Key+Attributes+of+Formative+Assessment

=One Definition of Formative Assessment =

Popham, W. J. (2008). //Transformative assessment//. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

"Formative assessment is a planned process in which assessment-elicited evidence of students' status is used by teachers to adjust their ongoing instructional procedures or by students to adjust their current learning tactics" (p. 6).

=Key Points=
 * Planned process
 * Not a test but a process
 * Completed by teachers, learners or both
 * Teacher has a goal of what they want to learn from the assessment results
 * Formal and/or informal assessment


 * Assessment-Elicited Evidence
 * Adjustments are based on evidence (data) of current level of mastery
 * Assessment procedure (comment marking, exit cards, game, graphic organizer, simulation, peer/self assessment, quiz/test, project, portfolio, etc.) is designed to produce the evidence


 * Teachers adjust instruction
 * Evidence is used to make adjustments to ongoing instruction


 * Learners adjust learning tactics (21st Century Skill)
 * Evidence is used to change methods they are applying while trying to learn


 * Implementation Options
 * To make an immediate instructional adjustment
 * To make a near-future instructional adjustment
 * To make a last-chance instructional adjustment
 * To make a learning tactic adjustment
 * To promote a classroom climate shift

Source: Popham, J. W. (2009, 2011)

=Enhancing Assessment with Technology=

==== Milnes (2006) describes the following reasons for enhancing formative assessment with technology. He recommends using technology to: ==== ==== Grimm (April 2, 2010) describes the following reason for enhancing formative assessment with technology. ====
 * ==== to provide "feed information back to students in ways that enable the students to learn better ====
 * ==== eliminated the drudgery of assessment ====
 * ==== assessing students more accurately, efficiently, and quickly ====
 * ==== make evaluating student skills unobtrusive and easy ====
 * ==== individualized assessment ====
 * ==== immediate nature of the assessment ====
 * ==== create virtual real-time picture of which students need helps, where they need it, and how the teachers can help them best ====
 * ==== easy of tabulation and re-organization of the data (data mining) ====
 * ==== enables teachers to embed assessment into instruction and provide immediate feedback. ====

= **Items** to Keep in Mind When Enhancing Formative Assessment with Technology =
 * ==== Decide what you want to learn from the assessments ====
 * ==== Set goals - have long-terms goals and assess regularly ====
 * ==== Explain the purposes of the activity to students ====
 * ==== Keep assessments anonymous (depend on author). Do not grade assessments ====
 * ==== Present your results to class ====
 * ==== Focus on areas where students are falling behind. ====

=Research Based= Consistent formative assessment can increase achievement, especially for low achievers
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