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Formative Assessment Plan

By Sabah MemonEDUC 310- Dr. Pelech

Due: May 8, 2015

What is Formative Assessment?

Formative or informal assessment is ongoing, non-standardized assessment, used by teachers to monitor the progress and success of students in reaching the objectives of a lesson. Formative assessment occurs in a variety of ways to appeal to different teaching and learning styles and helps teachers determine whether any changes in the lesson need to be made to improve student learning. A variety of methods and strategies can be used to achieve this goal!

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INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITIESThe following are some

examples of activities that are quick and simple, but will yield

significant information about individual student learning

EXIT PASSES

Many teachers make excellent use of exit passes. Exit passes include short, written responses at the end of a lesson where students show what they have learned. These can be a 3-2-1, where students write three things they learned, two things they want to know more about, and one question they still have. It could be a short response to a specific question, multiple choice questions, or other any format that works best for that lesson.

Two student samples are shown on the next slide:

Exit Passes: A simple summary of what the student

learned

This student responded to a

comment from a paper.

Top 3 Lists: Top 3 lists are a great way to get students to thing harder about what they learned that day. Students must go back and think about what they now know, and rank the top three items they learned with a short explanation of why they think it was most important.

A student example is shown to the right:

Think/Puzzle/Explore

Students write about what they think they know, what puzzles them, and how they want to explore a topic. This is a great activity to assess prior knowledge and to get students thinking about a new lesson. This is great with partners, too! Here’s an example:

Compass Activity: (Description is in the

image)

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GOUP OR PARTNER ACTIVITIESThe following are some

examples of activities that include working with peers, contributing aloud, or as a

whole group.

Oral Activities:

While any of the above activities can be modified to be partner-work or group activities, some oral activities are fun and quick to do with a whole class.

At the end of a lesson, board-share is great for visual and oral learners, where the students contribute the knowledge and comprehension they have gained from the lesson and the teacher maps it out on the board. This can be formal, on a projector, or just written out.

Additionally, having students share their ideas or respond to a topic with a partner is an easy and effective way to assess understanding. This is great for those interpersonal learners, too! The teacher can listen around and assess the depth of student learning and who may need more help.

Simply asking a few questions or having students repeat back to you what they know is another easy way to do formative assessment.

Some other ideas:

A favorite of students is using poster paper and letting students write and draw about a topic. Have different groups work on different topics and then play I-Spy where one or two students go around and “spy” what other groups have written. They report back to their group when they’ve “spied” around.

Simply walking around while students are working is a great way to catch students “doing something good”, as my professor would say. Silent monitoring added with a written record of each students progress over time is a great way to perform long-term formative assessment.

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A Formative Assessment Plan!

An effective use of formative assessment is to use the information and data gained about student learning and modify your

lesson for the better. Teachers are always making their teaching better for every group of students and their needs. The following is an example of a formative assessment plan

for future use:

Formative Assessment Plan:

THANKS!