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Now What: Developing a Plan

Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel Together, how can we support formative assessment so that it is part of our everyday practice in classrooms? Now What? How can we use it, monitor our use, improve it? Slide 1

Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel Now What? Slide 2 In the previous modules, you set personal goals for continuing your work with formative assessment. Now we will focus on the TLC group goals and structures to support successful implementation.

Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel Implementing Change Slide 3 There are four main characteristics of successful innovations: 1.Effective interventions 2.Effective implementation 3.Adequate support and resources 4.Minimum of three years for substantive change (Fixsen, 2012) Consider how this information about successful innovations applies to your implementation of the process of formative assessment.

Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel Next Steps Slide 4 Using what you learned from the Showcase experience, your findings from the Reflection Protocol, and Handout 7.4.1, identify the opportunities you would like to pursue for additional work and practice as a group. Determine how you will continue your work with formative assessment using whatever collegial group is appropriate for you.

Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel Decision-Making Matrix Slide 5 Formative assessment is likely one of several initiatives at your site (school, district or state). Use Handout to see how formative assessment aligns with other initiatives and mandates at your site. The matrix is a tool to determine the current level of implementation and what is feasible for next steps.

Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel Formative Assessment Planning Slide 6 Again, gather your notes from the Showcase, your Formative Assessment Reflection Protocol (Handout 7.3.2), and Reflection-A Critical Look (Handout 7.4.1) with the Decision-Matrix information (Handout 7.5.1). Compare your goals with others to determine next steps. Collaboration is an important support to effectively implementing formative assessment. Before developing a plan, review the benefits of working with a TLC.

Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel Reviewing Your TLC Slide 7 Teacher Learning Communities serve an important role in the implementation of the process of formative assessment. Use Handout to examine: TLC benefits TLC organization, protocols and schedule TLC implementation strategies

Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel Creating Your Professional Improvement Plan (PIP) Slide 8 Complete Handout to create a formative assessment Professional Improvement Plan (PIP) for the upcoming year. Make sure to allocate sufficient time for implementing and monitoring the plan to achieve your goals.

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Check Your Learning On a scale of 1 to 5, rate the degree to which you have met the Module 7 success criteria (1 = not at all, 3 = somewhat, 5 = to a great extent): Articulate my mental model of the process of formative assessment Reflect upon and explain my current status of formative assessment implementation Use metacognitive skills to self regulate my learning Develop a plan for next steps in my formative assessment implementation

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Thank You! We appreciate your hard work and interest in these modules. We know your work with formative assessment will benefit students and support teachers’ practices. We look forward to continuing our collaboration. Please contact us if you have questions or comments, or would like additional information regarding formative assessment.

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