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What Is Formative Assessment? Most people have a rough idea of what it is… Typical response: “It involves testing during ongoinginstruction and then using the test results to improveinstruction.” By and large, this explanation is correct. BUT… That is a sortakinda response…it is sort of, kind ofright! ☺

What it is… Formative assessment is a process, not any particulartest or activity. It is used not just by teachers but by both teachersand students. Formative assessment takes place during instruction. It provides assessment-based feedback to teachersand students. The function of this feedback is to help teachers andstudents make adjustments that will improvestudents' achievement of intended curricular aims.

What are NOT formativeassessments: Diagnostic tests: Benchmark tests: Summative tests:

Department of Educationdefinition:Formative assessment is a planned process in whichassessment-elicited evidence of students' status isused by teachers to adjust their ongoing instructionalprocedures or by students to adjust their currentlearning tactics.

Wordy and mushy!! Again, formative assessment is not a test but a process—aplanned process involving a number of different activities. One of those activities is the use of assessments, bothformal and informal, to elicit evidence regardingstudents' status: the degree to which a particular studenthas mastered a particular skill or body of knowledge. Based on this evidence, teachers adjust their ongoinginstructional activities or students adjust the proceduresthey're currently using to try to learn whatever they'retrying to learn.

Is it correct?? Again, formative assessment is not a test but a process—aplanned process involving a number of different activities. One of those activities is the use of assessments, bothformal and informal, to elicitevidence regarding students' status: the degree to whicha particular student has mastered a particular skill or bodyof knowledge. Based on this evidence, teachers adjust their ongoinginstructional activities or students adjust the proceduresthey're currently using to try to learn whatever they'retrying to learn.

The PD Guru Definition: Formative assessment is alesson-integrated process used by teachers andstudents during instruction thatprovides feedback to adjust ongoing teaching andlearning to improve students' achievement ofintended instructional outcomes.

Better??? Formative assessment is alesson-integrated process used by teachers andstudents during instruction thatprovides feedback to adjust ongoing teaching andlearning to improve students' achievement ofintended instructional outcomes.

Formative assessment is aplanned process in which teachers andstudents use assessment-based feedback toadjust what they're currently doing.

Formative assessment is aplanned process in which teachers andstudents use assessment-based feedback toadjust what they're currently doing.

Formative assessment is aplanned process in which teachers andstudents use assessment-based feedback toadjust what they're currently doing.

"If you can both listen to children and accepttheir answers not as things to just be judgedright or wrong but as pieces of informationwhich may reveal what the child is thinking,you will have taken a giant step towardbecoming a master teacher… (not just)…adisseminator of information."-Easley & Zwoyer

Pennsylvania Fair AssessmentsDiagnostic Formative Benchmark SummativePurposeGuide instruction specificallytargeted to meet students’needs, including students’strengths and weaknessesInform ongoing classroominstruction so thatadjustments to instructioncan be madeDetermine how well studentsare progressing towarddemonstrating proficiency ona set of designated gradelevelcurriculum contentstandardsDetermine the degree towhich students havemastered a designated set ofcurriculum content standardsImpact onInstructionTools that provide alignmentto units, lesson plans, andother resources based onstudents‘ needs.Classroom-based activitiesintegrated into instructionalprocess and learning withteachers and studentsreceiving frequent feedbackto adjust learningLow-stakes assessmentsused to predict how studentswill do on the high-stakessummative assessmentsAssessments used foraccountabilityIntended Users of theResultsStudents, parents, andeducatorsStudents, parents, andeducatorsStudents, parents, andeducatorsEducators, parents,public at large, anddistrict personnelExamplesClassroom Diagnostic Tools(CDT)Teacher-created diagnosticsTeacher-selectedClassroom assessmentsResponse cardsWhite boardsRandom selectionAcuityAssess2Know4-SightPSSAKeystone ExamsACCESS for ELLsEnd of Unit/Chapter TestsDistrict End of CourseExamsType of InformationProvidedProvides a more completepicture of a student’s orgroup of students’ strengthsand weaknesses so thatinstruction can be targeteddirectly at meeting studentneedsProvides feedback related toa specific unit or lesson sothat feedback can be used toinfluence classroominstruction and learningduring the teaching/learningprocessProvides information on thedegree to which studentshave mastered a givenconcept or how students areprogressing towarddemonstrating proficiency ongrade-level contentstandardsProvides information onstudents’ mastery of a givenset of content standards15