Formative AssessmentKelly Gardner

PARATESOL 2009

A Little Bit About Me

What´s happening with assessmentin the United States?

The traditional system rankedstudents.

Now all students are expected to reacha certain level of proficiency.

What´s happening with assessmentin the United States?

Now teachers and school are being heldaccountable for ALL students´ success dueto a law called ¨No Child Left Behind.¨

Schools are closed if students test scoresare too low.

Some teachers´ salaries are affected bystudent performance.

As a result, schools are focussing onimproving their assessment practices.

Why Work on Assessment?

Shows how performanceimproves when teachers arebetter at classroom assessment

Marzano (2006) Classroom Assessment andGrading that Work. Virginia: Association forSupervision and Curriculum Development.

What is SummativeAssessment?

Examples

Final ExamsQuizzesWhat else? Rick Stiggins

calls it¨assessment OFlearning¨

What is FormativeAssessment?

ExamplesAssessments that

provide feedbackSelf assessmentsQuizzes

(sometimes)What else?Stiggins calls it

Assessment FORLearning andsuggests that we donot do enough of it.

What is the purpose ofsummative assessments?

Your thoughts

What is the purpose offormative assessments?

Your thoughts

What is the value ofsummative assessments?Your thoughts

What is the value offormative assessments?

Your thoughts

What makes anassessment formative?

Informs instruction Is given before the end of the

unitAccording to Stiggins, it should

provide descriptive feedbackThe students knows where he or sheis and what needs to be improved.

What is good descriptivefeedback?

Blindfold Activity

What is good descriptivefeedback?

Limited informationOne thing that the student is doing well

and one thing to work onSpecific and high quality

Words like good job, excellent don´t tellyou much.

Clear and related to the assessmentcriteria

How often should we givestudents feedback?

Once a month?Once a week?Once a semester?Once per class?

What are some examplesof feedback that teachers

use?Examples

Classroom Examples Closing thoughts Ticket out the door Think- pair- share Magnets Bar graphs Fist to five, thumbs up/ thumbs down Self- reflection Corners Carousel Sign cards Chalk talk Quiz Feedback Form

Think- Pair - Share

Students thinkindividually first.

Then they sharetheir thoughts witha partner.

Finally, they sharetheir thoughts withthe class.

Self- Assessment/Reflection

ExamplesMagnetsFist to five, thumbs up/ thumbsdown

Self- reflectionCornersChalk talk

Self- Assessment/Reflection

ExamplesMagnetsStudents have the

opportunity to placemagnets where theybelieve they haveperformed that day.

Very Well

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Not At All

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Self- Assessment/Reflection

ExamplesFist to five, thumbs

up/ thumbs down Fist to Five

5 = Very Well4 = Well3 = Somewhat Well4 = Not Very Well5 = Not At All

Self- Assessment/Reflection

ExamplesCorners

Stand in thecorner that iseasiest for you.

Stand in thecorner that ismost difficult foryou.

Chalk talkA written

conversationabout thecontent on thechalk board.

Feedback Form Feedback Form – A written form designed to elicitfeedback from both the teacher and the student.

S t a r s : What you did well ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ S t e p s : What you need to work on _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

My teacher’s opinion S t a r s : What you have done well ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ S t e p s : What you should work on ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Bar GraphsStudents graphresult their pre andpost test tomeasure andreflect on theirgrowth.

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CarouselStudents write or draw what they knowabout a variety of topics.

Celebrations!!

Festivals

QuizzesShort quizzes can be effective ways forstudents and teachers to evaluatelearning.

If they are pop quizzes, studentsshouldn´t be graded.

Quiz Example

True or FalseFormative assessment is never in theform of a test.It is important to give students lots offeedback on every assignment.There should be more summativeassessments than formativeassessments.Formative and summative assessmentsshould be related.Every assessment should be graded.

True or FalseStudents can give feedback to eachother.Assessments should take up the entireclass period.¨Good job!¨ is an example of descriptivefeedback.Summative assessment means¨assessment for learning.¨This test is an example of a summativeassessment.

Closing ThoughtsReflective sentence starters thatstudents use to give a closing thoughtbefore leaving the classroom.

One thing I learned today...I wonder...I´m confused about...I believe...One question I have is...I now know...

SourcesMarzano, R. (2006). Classroom Assessment

and Grading that Work. Virginia:Association for Supervision and CurriculumDevelopment.

Stiggins, R. (2007). Classroom AssessmentFor Student Learning. New Jersey:Pearson Education, Inc.