1. Formative Assessments

2. Key Questions About Formative Assessment
What are formative assessments?
Why do we use formative assessments? (Rationale)
When do we use formative assessments?

3. Why do we use formative assessments?
Teachers who regularly utilize formative assessments are better able to:
determine what standards students already know and to what degree (purposeful)
Decide what minor modifications/major changes in instruction they need to make so all students can succeed
Create appropriate lessons &activities for groups or individual students (differentiate instruction)
Inform students about progress in order for them to set goals for improvement
Common Formative Assessments by Larry Ainsworth & Donald B. Reeves

4. Traditional Instruction- Assessment Model
Teach
Teach
Teach
Assign
Grades
Teach
Posttest

5. Instruction-Assessment Model With Data Analysis
Pre-Assess
Analyze Results
Plan for Differentiated Instruction
Post-Assess
Teach
Teach
Monitor. Reflect,Adjust

6. When do we use formative Assessments?

7. Group Activity
Each group will receive a lesson plan specific to their content area
Read through the lesson plan
Develop a pre-assessment that would correlate to the lesson
Decide on a method for “checking for understanding” during the lesson
Develop a post-assessment that would demonstrate whether or not the students achieved the Teaching Point

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