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Using Formative Assessment to Increase Student Learning
Dr. Jennifer Smithers Marten
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Formative Assessment
• Success– Enrichment– Further Instruction
• Needs Improvement– Correctives
Summative Assessment
• Success– Instruction on new unit– Evidence for evaluation
• Needs Improvement– Correctives– Summative can become
formative if goals weren’t met
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Guskey & Bailey (2001) Developing Grading and Reporting Systems for Student Learning. Corwin
When Summative Assessment Becomes Formative Assessment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4880PJnO2E
(Hat tip to Rick Wormeli for sharing this video at a workshop)
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Whose fault is it if the majority of your class fail an assignment?
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“Four-fifths of my students keep failing my tests,” he shouted to me from his doorway. “Well, screw ‘em if they can’t study!”
Accountability: Teaching Through Assessment and Feedback, Not Grading
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Purpose of Formative Assessment Systems
To reduce discrepancies between current understanding/performance and a desired goal
Hattie (2009). Visible Learning. Routledge
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An Effective
Formative Assessment System Answers
Three Questions
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Frey & Fisher (2011). The Formative Assessment Action Plan. ASCD.
Feed-Up
Where am I going?Ensures that students understand the purpose.
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Feed-UpTask clarity
Relevance
Potential for success
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Feedback
How am I doing?Provides students with information about their successes
and needs.
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Not All Feedback is Useful
Feedbad
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Feedback Meaningful
Purposeful
Tailored to the Needs of the Learner
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Feedback Task
Process
Self-Regulation
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Feed-Forward
Where am I going next?Guides student learning based on performance data.
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Feed-ForwardWatch for misconceptions carried forward
Error Analysis
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The absence of any one component places learning at risk.
Frey & Fisher (2011). The Formative Assessment Action Plan. ASCD.
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A Story About a Boy
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This Is His Writing Notebook
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This Is A Sample of His Writing(an on demand piece)
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Think-Pair-Share
What are your thoughts on his lead paragraph?
Claim/Thesis?
Hook?
Precise Language?
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Examples of Formative AssessmentNote Taking
Goal Setting
Rubric Checks
Choice Piece
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A Story About a Girl
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These Are Her Note Cards
Feedback
0 points
given originally
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These Are Her Note Cards
Feedback
Feedback
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Think-Pair-Share
What are your thoughts on her notes?
Effective?
Purposeful?
Useful?
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“I’m not learning anything because I am worrying too much about the technical
stuff she grades and not what I’m reading”
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Suggestions of Formative Assessment
Instead of Note CardsChoice
Comparisons
Connections
Jigsaw
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Some of My Favorite General Strategies
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If you did know, what would you say?
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Question Shells(Mindful & Planned)
Instead of “Is carbon a metal?”
Ask “Why is carbon not a metal?”
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Wiliam (2011). Embedded Formative Assessment. Solution Tree.
Reporter at Random
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Wiliam (2011). Embedded Formative Assessment. Solution Tree.
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Quick WriteSummarize
Connect to background information
Explain content concepts or vocabulary
Predict and Infer
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Think-Pair-Share
Think-Ink-Pair-Share
Think-Pair-Share-Reflect
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I Like I Wish I Wonder
Sample (from a PD session)
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Dirt Road to Autobahn
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Top 10 List
What are the top takeaways from today’s lesson?
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S-O-S
Statement
Opinion
Support
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Trouble Slips
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Over the Shoulder Writing Conference
Know your target
Ask questions
Share quick strategies
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Quick Assessments(Can be done in 90 seconds)
My Favorite: New Clothes
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Single Point Rubrics
Intro to Ed Example
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Frayer Model
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U-P-S – Understand, Plan, & Solve
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Google Docs
Voice Comments
Surveys
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Back Channel Chats
Answer Garden
Today’s Meet
Padlet (example from PD)
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If you could ask one last question…
What would it be?
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A Final Thought
The classroom must be a safe place to take risks
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Let’s Stay Connected
Twitter: @jenmarten
Blog: teach from the heart
Skype: jenmarten
Website: Feedback
LinkedIn: jenmarten
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More Than a Snapshot
Using Formative Assessment to
Increase Student Learning
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