(IN)FORMATIVE
ASSESSMENT

Are You… ASSESSMENT
SAVVY?
 Skilled in gathering accurate
information about students
learning?
 Using it effectively to
promote further learning?

Objectives
Understand the various reasons as to why
assessment is essential in teaching/learning
 Describe 3 types of assessments and
identify the purpose of each (why)
 Identify assessment targets (what)
 Explain various methods of
assessment (how)
 Apply assessment information to
current teaching experience

HOW DO YOU ASSESS?
List some ways you typically assess
students in your classroom.
1.
2.
3.
4.

WHEN DO YOU
ASSESS?
Traditionally, teachers have
assessed students at the end of an
instructional unit or sequence.
However, when assessment and
instruction are interwoven, both
the students and the teacher
benefit.

ASSESSMENT PROCESS
Pre –
Summative
Assessment
Assessment
(Assessment OF
Learning)
Formative
Assessment
(Assessment FOR Learning)

PRE-ASSESSMENT
 The purpose of pre-assessment is to
determine what students know about a
topic before it is taught.
 Pre-assessment will help the teacher
determine flexible grouping patterns and
should be used regularly.

Pre-Assessment
Strategies
 Checklist  Student Products
 Pre-test  Student Work Samples
 KWL Charts  Show of hands/EPR
 Graphic Organizers (Every Pupil Response)
 Pre-test  Standardized Test Data
 Student Discussions  Teacher Observation
 Student  Writing Prompts
Demonstrations  Writing Samples

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
Assessments FOR learning happens
while learning is still underway.
These are assessments that:
 are conducted throughout teaching and
learning to diagnose student needs
 plan the next steps in instruction
 provide students with feedback they can use
to improve the quality of their work
 help students see and feel how they are in
control of their journey to success

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
This Type of
Assessment
is NOT about
accountability…
it is about GETTING
BETTER !!

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
Seven Strategies
Where am I going?
1. Provide a clear and understandable vision of
the learning target

What Can Be
Assessed?
ACHIEVEMENT TARGETS
Knowledge Reasoning
Mastery Proficiency
Performance Ability to
Skills Create Products

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
Seven Strategies
Where am I going?
1. Provide a clear and understandable vision of
the learning target
2. Use examples and models of strong and weak
work

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
Seven Strategies
Where am I now?
3. Offer regular descriptive feedback.
4. Teach students to self-assess and set goals.

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
Seven Strategies
How can I close the gap??
5. Design lessons to focus on one aspect of quality
at a time.
6. Teach students focused revision.
7. Engage students in self-reflection,
and let them keep track of and
share their learning.

Formative Assessment
Strategies
 Conference  Learning Logs
 Cooperative Learning  Oral Presentations
Activities  Peer Evaluations
 Demonstrations  Problem Solving Activities
 Exit Card  Products
 Graphic Organizers  Questioning
 “I Learned” Statements
 Quiz
 Interviews  Response Groups
 Journal Entry  Self-Evaluations
 KWLs

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT
This type of
assessment is
a successful
end product
and/or the
fulfilling of
the pre-stated
objective.

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT
A summative assessment/evaluation is designed
to:
 provide information
 make judgments about student achievement at
the end of a sequence of instruction, (e.g., final
drafts/attempts, tests, exam, assignments,
projects, performances)
It is a means to determine a student’s
mastery and understanding of information,
skills, concepts, or processes.

Summative Assessment
Strategies
 Unit Test
 Performance Task
 Product/Exhibit
 Demonstration
 Portfolio Review

The Assessment–
Instruction Process
Pre –
Summative Assessment
“finding out”
Assessment
“making sure”
Formative
Assessment
“checking in” “feedback”
“student involvement”

What types of
Assessment Methods
Can Be Used?
ASSESSMENT METHODS
Selected Extended Written
Response Response
Performance Personal
Assessments Communication

What types of
Assessment Methods
Can Be Used?
ASSESSMENT METHODS
Selected
Response Students select
the correct/best
response from
a list provided
Multiple choice, true/false, matching,
short answer, fill-in questions

What types of
Assessment Methods
Can Be Used?
ASSESSMENT METHODS
Extended Written
Response
Students construct a written
answer in response
to a question or task
Compare …… Analyze…… Interpret….
Solve a problem and explain work… Describe in detail…

What types of
Assessment Methods
Can Be Used?
ASSESSMENT METHODS
Assessment is based on Performances:
*playing an instrument,
observing a performance/product
*carrying out steps in
and making a judgment an experiment
*speaking in a foreign language
*working productively
in a group
Performance Products:
*term paper
Assessments *lab report
*work of art

What types of
Assessment Methods
Can Be Used?
ASSESSMENT METHODS
Determine what a student
has learned through
*Responding to personal interaction with them
journals/logs
*Asking questions
during instruction
*Interviewing students
in conferences Personal
*Giving examinations Communication
orally

Matching Assessment
Targets and Methods
Targets Selected
Extended Performance Personal
Written Assessment
Response Communication
Response
Knowledge
Mastery
Match the assessments at
Reasoning your table with the target and
Proficiency method
Skills
Ability to
Create Products

Classroom Assessments
Some teachers Some teachers
talk about: talk about:
LEARNING VERSUS GRADES
 Can these co-exist peacefully?
 Should one receive emphasis over the other?

SOME FINAL THOUGHTS
Formative Assessment:
 Refers to what happens on a daily basis in the
classroom
 Provides teachers with information about specific
next instructional steps for students:
Assessment Drives Instruction.
 Students know where they are at instructionally
and where they need to go
 On-going assessment provides continual
feedback that helps students progress over time