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Formative Assessments

Formative Assessments. How are formative assessments different from traditional exams?. Formative assessments provide information during the instructional process before summative assessments.

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Formative Assessments

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  1. Formative Assessments How are formative assessments different from traditional exams?

  2. Formative assessments provide information during the instructional process before summative assessments. • Summative assessments are assessments OF learning that are used to make judgments like grading, program effectiveness, AYP Formative AssessmentsakaAssessments FOR Learning

  3. Formative assessments are ongoing & occur duringinstruction • Formative assessments are used to monitor progress & to provide timely feedback to students • Formative assessments incorporates both formal & informal methods • Formative assessments are not factored into summative results or grading Assessment for Learning

  4. Formative assessment provides specific feedback to guide teaching & learning: • For teachers to plan next steps in instruction • For students to plan next steps in learning • For students to set learning goals • Formative assessments are assessments FOR learning that are used by the student and teacher to make decisions about what actions to take to promote further learning* * From Chappius and Chappius, Educational Leadership,12/07 Assessment for Learning

  5. 250+ studies from several countries established that improving formative assessment raises student achievement • Some studies showed that lowest achievers make greatest gains Research on Formative Assessment

  6. Assessments that bring about these gains: • Provide descriptive feedback to students • Involve students actively • Inform adjustments in teaching & learning • Increase motivation & build students’ confidence • Provide accurate data Research on Formative Assessment

  7. Learning to Love Assessmentby Carol Ann TomlinsonEducational Leadership, Dec. 2007/Jan. 2008 What informative assessmentisn’t: • Just about tests • About the grade book • Always formal • Separate from the curriculum • About “after” • An end in itself • Separate from instruction • Just about student readiness • About finding weaknesses • Just for the teacher

  8. “Successful schools operate under the assumption that the key to improved learning for students is continuous, job-embedded learning for educators.” Rick DuFour What’s Do You Think?

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