Learning technologies can be applied to
formative assessments of student learning, enhance the curriculum, and support sustainable advances in instructional strategies and teacher professional development.
High data - use schools, particularly, emphasized the development and systematic use of diagnostic and
formative assessments of student learning.
Some thoughts on «proximal»
formative assessment of student learning.
Not exact matches
The Office
of Teaching and
Learning supports faculty in both
formative and summative
assessment of their
students, through a multitude
of assessment methods including:
Some
of that knowledge includes understanding the discipline in ways that enable
students to understand it; understanding how
students learn and what motivates them; designing instruction that maximizes
student learning; designing, conducting, and utilizing
formative and summative
assessments; and reflecting on the success or failure
of lessons and using that reflection to improve practice.
While teachers have a set
of formative and summative
assessments to document
student progress, the PYP and MYP units
of inquiry create conditions that give all
students a choice in how they demonstrate what they have
learned.
More importantly on the back - end, decisions about the underlying technology architecture and standards for data / content transport will also have implications for both the vendor marketplace and integration
of all sorts
of other data systems (reporting, analytics,
student information systems,
formative assessments, content repositories,
learning management systems, etc.).
In an era
of Big Data, we can
learn much more by quantifying the
learning process through increased use
of formative assessments: Are
students learning — and if so, how?
Educators use frequent
formative assessments to determine the needs
of each
student at Forest Lake Elementary School, and then leverage technology to tap into their
learning styles.
«NAPLAN does not replace the much deeper, more sophisticated and more frequent
formative or summative
assessments of student learning done by school teachers, nor does it provide judgement on how «good» a
student, teacher or school might be,» Dr Hinz says.
Summative
assessments take the form
of products, and many
formative assessments are planned to ensure that
students master multiple
learning outcomes in a PBL project.
As educators across the country focus attention on designing new and better ways to gauge what
students are
learning, they risk distorting the meaning and practice
of formative assessment and squandering its potential to enhance teaching and
learning, an
assessment expert is warning.
Inspired by a recent Tweet from
Learning Scientists (@acethattest, www.learningscientists.org) create a one - month (for AP Exams) or two - month (final exams / projects) calendar that includes daily content or skills you want
students to recall at the beginning
of each class with a quick, written or online
formative assessment.
To develop an effective and manageable
formative and summative
assessment strategy, with assessment FOR, AS and OF learning, the ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING bundle provides a range resources for creative teachers to support their students and keep assessment records
assessment strategy, with
assessment FOR, AS and OF learning, the ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING bundle provides a range resources for creative teachers to support their students and keep assessment records
assessment FOR, AS and
OF learning, the ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING bundle provides a range resources for creative teachers to support their students and keep assessment records o
learning, the
ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING bundle provides a range resources for creative teachers to support their students and keep assessment records
ASSESSMENT FOR
LEARNING bundle provides a range resources for creative teachers to support their students and keep assessment records o
LEARNING bundle provides a range resources for creative teachers to support their
students and keep
assessment records
assessment records on track.
And feedback, one
of the most important key issues related to
assessment, is not optional; it should be compulsory for all teachers to provide
students with relevant information during the
learning process, monitoring, guiding, and giving continuous support as a
formative activity.
To develop an effective and manageable
formative and summative
assessment strategy, with assessment FOR, AS and OF learning, the ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING bundle provides resources for creative teachers to support their students and keep assessment records
assessment strategy, with
assessment FOR, AS and OF learning, the ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING bundle provides resources for creative teachers to support their students and keep assessment records
assessment FOR, AS and
OF learning, the ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING bundle provides resources for creative teachers to support their students and keep assessment records o
learning, the
ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING bundle provides resources for creative teachers to support their students and keep assessment records
ASSESSMENT FOR
LEARNING bundle provides resources for creative teachers to support their students and keep assessment records o
LEARNING bundle provides resources for creative teachers to support their
students and keep
assessment records
assessment records on track.
Formative assessment has been established as one
of the mainstay classroom strategies for enhancing
student learning.
This meta - analysis reviews the research on
formative assessment, re-examining Black and Wiliam's (1998) claim that it has an effect size
of 0.4 - 0.7 (moderate) on
student learning.
Formative assessment owes much
of its current popularity to Black and Wiliam's (1998) conclusion that it is potentially one
of a classroom educator's most powerful tools to enhance
student learning.
As Heritage (2008) explains, «The purpose
of formative assessment is to provide feedback to teachers and
students during the course
of learning about the gap between
students» current and desired performance so that action can be taken to close the gap.»
When you provide
students with opportunities to apply
learning — especially through authentic, personally meaningful activities — and then provide
formative assessments and feedback throughout a unit, facts move from rote memory to become part
of the memory bank.
Such
assessments can be undertaken during teaching to establish how well
students have
learnt what they have been taught so far and to identify gaps and the need for reteaching — sometimes referred to as «
formative»
assessments — or they can be undertaken at the completion
of a course to determine how well
students have mastered the course content and to assign «summative» grades.
