What is formative assessment?Formative assessment is an assessment specifically for learning, not of what has already been learned. This type of assessment informs both the teacher and student so adjustments can be made in order to improve learning.
What is the CENTRAL purpose of formative assessment?Formative assessment is focused on student learning.
Connect a best practice in formative assessment to one research-based strategy.Providing feedback is a research-based strategy that is strongly connected to best practices in formative assessment.
Give an example of how a specific assessment can be used formatively and summatively.A rubric can be a formative assessment because it can assist students working towards their goal or assignment. The rubric can also be used as a summative assessment to help assign a grade to students.
Give an example from your field placement related to formative assessment and timing.My cooperating teacher uses a timer for multiple assignments and testing for the first grade students. One thing that is related to their formative assessment is that students must be able to count to 200 within a certain set amount of time for state testing. She tests the students on a weekly basis counting their numbers and keeping a record of how long it took them to count.
What are some strategies to help formative assessment be more effective when providing students with feedback?Specific student feedback needs to be given as soon as possible, so that the critic or feedback can be used to improve the students work before they receive a grade on it.
Name two advantages to high quality formative assessment.High quality formative assessment helps to identify students who do not understand the material so that the teacher can adjust or reteach if necessary. High quality formative assessment also provides an opportunity to give the student feedback and encouragement which build self esteem. This also allows them to understand the assignment and feel as though it had more importance, or that they have more of a connection to it.
What are some challenges to implementing high quality formative assessment?High quality formative assessment requires a lot more time and effort on the teacher's part (as does most things worth doing). But the result of this type of assessment and teaching is a better understanding from students and in turn better grades and testing. To teach, the teacher must gather all information possible so that they remained informed prior to, during and after instruction.
Resources:NA. (2005). Focus on effectiveness. Retrieved from http://www.netc.org/focus/NCTE. (2010). Fostering high-quality. Retrieved from http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/Journals/CC/0201-sep2010/CC0201PolicyBrief.pdf
You have a strong understanding of formative assessment!
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