Assessment

This resource prioritizes speed and simplicity when assessing formatively. Within these methods you’ll find close to 40 tools and tricks for finding out what your students know while they’re still learning.

This resource focuses on the student engagement side of formative feedback. Here are 25 formative assessment techniques that will have your students looking forward to showing you what they know.

Using formative assessment strategies in class during instruction is easy and provides the instant feedback teachers need to identify which learners need more help and adjust their instruction and lesson plans accordingly. But they don't have to take more than a couple minutes with these suggestions.

Carol Ann Tomlinson, coauthor of the ASCD book Assessment and Student Success in a Differentiated Classroom, says that the problem with assessment and differentiation is simply an extension of the pervasive problems with assessment in general.

This video breaks down formative assessments for any type of teacher or educator. It begins by offering some reasons why we should utilize formative assessment in the classroom. It also explain when it is appropriate to use formative assessments in relation to curriculum, class time, and units.

In this short video, you'll have some great tips about using formative assessments with an online class.

This guide from Wilfred Laurier University offers insight into how and why educators may incorporate feedback in their teaching. By developing clear pathways of gathering and responding to formative feedback from your students you can create learning environments that are built on trust and enable learners to meet learning outcomes.