Formative Assessment

Strategies, tips and tools to help you know what they know

Relevance Objective:

What are they thinking?

(and do I really want to know?)

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Jot down three things

you already know about

formative assessment

and one thing you want

to know.

Please Do Now

Strategy

#1

The “Do Now”

Strategy #2 Think-Write-Pair-

SharePlease turn to your neighbor and do the

following:

#1--share your lists

#2--work together to write a one sentence definition of formative

assessment

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A Window to

Understanding

(or to a lack there of)

Formative Assessment is…

When the cook tastes the soup, that’s formative assessment;

When the customer tastes the soup, that’s

summative assessment

---Paul Blackfrequently cited as a forefather of formative assessment research

“Tasting” the Soup

Observe, Question and Listen

Strategy #3Quick Response

Anonymous—general overview of class

Named—specific, individual responses

Students are given a list of words, then asked to sort the words into pre-

determined categories

Strategy #4Closed Word Sort

Formative Summative

Strategy #53x3 Word Sort

Students take terms from a given list, arrange them onto a3 x 3 table, then write sentences…

Please use the words to write complete

sentencesSentence #1 -- Column 1 down

Sentence #2 -- Column 2 down

Sentence #3 -- Column 3 down

Sentence #4 -- Your choice: four corners, diagonal, across

Strategy #6Dump and Clump

Students are given a specific topic

Brainstorm on words associated with the topic (dump)

Categorize the words in ways that make sense to them (clump

Title each category

The Dumpster

The ClumpsterYour Title Your TitleYour Title

Dept. Specific Categories

Math: Geometry

Science: Environment

Business, Tech Ed: Technology

English: American Lit. Authors

Social Studies:  Vietnam

FACS/Phys Ed: nutrition

Music:  musical styles

World Languages: culture

Strategy #7The Frayer Model

Definition Characteristics

Examples Non Examples

Tech ToolsFor Formative Assessment

Pirate Pad

Voicethread Intell

Strategy #8Exit Ticket

Which one of these strategies are you most likely to use to tap into your students

thinking?

Briefly share an idea about how you might integrate this tool or strategy into your specific

curriculum.