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What’s in Your Toolbox?. FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS. Debbie Siano Spanish Teacher, CMS Guy Tulp Spanish Teacher, CMS Sherry Sizemore Chinese Teacher, CMS. OBJECTIVE. Define. Demonstrate value. Equip with usable repertoire. What do you know?. Formative Assessments.
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What’s in Your Toolbox? FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS
Debbie Siano Spanish Teacher, CMS Guy Tulp Spanish Teacher, CMS Sherry Sizemore Chinese Teacher, CMS
OBJECTIVE Define Demonstrate value Equip with usable repertoire
What do you know? FormativeAssessments
Formative assessments : • Are formal and informal assessment procedures employed by teachers during the learning process • Are utilized to modify teaching and learning activities to improve student attainment • Involve qualitative feedback (rather than scores) for both student and teacher • Focus on the details of content and performance • Contrast with summative assessments, which seek to monitor educational outcomes, often for purposes of external accountability Crooks,, T. (2001). The Validity of Formative Assessments. British Educational Research Association Annual Conference, University of Leeds, September 13–15, 2001.Huhta, Ari (2010). "Diagnostic and Formative Assessment". In Spolsky, Bernard and Hult, Francis M..The Handbook of Educational Linguistics. Oxford, UK: Blackwell. pp. 469–482.Shepard, Lorrie A. (2005). Formative assessment: Caveat emptor. ETS Invitational Conference The Future of Assessment: Shaping Teaching and Learning, New York, October 10–11, 2005. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
STATIONS Group one: Debbie at the square tables Group two: Guy at the round tables Group three: Sherry at the computers
The KEY to successful use of FORMative assessment… …is to use it to inFORM instruction!
COMPETENCIES • Effective Communicators • Creative Problem Solver • Independent , Self-directed Learner • Collaborative Team Member • Information Literate Researcher • Globally Aware Citizen