What is formative assessment?
Formative assessment is an assessment for learning, not of learning. This type of assessment allows students to get feedback in order to better construct their work. Formative assessment should focus more on the task instead of the learner.
What is the CENTRAL purpose of formative assessment?
The central purpose of formative assessment is student learning.
Connect a best practice in formative assessment to one research-based strategy.
Providing feedback is a research-based strategy that is strongly connected to best practices in formative assessment. This strategy initiates timely and positive feedback, which is key in high quality formative assessment.
Give an example of how a specific assessment can be used formatively and summatively.
A rubric can be used formatively because it lists criteria that will assist students in working towards what is expected of them. The rubric can be used summatively to provide the student with a grade.
Give an example from your field placement related to formative assessment and timing.
In my clinical placement, my students have been practicing for the writing assessment. They have been writing stories using a block paragraph method. This is where a paper is folded into four sections, and then each paragraph goes on one section. This allows the students to process each paragraph in a more structured way. Once the students construct their story, the teacher discusses it one-on-one with each student. She gives the learner advice on how to better the story and compliments on the strong points. This provides a type of formative assessment with immediate feedback for the students.
What are some strategies to help formative assessment be more effective when providing students with feedback?
Student feedback needs to be timely. The feedback should be given as soon as possible, so that the task is still fresh on the student’s mind. Feedback should also be specific. Never just tell a student that he or she did well. Specifically state what they did well. Feedback should also be task-focused, not learner-focused.
Name two advantages to high quality formative assessment.
High quality formative assessment helps to identify students who are struggling with particular tasks. This will help teachers to change up instruction to better reach student needs. High quality formative assessment also provides students with more confidence and control. Providing students with positive feedback allows them to feel better about their work, and allowing them to correct it to better reach a goal makes them feel more in control of their own work.
What are some challenges to implementing high quality formative assessment?
One challenge to high quality formative assessment includes linking assessment to instruction so that both the teacher and the student benefit. Another challenge is in developing a support system for high quality formative assessment. If parents in the community do not understand the purpose behind formative assessment, they could view it as a lazy and unhelpful process. The community needs to be introduced to this strategy so that the teacher has a support group.
Resources:
NA. (2005). Focus on effectiveness. Retrieved from http://www.netc.org/focus/
NCTE. (2010). Fostering high-quality. Retrieved from http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/Journals/CC/0201-sep2010/CC0201PolicyBrief.pdf
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