Transcript Formative Assessment

Formative
Assessment
Staff Development
St. Amant High School
Danielle Delaune, Kellie Gonzales, & Lori Ridgdell
Formative Assessment:
• Depicts students’ life as a learner.
• Used to make instructional adjustments.
• Alerts the teacher about student
misconceptions “early warning signal.”
• Allows students to build on previous
experiences.
• Provides regular feedback.
• Provides evidence of progress.
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Respond to the following
prompt:
“Formative
assessment is
like cooking a
gumbo.”
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Formative Assessment
• Formative assessment is the process used
by teachers and students during instruction
that provides feedback to adjust teaching
and learning for the purpose of improving
student learning.
Council of Chief State School Officers, October 2006
Notes:
Process rather than a particular test….
It is not the nature of the test itself that makes it formative or summative…it is the use to
which those results will be put.
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Formative Assessment is
NOT
• Just another assessment in the
world of accountability
• Meant to be graded
• Just one more thing to do in the
classroom
• Something given without purpose
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The Formative Assessment
Process
Students
Teachers
Understand the target.
(Focus on learning goals.)
Select and clearly communicate
the learning target.
Produce work.
Make at least one assignment.
Compare the work with the target.
Compare student performance
with the target or goal.
Evaluate strengths and
weaknesses.
Evaluate students’ strengths and
weaknesses.
Prescribe action for improvement. Give clear oral or written
feedback.
Take action for improvement:
study, practice, review, rewrite,
etc.
Support or assign action to close
the gap.
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Research consistently shows that
use of regular, high-quality
Formative Assessments
increases student achievement.
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Why assess?
• Purpose of assessment is to:
– Determine if learner ‘got it’ …
– Help teachers determine student
understanding;
– Guide next steps of instruction;
– Provides differentiated instruction
– Provide meaningful feedback to stakeholders
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“You can enhance or destroy students’
desire to succeed in school more quickly and
permanently through your use of
assessment than with any other tools you
have at your disposal.”
Rick Stiggins, Assessment Trainers Institute
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