TEPG Formative Assessment Follow-Up Session “Formative assessment is one of the most powerful ways to raise student achievement” (Black & Wiliam, 1998) November, 2014

Session Purpose Purpose: to provide the opportunity to expand your understanding of Formative Assessment and become more effective with your intentional use of Formative Assessment to inform instruction and provide student feedback.

Agenda Video (10 min.) Revisit of October self assessment (20 min.) Article review (“the Final Word”) (45 min.) Companion Guide deep dive (If time) Additional resources available (2 min.) Wrap-up: Connection to district initiatives (10 min.)

Watch the short video titled The Formative Classroom 5-minute Video Watch the short video titled The Formative Classroom Follow-Up Discussion: Thoughts, questions as needed.

Revisiting Your Self-Assessment Using your self assessment from the October workshop, at this point, would you change any of the frequency or confidence level ratings for any of the 18 strategies on your self-assessment? Have you been implementing your ‘Personal Next Step(s)’, or any other Formative Assessment strategies? What impact have you seen on student learning? Your instruction? Any problems? Questions? Collect Formative Assessment ideas shared on template in GoogleDoc – choose one recorder from your cohort to collect strategies

The Final Word Strategy Article Review: Read The Bridge Between Today’s Lesson and Tomorrow’s. By: CA Tomlinson The Final Word Strategy Read the article: Highlight an idea from article that is most significant. Identify a second idea as well. Divide into two-three groups. One person begins by reading the idea he or she identified as significant in the article, point out where the idea is in the text. In 3 minutes, describe why the idea is significant. Continue around the circle, each person should respond to what the first person said in less than a minute. The purpose of the response is to expand on the idea, provide a different perspective, clarify the idea, question the idea. After going around the circle with each person responding, the person that began has one minute to have the final word and respond to what others have said. The next person in the circle then shares their idea from the article. Proceed around the circle using the same protocol above. Continue with this process until each person has had a turn. Follow-up and debrief with entire group. Need time keeper for each group.

TEPG Rubric Companion Guide 3.3 Look at the Key Elements and Guiding Questions on pg. 63 and the Performance Descriptor and Critical Attributes for the Effectives level on pg. 66. Using 3 sticky notes, be prepared to share the following: Star: Something you believe you do fairly well. Check: Something you believe you can improve on. Triangle: Something for which you would like clarification, something you see as particularly significant, have questions about, or possibly disagree with. If time: Ask administrators to speak to what he/she specifically looks for/expects to see during classroom observations with respect to Formative Assessment (give them a heads-up to this before this session).

Other Materials in Packet Articles Effective Formative Assessments The Right Questions, The Right Way by: Dylan William Thoughtful Assessment with the Learner in Mind Planning for Formative Assessment Formative Assessment Strategies Resources for Formative Assessment Point out additional resources to people that can be looked at for further information on Formative Assessment.

How does Formative Assessment relate to… Proficiency/Standards Based Education? Mass Customized Learning? Common Core State Standards? RTI? Other? 3-mins: Ask small groups to write a few sentences about how Formative Assessment relates to these district initiatives.