Formative+Assessment

** Formative Assessment ** ** Definition ** The CCSSO defines formative assessment as “ a process used by teachers and students during instruction that provides feedback to adjust ongoing teaching and learning to improve students’ achievement of intended instructional outcomes.” According to Popham, “Formative assessment is a planned process in which assessment-elicited evidence of students’ status is used by teachers to adjust their ongoing instructional procedures or by students to adjust their current learning tactics.” Numerous definitions exist and it is a phrase that is frequently misused.

** Resources ** ** Books: **  Black, P., Harrison, C., Lee, C., Marshall, B. & Wiliam, D. (2003). Assessment for Learning: Putting it into Practice. Open University Press. Heritage, M., (2010). //Formative Assessment: Making it Happen in the Classroom//. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. Popham, W.J. (2008). //Transformative Assessment.// Alexandria, VA: ASCD. Popham, W.J. (2011).//Transformative Assessment in Action: An Inside Look at Applying the// //Process//. Alexandria, VA: ASCD. Brookhart, S. (2010). //Formative Assessment Strategies for Every Classroom.// Alexandria, VA: ASCD. Chappuis, J. (2009). //Seven Strategies of Assessment for Learning.// Allyn & Bacon.

** Links: ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Black and Wiliam’s “Inside the Black Box: Raising Standards Through Classroom Assessment” <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">CCSSO paper by Margaret Heritage <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|http://216.78.200.159/Documents/RandD/Other/CCSSO Formative Assessment - Heritage.pdf] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dylan Wiliam’s site <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] Rubric Maker - from Scholastic @http://teacher.scholastic.com/tools/rubric.htm

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