Formative Assessment - Best Practices

Best Practices:  Formative Assessment

Formative Assessments Should…	Formative Assessments Should Often…
Align with the learning target and success criteria	Result in Differentiation
Give both the teacher and student information about student’s progress towards learning target.	Include “no opt out” or “total participation” strategies so that information can be gathered from each student
Result in the teacher making an informed decision on next steps in instruction	Provide information on individual students or on patterns in the classroom
Result in feedback that moves learning forward.	Provide structures so that students frequently use assessment data to assess their own learning, determine learning goals and monitor progress over time.
Be used throughout the lesson and as a part of closure.	Result in an immediate change in the instruction or in creating a pre-planned intervention strategy
Reinforce a growth mindset	Be embedded in the learning activity or may be separate