Course | Formative Assessment (5 Hours)

Formative assessments allow teachers to respond to a student's needs quickly, and, even more importantly, allows the student to shape instruction. Effective formative assessments result in instruction that meets the needs of each student.

In this innovative online PD course, teachers learn about and implement formative assessments. Discover and demonstrate for yourself, your students, and your community what happens when students are truly learning.

Lesson 1: The Essentials

- Concepts behind and purpose of formative assessment
- Practical strategies that may be used to implement formative assessment
- Commonly used formative assessments, including teacher observation,
questioning, rubrics, essays, and peer assessment
- Benefits of each strategy and how they can be used effectively

Lesson 2: Nuts and Bolts

- The process of formative assessment
- Concepts behind goal mastery
- The importance of feedback, reports, visual depiction, and celebration in
formative assessment
- Designing lesson plans that integrate formative assessment

Lesson 3: Making Connections

- The role of assessment in standards-based education
- Formative and summative assessments, and the difference between the
two

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