2. Today’s Objective
• Think about the role of formative assessment in
a proficiency-based learning system
▫ the relationship between content ELTs and
formative assessment
▫ the relationship between HOW targets and
formative assessment
▫ what are some formative assessment techniques
3. Formative Assessment is …
• “… on-going assessments, observations,
summaries and reviews that inform instruction
and give students feedback …” (Fisher & Frey,
2007 in Dodge)
• “… assessment for learning …” (Stiggins)
4. Formative assessment does not …
• Need to be lengthy or take a long time
• Need to be graded like summative assessments
BUT “when you use formative assessments you
must keep track of the data you collect.”
5. Formative Assessment & ELTs
• Gr. 5 Math: Understands (in context) the
concept of rounding decimals to any place using
place value (G)
▫ I know and can tell the value of any digit in a
whole numbers
▫ I know and can tell the value of any digit in a
decimals; I can read decimals, like .1 is “one tenth”
and .34 is “thirty-four hundredths”
▫ I know and use a rule for rounding with whole
numbers
▫ I can solve a word problem that tells me to round
my answer to the nearest _____th.
6. Formative Assessment & ELTs
• K Science: Understands (Classify and sort) how
objects can be described in terms of the
materials they are made of and their properties
(color, size, shape, weight, texture, flexibility,
etc.), (A-1)
▫ I know words to describe color, size, shape,
weight, …
▫ I can take two things and decide if they are the
same color, weight, … when my teacher asks me
▫ I can look at two things and decide what they have
the same
▫ I can make groups of things that are the same
7. Formative Assessment & ELTs
• Gr. 4 Social Studies: Understands the
concept (symbolize / show and represent) of
geographic grid using latitude and longitude (E)
8. Formative Assessment & ELTs
• Gr. 4 Social Studies: Understands the
concept (symbolize / show and represent) of
geographic grid using latitude and longitude (E)
▫ I know what a grid is
▫ I know what vertical and horizontal mean
▫ I can find a point that is described by vertical and
horizontal places on a grid
▫ I can give directions to a point by its vertical and
horizontal places
▫ I know what latitude means
▫ I know what longitude means
9. Formative Assessment & ELTs
• MS Social Studies: Understands (Analyzing
perspectives) the traditional leadership roles and
their impact around the world.
10. Formative Assessment & HOW
• Motion of Particles example
• HW
• Bell work examples
▫ ELA … Mondays are like nails on a chalkboard.
▫ Math … You can use HW as a resource to solve
this problem
11. Formative Assessment in JR
• The assessment of your objectives become your
data points in JR.
12. Formative Assessment & ELTs
• MS Phys. Ed: Is skilled at (In context of play)
catching an object while moving.
▫ Watches ball or object into hands
▫ Reaches arms towards the ball or object
▫ Gives with the ball or object as it hits hands
▫ Moves feet quickly to get into position to catch ball
or object
13. Objectives in JR
• Objectives appear as the “title” and or
“descriptions” of the activities you did to
formatively assess students
14. Formative Assessment & ELTs
• Understands (Describe the relationship between) print
and pictures in terms of the story convey meaning.
▫ I know where the words/letters are that are telling the
story.
▫ I know where the pictures are that are telling the story.
▫ I can point to the parts of the picture that I am hearing
about in the story.
▫ I can point to words that are telling about the picture.
▫ I can identify parts words or phrases in the story that tell
me something more than the pictures and I can find parts
of the pictures that aren’t described by the words but that
still tell me something.
15. Objectives in JR
• Objectives appear as the “title” and or
“descriptions” of the activities you did to
formatively assess students
17. Time to Work
• Think of the first 2 weeks of school
▫ Which ELT(s) will you be focusing on
▫ What are the objectives (a.k.a. the teaching steps
you will take students through) you will use to
plan you lessons
▫ What are some possible ways to grab some
formative data
18. Formative Assessment & ELTs
• Gr. 6 ELA: Understands (Integrating/Identify
types) how figures of speech (and explain how
they) contribute to meaning and create tone and
mood
19. Formative Assessment & ELTs
• Gr. 8 Science: Understands ( Abstracting ) the
relationship of the motion of particles to the
states of matter for gases, liquids, and solids
(D1)
▫ Proficient Example: Students will be able to
compare and contrast the properties of solids,
liquids, gases and their motion of particles.
TASK: Explain the similarities and differences in
molecular motion as a water molecule travels
through the 3 states of matter
20. Formative Assessment & ELTs
• MS Music: Is skilled at (on demand) performing
a series of sounds as well as pitches in steps,
skips, leaps, and repeated notes using graphic
notation.
▫ Proficiency Example: Students can play or sing
music containing steps, skips, leaps and repeated
notes.
21. Formative Assessment & ELTs
• MS Math: Is skilled at (In complex context)
solving world problems with proportional
relationships, ratios and percents (J-1).
