Assessment Data

What question(s) should a teacher ask him/herself after gathering formative assessment data?

• When is this session over?

• Why should I look at data?

• Who needs my attention? Which students need a different approach? Which students need to be challenged more?

• In 40 years, who will care about this data?

Which of the following is NOT a good example of a formative assessment?

• Exit ticket
• Think, Pair, Share
• Quizizz Review
• Asking students to rate the brownies you baked.

Teachers should use the same formative assessments every time.

• True
• False

Why should I use formative assessment?

• to make decisions about current instruction
• to check for understanding of student learning
• to make decisions about future instruction
• all of the above

Formative assessment is assessment

• given prior to instruction

• used during instruction

• used for standards based grading

• given at the end of a unit

Product-oriented and assesses the final product

• Formative
• Summative

Student-teacher conference about a first draft.

• Formative
• Summative

Usually given at the end of a unit or an extended time period

• Formative
• Summative

Usually "high stakes" such as a midterm exam, final project, PSSA test.

• Formative

• Summative

Gives students useable feedback about their current learning in relation to longer term learning goals.

• Formative

• Summative