Effective Instruction: Formative Assessment Day 3

Analysis and Application

Effective Instruction

Effective Instruction:Formative Assessment

•Session 1: Beginning of a unit or lesson•Session 2: Checking for Understanding,

Effective Feedback•Session 3: Reflect, Review and Extend Understanding of Formative Assessment

Looking Back

Looking Ahead

Day 3 Guiding Questions

• What effective assessment practices are a consistent part of my teaching?

• What else could I do?

• What will I do in the future?

Analysis and Application• Agenda

Welcome Your Applications Review--Give one Get one Key Point Video Analysis Effective Assessment Practices Article

Analysis Application Choices Review Application Time Wrap

Formative Assessment:Formative Assessment:What the What the EssenceEssence of It Is of It Is

The heart of the process we know as formative assessment is constant use of formative assessment evidence to guide instruction.

Adapted from W. James Popham, 2008

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Sharing Your Work

• Table groups share out their formative assessments and effective use of feedback tried since session two.– What worked and how do you know?– What challenges occurred and how

did you overcome them?– How did your use of effective feedback

impact student understanding?

Let’s hear what worked for you!

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Formative Assessment Definition

• 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.

Assessment ReviewReview

Use the Give One, Get One graphic organizer to review these terms and concepts CIA Check for Understanding Effective Feedback Formative Assessment (including

Pre Assessment) Summative Assessment

Assessment Review

Video AnalysisCIAFormative vs SummativeChecking for UnderstandingEffective Feedback

A Quick Review

– Formative Assessment• During instruction--informative• Checking for understanding during the learning• Providing feedback to students as the learning

progresses

– Summative Assessment• After instruction--tests, quizzes, projects• Providing feedback to students after the learning• Reporting on student learning

Fisher and Frey on Checking for Understanding

“Checking for understanding completes the circle of assessment, planning, and instruction by providing teachers and students with evidence of learning….”

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Remember the Feedback Role Play

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Article Analysis•Work with a partner to analyze the article Seven Practices for Effective Learning by McTighe and O’Connor.

• Use the graphic organizer to assist your analysis.

• When you finish move to one of the

following application activities on the next slide.

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Make It Your Own• When you finish discussing the article with your partner:

–Think about these concepts in terms of your teaching.–Integrate one or more of these practices from the article into your units.–Record your thoughts, insights and applications on the second column.

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Self Assessment

• Please refer to the Pink Assessment card and mark your comfort level with a number “3” to indicate your knowledge or skill after this session.

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Resources to Support Your Application

• http://npformative3.wikispaces.com

• U drive Effective Instruction folder– ASCD DI Tool Kit– ASCD Formative Assessment Templates– Checking for Understanding Strategies

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To Do Between Now and Next Time…

•Continue to use Formative Assessment and Effective Feedback in the classroom

Next Steps in Effective Instruction

• Year Two Goals – Four Sessions– Curriculum Clarity– What to do when your students don’t get it

• Intervention• Remediation

– What to do when your students already had it• Enrichment

Effective Instruction Year IIClarity

Going? Are? Reached?

Day 3 Guiding Questions

• What effective assessment practices are a consistent part of my teaching?

• What else could I do?

• What will I do in the future?

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2-1 Feedback – Work on

On an index card please write…• 2 Concepts that today’s session validated

from your prior understanding.

• 1 Idea that you will use in the classroom.

Place these cards on the desk near the door.

Closing Thought

“Great teachers never stop learning.”