Formative Assessment
_____ is to be interpreted as all of those activities undertaken by teachers and students which provide information to be used as feedback to modify the teaching and learning activities in which they engage.
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process2. use by teachers and students3. happens during instruction4. provides assessment based feedback5. helps teachers and students make adjustments to improve achievement on standards
Name at least 3 features of formative assessment
Anything a teacher does to gather information about a student's knowledge or skill regarding a specific topic.
Marzano's Definition of Classroom Assessment
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Obtrusive2. Unobtrusive3. Student Generated
Name 3 TYPES of Classroom Assessments
1. Formative scores2. Summative scores3.
Instructional Feedback
Name 3 USES of Classroom Assessments
Instruction does not occur. Normal flow of activity is interrupted.
What happens or doesn't happen during obtrusive assessments?
demonstrations, performances, pencil and paper task
Name 3 types of obtrusive assessments.
Students may not be aware assessment is happening. Does not interrupt instruction.
What happens or doesn't happen during unobtrusive assessments?
When learning content that is procedural, or content that involves learning a skill, strategy, or process.
When are unobtrusive assessments most easily applied?
Students generate ideas about the manner in which they will demonstrate their current status on a given topic.
Define Student-Generated assessments
Depends on how the information is used. (Not the instrument of assessment)
What really determines whether an assessment is formative or summative?
Timing of the interpretation and the purpose for which the information is used
What 2 criteria are used to determine if the assessment outcome is formative or summative?
Assessments can have multiple forms and multiple uses
Discuss the mindset change of using the terms summative and formative scores vs summative and formative assessments. Why is this a shift?
Formative scores are to show growth or lack of and summative score is level at the end of learning
Why does averaging formative scores not equal a summative score?
False
True/ False- Scoring assessments used for instructional feedback is required for student growth.
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Derived from a variety of types of assessments 2. May or may not be scored3. Inform the teacher about how both the class and specific students are progressing4. Helps determine summative score for student5. Not a formal part of the design of summative scores
Name at least 3 attributes of formative assessments
Interaction between teacher and students
Instructional feedback involves a great deal of _____________ between _____________& _______________
Gradually increases the knowledge level of the class as a whole by providing questioning and FEEDBACK multiple times in a period.
Explain how scaffold assessments for instructional feedback work?
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Chris2. Jay3. Kristi4. Courtney5. Jennifer
Do Exercise 2.2 together.
Identify specific content they must improve on and things they might do to improve.
What adaptation must a STUDENT make in the formative assessment process?
Identifying content that must be reviewed or retaught.
What adaptation must a TEACHER make in the formative assessment process?
