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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.”

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Formative Assessment

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  1. Formative Assessment Staff Development St. Amant High School Danielle Delaune, Kellie Gonzales, & Lori Ridgdell

  2. 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. www.brainybetty.com

  3. Respond to the following prompt: “Formative assessment is like cooking a gumbo.” www.brainybetty.com

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  5. Formative Assessment Formative assessment is the processused by teachersand studentsduring 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. www.brainybetty.com

  6. 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 www.brainybetty.com

  7. The Formative Assessment Process www.brainybetty.com

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  9. Research consistently shows that use of regular, high-quality Formative Assessmentsincreases student achievement. www.brainybetty.com

  10. 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 www.brainybetty.com

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  14. “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 www.brainybetty.com

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