ARTICLE 15 - THE BEST VALUE IN FORMATIVE

ASSESSMENTBROUGHT TO YOU BY

TEAM AWESOME (TRYGVE, ERIC AND PAT)

3 KEY IDEAS

•Formative assessment is best when used for learning (while student can still make changes)

•Strictly formative assessments mean there is no final mark (no 84%, B+, meets standards)

•Feedback is a key component of assessment for learning

2 APPLICATIONS

•Sharing anonymous strong and weak student examples and why early in the process

•Feedback and the opportunity to change before summative

1 QUESTION

•If students don't care about learning why would they take formative assessment seriously or at all?

•How do we empower students to self-assess?•Where do we as teachers get time in the classroom when we must cover breadth of content?