20 Formative Assessment Strategies that Work

20 Formative Assessment Strategies that Work

Author: Kate Wolfe Maxlow

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-10-24

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 135169457X

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This book provides teachers and school leaders with practical, effective, and proven assessment strategies that are immediately implementable in classrooms. You’ll learn about 20 high-impact formative assessment strategies, with details on how they can be applied to a variety of content areas and grade levels, including mathematics, science, language arts, social studies, and various electives. In this accessible book, these experienced authors demonstrate the how and why, along with a framework for folding these new ideas into job-embedded professional development. 20 Formative Assessment Strategies that Work provides the full toolkit for implementing, managing, and modifying these assessment strategies in your school and classrooms today.


Common Formative Assessment

Common Formative Assessment

Author: Kim Bailey

Publisher: Solution Tree Press

Published: 2011-10-11

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 1936765152

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Teams that engage in designing, using, and responding to common formative assessments are more knowledgeable about their own standards, more assessment literate, and able to develop more strategies for helping all students learn. In this conversational guide, the authors offer tools, templates, and protocols to incorporate common formative assessments into the practices of a PLC to monitor and enhance student learning


Formative Assessment Strategies for Every Classroom

Formative Assessment Strategies for Every Classroom

Author: Susan M. Brookhart

Publisher: ASCD

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 1416610839

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This second edition gives you more than 60 tools--with tips and implementation steps--for creating and using formative assessments in every grade level and subject. --from publisher description


Formative Assessment & Standards-Based Grading

Formative Assessment & Standards-Based Grading

Author: Robert J. Marzano

Publisher: Solution Tree Press

Published: 2011-10-27

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1935542435

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Learn everything you need to know to implement an integrated system of assessment and grading. The author details the specific benefits of formative assessment and explains how to design and interpret three different types of formative assessments, how to track student progress, and how to assign meaningful grades. Detailed examples bring each concept to life, and chapter exercises reinforce the content.


Responsive Teaching

Responsive Teaching

Author: Harry Fletcher-Wood

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-05-30

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1351583867

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This essential guide helps teachers refine their approach to fundamental challenges in the classroom. Based on research from cognitive science and formative assessment, it ensures teachers can offer all students the support and challenge they need – and can do so sustainably. Written by an experienced teacher and teacher educator, the book balances evidence-informed principles and practical suggestions. It contains: A detailed exploration of six core problems that all teachers face in planning lessons, assessing learning and responding to students Effective practical strategies to address each of these problems across a range of subjects Useful examples of each strategy in practice and accounts from teachers already using these approaches Checklists to apply each principle successfully and advice tailored to teachers with specific responsibilities. This innovative book is a valuable resource for new and experienced teachers alike who wish to become more responsive teachers. It offers the evidence, practical strategies and supportive advice needed to make sustainable, worthwhile changes.


Science Formative Assessment, Volume 1

Science Formative Assessment, Volume 1

Author: Page Keeley

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2015-09-09

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 1483352196

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Formative assessment informs the design of learning opportunities that take students from their existing ideas of science to the scientific ideas and practices that support conceptual understanding. Science Formative Assessment shows K-12 educators how to weave formative assessment into daily instruction. Discover 75 assessment techniques linked to the Next Generation Science Standards and give classroom practices a boost with: Descriptions of how each technique promotes learning Charts linking core concepts at each grade level to scientific practices Implementation guidance, such as required materials and student grouping Modifications for different learning styles Ideas for adapting techniques to other content areas


Shake Up Learning

Shake Up Learning

Author: Kasey Bell

Publisher:

Published: 2018-03-05

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9781946444691

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Is the learning in your classroom static or dynamic? Shake Up Learning guides you through the process of creating dynamic learning opportunities-from purposeful planning and maximizing technology to fearless implementation.


Embedded Formative Assessment

Embedded Formative Assessment

Author: Dylan Wiliam

Publisher: Solution Tree Press

Published: 2011-11-01

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 1936765012

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Formative assessment plays an important role in increasing teacher quality and student learning when it’s viewed as a process rather than a tool. Emphasizing the instructional side of formative assessment, this book explores in depth the use of classroom questioning, learning intentions and success criteria, feedback, collaborative and cooperative learning, and self-regulated learning to engineer effective learning environments for students.


Formative Assessment

Formative Assessment

Author: Margaret Heritage

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2010-06-14

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 145220960X

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A practical, in-depth guide to implementing formative assessment in your classroom! Formative assessment allows teachers to identify and close gaps in student understanding and move learning forward. This research-based book walks readers through every step of the process and offers illustrative examples across a range of subject areas and grade levels. This book explains how to: Clearly articulate learning progressions, learning goals, and success criteria Select strategies for assessment and provide quality feedback Engage students in self-assessment and self-management Create a classroom environment that values feedback as part of the learning process