My vision was to try to
make classroom formative assessment a reality.
Not exact matches
Beyond just incorporating it into your
classroom as a
formative or summative
assessment tool, you can use your personal reflecting to
make your class more transparent and your process more accessible to young people.
Nearpod can be used to
make formative assessment (aka #FormativeTech) more efficient and meaningful in your
classroom.
Formative assessment and game based learning
make a powerful combination in the
classroom.
Each time I learn a new
formative assessment strategy, I wish that I can have a redo of one of my years in the
classroom to apply the strategy and
make my instruction that much more effective.
Interviews with the authors explain how to
make every student an active learner, and
classroom scenes from elementary and high schools show teachers how to use total participation techniques (TPTs) to get and hold students» attention, activate higher - order thinking, and provide
formative assessment of academic progress.
To rebuild the foundation necessary for the
formative assessment - rich
classroom culture you seek, the community needs to redefine the tone, values, and supports to
make it come to life.
Are the existing problems, information gleaned from this book, and the results from the Chugach students convincing enough for your school to
make the transition to
formative classroom assessments?
Students can respond from virtually an internet enabled device using a browser or a smartphone app,
making it the perfect
formative assessment tool or 1:1 or BYOD
classrooms.
If used correctly in the
classroom, it is a blessing that
makes your life easier as the teacher, and
makes formative assessment less work!
In fact, many educators receive pretty minimal training in understanding, developing, using, and
making decisions based on
assessments — including large - scale, annual summative
assessments to
classroom - based, instructionally embedded,
formative assessment.
Next month, I'll post about how you can work with others to gain support for the difficult work of changing practice to
make greater use of
classroom formative assessment.
While
formative assessment is embedded in
classroom instructional practices, I think it's important to shed some light on some of the schoolwide practices that support it and help
make it successful for every teacher and each student.
Her depth and breath of knowledge combined with her vision and contagious energy
make her an in - demand workshop facilitator, instructional coach, author and advisor in many areas including visible learning, concept - based curriculum, differentiated
classrooms and
formative assessments.
What the standards are requiring of students
makes a balanced approach to
classroom formative assessment even more important.
Some things are relatively straightforward - and are happening in
classrooms across the country: teachers can use
formative assessment and student work to
make decisions and adjust instruction; teachers can demand rigor, of themselves and their colleagues; teachers can teach in ways that are rigorous and relevant — leveraging the assets of the families, cultures and community resources of the children they serve — getting students to think and act critically in their world and the larger one.