Implement Formative

Assessment Through
Low and High Technology

Harry Tuttle, Ed.D.

Instructor, author, consultant
harry.g.tuttle@gmail.com
Formative Feedback
The process of helping students
immediately moving forward from
their present diagnosed learning to
the expected learning goal (Tuttle,
2011).
Martin luff http://www.flickr.com/photos/23934380@N06/5469769673/
(Tuttle, 2009)
Formative Assessment
Organization
1-Specific learning goal
Learning Goal
Family – Foreign Language function and amount/level
I can
___Name 10 family members.
___Say their names and relationship to me.
___Describe three of them.
___Describe three family members' likes/dislikes and
favorite activities.
___ Tell something I did with a family member.
Work vs Exemplar
2- Exemplar – Raise the Bar

Man of Wax http://www.flickr.com/photos/manofwax/3094593773/

2.6 Create an original work of art

Exemplar:
Rule of thirds
Prospective
Color Contrast
Capture exemplars: Whiteboard

Camera

Screencast

Blog
Wiki
Character
analysis

Literary Analysis

Novel

Reading

ELA
Yearly 5 months monthly weekly daily
Instruction
intertwined
with assessment
Instruction

Formative
Assessment
3- Pre-assessments
online self report online content quizzes
such as such as

Quia
Google Forms
ProProfs
Hot Potatoes
 RTI

Tier 1 within the classroom

80% students

Tier 2 15%

Tier 3 5%
 Formative Assessment

Where? Gap? Close?

Formative Assessment Process
(Tuttle, 2009)
Monitor (observe)
And record
Use formative rubrics
or checklists


Record monitoring through
- Mail labels
- 3 x 5 cards
- Standards sheets
- I can statements
- Logs
- Wiki
- Spreadsheet
- Electronic portfolio

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 Diagnosis

(Tuttle, 2009)
 Specific strategy Learning
to overcome the learning gap Goal

(Tuttle, 2009)
Avoid:
Study!

Focus!

Work harder!
Feedback:

Technology

Oral

Written

Non Verbal
Feedback

2-3

Specific
Teacher Feedback
Give formative feedback with new strategies
through

Jing

Word YouTube

PowerPoint Practice Quizzes

Organizers Website
Peer Feedback
Use Inspiration checklist for feedback

1 2 3
Sample
Shape
writing:
The bedroom
Color
has a brown
bed. The bed
is big. There
Direction
are pictures.

Weight

Size
Digital Gallery Walk on a Class Wiki
2+ 1 --
Help your
partner to
develop more
“delicious” words
Self Feedback
 *
Vocabulary Strategy-
Student graphs own scores
100
90
80
70 Wk 1
60 Wk 2
50 Wk 3
40 Wk 4
30 Wk 5
20
10
0
Score

(Tuttle, 2009)
Electronic portfolio Reflection:

Learned?

Yet?

How?
 Select a Strategy from the teacher provided list.

(Tuttle, 2011)
“I can ” statements.



Possible strategies
Time for Improvement

R Scully http://www.flickr.com/photos/rickscully/5317538958/
Monitor improvement

and celebrate successes

 Timed Journal Writing
– Class Weekly Average
200
180
160
140
120
100
Total Words in
80
8 minutes
60
40
20
0
Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk
1 3 5 7 9
From Tuttle's Learning and Technology Assessments for Administrators
Spreadsheet for Learning Goal 1.1 arranged by lowest to highest scoring

(Tuttle, 2009)
Success Model

Celebrate!
Celebrate:

-Wiki

- Wall

- Email

- Music
Eye on Education  Link to books
Sources:
Monthly column for Grant Wiggins' Big Ideas website such as http://tinyurl.com/35m6xn
Tuttle, H. G. (2011). Improving Foreign Language Speaking Through Formative Assessment.
Larchmont, NY: Eye on Education
Tuttle, H. G. (2010). Successful Student Writing Through Formative Assessment . Larchmont,
NY: Eye on Education
Tuttle, H. G. (2009). Formative Assessment: Responding to Students. Larchmont, NY:
Eye on Education.
Tuttle, H. G. (2007). Standards-Based Learning: Helping Students Achieve.
Classroom Connect Connected Newsletter 14 (4), 4-6.
Tuttle, H. G. (2007). Authentic Assessment Made Possible by Web 2.0. In G. Solomon
and L. Schrum (eds). Web 2.0 New Tools, New Schools (169-170). Eugene, OR:
International Society for Technology in Education.
Tuttle, H. G. (2004). Learning and Technology Assessments for Administrators. Ithaca, NY:
Epilog Visions.
Many blog entries on formative assessment at my blog: http://eduwithtechn.wordpress.com
For more information, contact
Dr. Harry Tuttle
harry.g.tuttle@gmail.com
Blog: http://www.eduwithtechn.wordpress.com