What is Formative Assessment

Which most accurately defines formative assessment?

• A test or a quiz used by students to show what they know.

• Assesses what the students have retained at the end of a unit.

• A formal and informal process teachers and students use to gather evidence to inform next steps in teaching and learning.

• 20% of students' grades

The first step in utilizing formative assessments is . . .

• Choosing an all-student response tool

• Communicating a clear learning target and/or success criteria

• Getting feedback from the students and team-mates

• Analyzing previous formative assessments to see what worked and what hasn't

Which of the following is found on the image below?

• success criteria

• learning objectives

• evidence of learning

• common core state standards

Which of the following are success criteria for diagnostic questions (select all that apply)

• Assesses understanding of a learning target/performance skill

• Uncovers student misconceptions

• Make it unlikely that students could get the correct answer for the wrong reason

• Elicit a response from all students

• Results in instructional action

Which of the following is NOT a criterion for a hinge point question?

• Every student should be able to respond in two minutes or less

• Responses should be collected and analyzed from all students in thirty seconds.

• The question should fall at the end of the lesson.

• Deciding in advance how many students need to get the correct answer before moving on.

Is this a quality hinge-point question:

Put the following numbers in order, largest to smallest:

0.1

0.931

0.67

0.32

• Met

• Not Yet

Is this a quality diagnostic question?

Balance this equation.

• Met

• Not Yet

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

• K-W-L
• Teacher Questioning in class
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• Unit Test

Formative assessments must be graded.

• True – Students and their parents want a grade for all work that is completed.

• False – FA are just a snapshot of student progression and used to edit instruction towards educational goal.

The primary purpose of formative assessment is to improve learning, not merely audit it.

• True
• False