Extensive research on assessment and learning shows that
skilled use of formative assessment has a significant positive effect on student learning (Black & Wiliam, 1998; Heritage, 2007; Stiggins & DuFour, 2009).
Not exact matches
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.
Since all teachers are teaching the same
skills at about the same time, the
use of common,
formative assessments now makes sense and the staff is prepared to develop those
assessments, and put those
assessments through the same continuous improvement loop.
Research has demonstrated that
skilled use of feedback to students («
formative assessment») is among the most powerful tools teachers have to help students learn.
Teachers
using Seesaw for
formative assessments can now tag their students» posts with their own set
of skills or standards.
The value
of formative and summative
assessment and the processes involved in identifying key
skills for focused attention in each grade level's performance and curricular standards highlight the positive outcome when
assessment data is
used to guide instruction.
Meeting regularly in teacher learning communities is one
of the best ways for teachers to develop their
skill in
using formative assessment.
This collection
of 12 discipline - specific
formative assessments can be
used to easily identify secondary students who would benefit from instruction in multisyllabic word identification — a
skill that's critical for reading and understanding complex, academic texts.
Cassie discusses how to
use gamified
formative assessments to measure different kinds
of skills and looks at the different ways teachers can
use games in the classroom — from out -
of - the - box board games to designing one's own curriculum - driven game.
She is the author or coauthor
of several books and many articles on classroom
assessment, including ASCD's How to Give Effective Feedback to Your Students, How to Assess Higher - Order Thinking
Skills in Your Classroom, and How to Create and
Use Rubrics for
Formative Assessment and Grading.
The widespread
use of formative assessments at the classroom level can undermine teaching
of the 21st - century
skills called for by the next generation academic standards.
Teachers then entered a second stage we call
skill building in which they developed and
used formative assessment more deliberately to meet the needs
of their individual classrooms.
Key features include course units aligned to common core and state standards together with local district frameworks, interactive media - driven lessons focused on core concepts and
skills, closed captioning and definitions
of key academic terms, embedded subject specific Tier 2 vocabulary, on - going
formative assessments, summative unit tests, teacher support materials, and at - home parental involvement learning tools — all designed to be
used in concert with the district's instructional program.
The mentors
use a system
of NTC - developed online
formative assessments and tools to develop teachers»
skills in planning lessons, analyzing student work, and
using data to inform instruction, among others.
Training will establish foundational
assessment literacy knowledge, provide opportunities for hands - on practice in
use of multiple measures
of learning, and develop teacher
skills for
formative practice.
New insights are emerging about the critical role students play in maximizing the effectiveness
of formative assessment practices; about how to help teachers develop and hone their
formative assessment skills; and about how education policy can be
used more effectively to deepen and scale up the
use of classroom - based
assessment practices.