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Formative Assessment

Formative Assessment. Learning Targets. I can connect learning targets to formative assessment I can adjust my next instruction based on data from the formative assessment. Did they really get it?. Remember: The focus of instruction is not what a teacher teaches but what the students learn.

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Formative Assessment

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  1. Formative Assessment

  2. Learning Targets • I can connect learning targets to formative assessment • I can adjust my next instruction based on data from the formative assessment

  3. Did they really get it? • Remember: The focus of instruction is not what a teacher teaches but what the students learn.

  4. Formative Assessment Is… • Retrieval of information • Checking for understanding • Teachers should pause frequently (approximately every 15 minutes) during a lesson to check for understanding • Descriptive feedback from the teacher and/or peers • Another chance to interact with the information

  5. Elements of Formative Assessment • Identifying the misunderstandings • Feedback • Student involvement • Learning progressions • Where have they been and where are they going?

  6. Bloom’s Taxonomy

  7. Your Turn • What learning targets will you be teaching in the near future? • How will you know that the students have mastered these learning targets? • What formative assessment(s) will you use to determine this? • How will students receive descriptive feedback?

  8. What’s Next? • How will I use the formative assessment information to guide my instruction? • What seems to be a common misunderstanding in your students’ learning? • What if…

  9. The Art vs. the Science of Teaching • Content knowledge • Instructional strategies for teaching content knowledge • Knowledge of students’ previous learning • Knowledge of assessment

  10. Skills Teachers Need • Create classroom conditions that allow for successful assessment • Teach the students to assess their own learning and the learning of others • Interpret the evidence • Match instruction to the misunderstandings

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