for students to assess themselves and each other. • Teachers use 21st Century assessment systems to inform instruction and demonstrate evidence of students’ 21st Century knowledge, skills, performance, and dispositions.

6. Formative Assessment Model Process

7. NC FALCON Modules There are five formative assessment modules in the online professional development series located in NC FALCON. • Importance of Formative Assessment • Learning Targets and Criteria for Success • Collecting and Documenting Evidence • Analyzing Data and Descriptive Feedback • Administrator’sRole in FormativeAssessment

8. NC FALCON PLCs Each of the five formative assessment modules has an online learning community forum located in NC FALCON. • PLC: Importance of Formative Assessment • PLC: Learning Targets and Criteria for Success • PLC: Collecting and Documenting Evidence • PLC: Analyzing Data and Descriptive Feedback • PLC: Administrator’s Role in Formative Assessment

9. Best Practices • Each LEA/school has an NC FALCON Coordinator • Each LEA/school has an Implementation Plan (could be embedded in other plans) • LEA/school administrators go through NC FALCON and support teacher use • FA is incorporated in existing initiatives • Teachers provided adequate time to complete all modules (e.g., one module per month with discussion and reflection after each) • Fidelity checks (e.g. observations, view of FA plans)

10. Enrolling • Go to: NC Education at https://center.ncsu.edu/nc • Select login on the right side of the page • Choose to: • use an existing username and password or • create new login information • Enter a valid email address when creating a new login • You will receive an email to validate your account (check spam or junk email if the confirmation email message is not received in 30 minutes or less) • Request to be linked to your school/district/educational entity • Click on NC FALCON 2011-12 if you do not see the NC FALCON Modules listed • Enroll in the each of the NC FALCON Modules and PLCs

11. HELP NCDesk@ncsu.edu | (919) 515-1320 Either email or phone so that one help ticket is generated Contact LEA/School NC FALCON coordinator for local implementation questions Note: There is a password recovery link on the NC Education site

12. NCDPI Contacts • Dr. Sarah McManus Director | Learning Systems Division Sarah.McManus.dpi.nc.gov | 919-807-3776 • Carmella Fair NC FALCON Coordinator | Learning Systems Division Carmella.Fair@dpi.nc.gov | 919-807-3840