Formative Assessment

Formative Assessment
The word assess comes from the Latin verb assidere meaning to sit with . In assessment, one is supposed to sit with the learner. This implies it is something we do with and for students and not to students. (Green 1998)

The AssessmentInstruction Process

Summative Assessment
making sure

Pre Assessment
finding out

Benchmark Assessment
formal check-up

Formative Assessment
checking in feedback student involvement

Forma&ve Assessments
Assessments to drive / inform instruc2on Assessments for learning Gives descrip2ve feedback to students about their learning NOT GRADEDNot used as accountability

How o0en do we use this type of assessment?

Daily Weekly During instruc2on

Assessment for Learning Assessment of Learning

Summative Assessment
(Assessment OF Learning)

Pre Assessment

Formative Assessment
(Assessment FOR Learning)

Shifts in Assessment
From assessing to learn what students do not know

To assessing to learn what students understand

From using results to calculate grades

To using results to inform instruc2on

From end-of-term assessments by teachers From judgmental feedback that may harm student mo2va2on

To students engaged in ongoing assessment of their work and others

To descrip2ve feedback that empowers and mo2vates students