Fostering High Quality Formative Assessment: A Policy Brief by The National Council of Teachers for English

What is formative assessment?

• This is a way to see if the students are retaining the knowledge throughout the learning process and if there needs to be any modifications to the teaching or activities. It can be forml or informal

What is the CENTRAL purpose of formative assessment?

• Improving student achievement

Connect a best practice in formative assessment to one research-based strategy.

• provides feedback that engenders motivation and leads to improvement (Providing Feedback)

Give an example of how a specific assessment can be used formatively and summatively.

• You can give the same test as a pre and a post test. In the begining as a formative assessment you can see what your students know and what you need to teach. Then at the end it can be a summative assessment to see that they have learned.

Give an example from your field placement related to formative assessment and timing.

• I have K and we use games to test how well the students are at rhyming. The teacher keeps testing them formitavely before she wants to give them a summative test on it.

What are some strategies to help formative assessment be more effective when providing students with feedback?

• Be specific on what they need to work on
• Using a rubric or a check list

Name two advantages to high quality formative assessment.

• Using high-quality will allow students to be more successful in other classes
• It provides enough details for the student so they know why, what, and how they are to proceed as they continue to work on the content.

What are some challenges to implementing high quality formative assessment?

• Takes more time to do