Bill edited Introduction to Formative Assessment - IA

One of the fundamental practices of professional learning teams is formative assessment -- collecting information during the course of teaching that can be used to target a teacher's instructional decisions and intervene on behalf of students who are struggling to master content or who have mastered content before lessons even begin. In this short presentation, teachers will learn more about the reasons formative assessment matters and review several simple strategies for making formative assessment doable.
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Sample Unit Overview Sheets
In Checking for Understanding, formative assessment experts Doug Fisher and Nancy Frey argue that any good system of formative assessment must start with clearly articulated goals that every student understands. "A clearly articulated purpose provides teachers with guidance about checking for understanding and allows students to share responsibility for learning. When the purpose is not clear, or not agreed upon, students may complete a number of tasks yet not be motivated to assume responsibility" (Kindle Location 215). For session presenter Bill Ferriter, clearly articulating a purpose for learning starts and ends by developing unit overview sheets.
Resources:
Upper Elementary Unit Overview Sheet, Version 1 - The initial unit overview sheet that Bill Ferriter used with his sixth grade students.

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