«I truly believe that the future for optimal
student learning lies in continuous
formative assessment mobilized by technology through online interactive tasks made available both in class and to
students outside
of class time.»
I would, therefore, encourage teachers to seek out resources on
formative assessment, particularly those focused on activating
students as owners
of their own
learning and as resources for one another.
I find it intriguing that we have not fully realised the affordance that technology offers in relation to real - time (just in - time)
formative assessment practices that research tells us makes a significant impact on
student learning (Wiliam, Black, Hattie) I have a pre-school age child whose school uses a «reporting / communication» tool where daily updates are captured by the educators including work samples, outcomes linked, photos
of my child engaged in
learning tasks etc..
Anderson explains that
formative assessment and feedback both assist in the answering
of three essential questions for teacher and
student alike, no matter whether it's eLearning or traditional
learning.
Teachers who regularly use
formative assessment know its value for capturing an accurate, on - the - fly picture
of how and what
students are
learning.
Unlike summative
assessment, which evaluates
student learning according to a benchmark,
formative assessment monitors
student understanding so that kids are always aware
of their academic strengths and
learning gaps.
Ongoing
formative assessment is utilised by teachers as tools for determining the effectiveness
of the
learning program and to develop the next
learning activities which ensure
students» needs are being addressed.
This means, as Professor Geoff Masters said his Teacher article Rethinking
formative and summative
assessment, you must «recognise that the essential purpose
of assessment in education is to establish and understand where
students are in an aspect
of their
learning at the time
of assessment.
A lot has been written about on - going,
formative assessments, but my favorite resource is Checking for Understanding by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey This book is a quick and easy read, very accessible and full
of dozens
of ways to thoughtfully and systematically monitor
student learning.
We're using
formative assessment to gauge the effectiveness
of our teaching and to know what our
students know and have yet to
learn.
A review
of the literature on classroom
formative assessment indicates that frequent feedback yields substantial gains in
student learning.
Educators leverage technology to tap into
learning styles, and use frequent
formative assessments to determine the needs
of each
student.
The Measured Progress
Formative Content Bank is a set of premium formative assessment items and preconfigured quizzes designed to help teachers gather classroom evidence of student learning, differentiate instruction, and accelerate student ach
Formative Content Bank is a set
of premium
formative assessment items and preconfigured quizzes designed to help teachers gather classroom evidence of student learning, differentiate instruction, and accelerate student ach
formative assessment items and preconfigured quizzes designed to help teachers gather classroom evidence
of student learning, differentiate instruction, and accelerate
student achievement.
One thing I've
learned as I work with schools across the country is that there are a lot
of different definitions collaborative teams are using for common
formative assessments, and what these teams think common
formative assessments are influences how they write and use these
assessments with their
students.
Read our new blog post to
learn about how technology tools for
formative assessment can help you better personalize instruction to meet the needs
of your
students.
They'll delve into recent research on
formative assessment and literacy, and share classroom examples
of the ways teachers are using
assessment techniques to bolster
students» composition skills and engagement in
learning.
Selecting appropriate
assessment approaches (e.g.,
formative assessments, summative reviews, self -
assessments, etc.) based on
student learning objectives, diverse needs
of students, and instructional situation.
In our definition, we look at three important concepts that we know help
students achieve at high levels through the use
of these
assessments: they are
formative (and thus occur during the
learning process), they are team - designed, and they assess essential
learning targets.
Formative Evaluation involves
student voice, it refers to any activity used as an
assessment of learning progress before or during the
learning process itself.
Demonstrate understanding
of assessment strategies, including informal and formal, diagnostic,
formative and summative approaches to assess
student learning.
In contrast with
formative assessment, the summative
assessment evaluates what
students know or have
learned at the end
of the teaching, after all is done.
By leveraging the popularity
of digital video games and by applying Evidence Centered Design (ECD), the game - based
formative assessments address the needs
of both
students and teachers for reliable and valid real - time actionable data within a motivating
learning environment.
The book includes a description
of 75 FACTs (
Formative Assessment Classroom Techniques) that can be used for the purposes
of eliciting and identifying preconceptions, engaging and motivating
students, activating thinking and promoting metacognition, providing stimuli for math discussion, initiating mathematical inquiry and idea exploration, supporting concept development and transfer
of knowledge, improving questioning and responses, providing feedback, supporting peer and self -
assessment, and reflecting on
learning.
A blend
of theory, research, personal vignettes, and practical strategies and suggestions, including a chapter on instructional strategies that support conceptual understanding in science and the Framework for Linking
Assessment, Instruction, and
Learning when using the
formative assessment probes in the Uncovering
Student Ideas in Science series.
It also drives teams to create a series
of common
formative assessments that are administered to
students multiple times throughout the year to gather ongoing evidence
of student learning.
Q7: How do we ensure our
formative assessment practice is inclusive
of ALL
students and works towards the goal
of high levels
of learning for ALL
students?
Formative assessment, or
assessment for
learning, is not a «toolkit»
of strategies, and is not simply a method that a teacher uses to measure
student learning during instruction.
Teachers use various types
of formative assessment and
students use «I Can Portfolios» to evaluate their own level
of learning.