Assessment for Learning

Today’s Essential Questions

• What is formative assessment?• How do changes in teacher-generated

questions impact teaching and learning? • How can I plan to support assessment for

learning in my own classroom?

Formative Assessment

Using evidence of student learning

to adapt teaching and learning to meet student needs.

~Dylan Wiliam

A General Model• What do we want students to know

and be able to do? (Standards)• What do students know? What can

they do? (Assessment)• How do we move from here to there?

(FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT)

Formative Assessment Strategies

• Share learning intentions and criteria(Set and share goal/target for student learning)

• Elicit student thinking and evidence of understanding(Solicit and listen to comments from students comments, answers, questions, or problems related to goals)

Formative Assessment Strategies

• Provide effective feedback that moves students forward

• Engage students in peer- and self-assessment(Asks questions that encourage students to think)

• Use formative assessment information in instructional planning(summative as formative sometimes)

Formative Assessment Strategies

• There are posters labeled with each of the five general strategies.

• Circulate and list specific examples of how you implement this strategy in your teaching.

• Gallery walk: read what others have posted-check agree with, add more examples

• I will summarize to the Google document.

Sharing Learning Intentions

Set and share goal/target for student learning“Essential Questions”

What is the triangle inequality theorem?

Let’s examine some “essential questions”.

New Essential Questions• What is the triangle inequality theorem?

VS.• What is the relationship between the side lengths of any triangle? • Can any three side lengths be used to form a triangle? Why or why not?

What is the function of the muscle?

Rewrite:

How does the muscle effect…?

What was the Manhattan Project?

Rewrite:

How did the Manhattan Project effect…?Describe the relationship between…?

Evaluate this question.

Describe 3 reasons the Progressives gained power in the early 1900’s.

Your Turn• Pick a topic that you will be teaching

in an upcoming class• Identify (from text) or write essential

questions for your chosen topic.• Work with a partner to ensure the

questions are exploratory.

Sharing Criteria• Velcro Wall Reports

• Constructing a rubric

Exit Slip for today

• What have you learned about formative assessment?

• What do you still want to know?

• How can I begin to support assessment for learning with my students?

You can enhance or destroy students’ desire to succeed in school more quickly and permanently through your use of assessment than any other tools you have at your disposal.

Rick StigginsAssessment Trainers Institute