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Formative Assessment
Strategies, tips and tools to help you know what they know
Relevance Objective:
What are they thinking?
(and do I really want to know?)
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Jot down three things
you already know about
formative assessment
and one thing you want
to know.
Please Do Now
Strategy
#1
The “Do Now”
Strategy #2 Think-Write-Pair-
SharePlease turn to your neighbor and do the
following:
#1--share your lists
#2--work together to write a one sentence definition of formative
assessment
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A Window to
Understanding
(or to a lack there of)
Formative Assessment is…
When the cook tastes the soup, that’s formative assessment;
When the customer tastes the soup, that’s
summative assessment
---Paul Blackfrequently cited as a forefather of formative assessment research
“Tasting” the Soup
Observe, Question and Listen
Strategy #3Quick Response
Anonymous—general overview of class
Named—specific, individual responses
Students are given a list of words, then asked to sort the words into pre-
determined categories
Strategy #4Closed Word Sort
Formative Summative
Strategy #53x3 Word Sort
Students take terms from a given list, arrange them onto a3 x 3 table, then write sentences…
Please use the words to write complete
sentencesSentence #1 -- Column 1 down
Sentence #2 -- Column 2 down
Sentence #3 -- Column 3 down
Sentence #4 -- Your choice: four corners, diagonal, across
Strategy #6Dump and Clump
Students are given a specific topic
Brainstorm on words associated with the topic (dump)
Categorize the words in ways that make sense to them (clump
Title each category
The Dumpster
The ClumpsterYour Title Your TitleYour Title
Dept. Specific Categories
Math: Geometry
Science: Environment
Business, Tech Ed: Technology
English: American Lit. Authors
Social Studies: Vietnam
FACS/Phys Ed: nutrition
Music: musical styles
World Languages: culture
Strategy #7The Frayer Model
Definition Characteristics
Examples Non Examples
Tech ToolsFor Formative Assessment
Pirate Pad
Voicethread Intell
Strategy #8Exit Ticket
Which one of these strategies are you most likely to use to tap into your students
thinking?
Briefly share an idea about how you might integrate this tool or strategy into your specific
curriculum.