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Formative Assessment. Using Data to Drive Reading Instruction. Improve student performance by 15 -25 percentile points, 2-4 grade equivalents. Increase achievement is four to five times greater than reduced class size. Make a judgment about level of competence or achievement.
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Formative Assessment Using Data to Drive Reading Instruction
Improve student performance by 15 -25 percentile points, 2-4 grade equivalents
Increase achievement is four to five times greater than reduced class size.
Make a judgment about level of competence or achievement Summative Assessment
Gather evidence to improve student learning Formative Assessment
Sentence Stems • Formative Assessment is……. • Summative Assessment is……
Attributes of Effective Formative Assessment • Clear Learning Target • Communicated to students • Specific Feedback • Reflection • Collaboration
Think of a time when you learned a new skill, sport, ect. What did your teacher, coach, instructor do to improve your performance?
What Students Need to Know • Where am I going? • Where am I now? • How can I close the gap?
Why Targets? • Purposeful • Good Consumers • Monitor and Make adjustments
Four Types of Targets • Knowledge Mastery • Reasoning Proficiency • Skills: Performance • Ability to Create a Product
Assessment must be purposeful. • What assessment methods would you use for your scenario?
Matching the Target to Assessment • What am I assessing? • Why am I assessing? • How will I assess?
Agree or Disagree • Formative Assessment is a process. • The best learning occurs incidentally . • We should only do formative assessments not summative. • Specific Feedback is crucial for formative assessment. • Formative assessment is ongoing during the learning process.
Quick and Easy Formative Assessment Ideas • White Boards • Thumbs up, Thumbs down • Wrap Up Cube • Traffic Light/Signal Cards • Sentence Stems • Card Sorting • Rate your Understanding • Human Continuum
Rethinking Bell Ringers Exit and Admit Slips
Rubrics • Describes features of quality • Just beginning to proficiency • Student friendly language • Match your targets
One Minute Fluency Words correct per minute
Contact Information • www.lisa@cksec.org • www.cksec.org • Go to resources and click on literacy folder