What do you know about Formative Assessments?

What is the purpose of having learning goals? 

• to help create the success criteria
• for students and teacher to be clear on what needs to be learned
• for teachers to know what to assess students on
• all of the above

What do learning progressions provide?

• Descriptive feedback
• The big picture of what is to be learned
• Standards from the common core
• Ways to assess students

What should teachers provide students when starting a lesson? 

• Clear communication and understanding of learning targets and success criteria
• Exit ticket
• Collaboration
• Objective and agenda written on the board

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

• True
• False