Changing the way you teach Formative Asessments Changing the way you teach

Essential Questions What are formative assessments? How are formative assessments different from summative assessment? How do formative assessments drive ongoing instruction? What resources are available for formative assessments? How do I start?

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Jigsaw Exercise Let’s learn about formative assessments

Formative assessment is the lived, daily embodiment of a teacher’s desire to refine practice based on a keener understanding of current levels of student performance, anchored by the teacher’s knowledge of possible paths of student development within the discipline and of pedagogies that support such development.