7. The Role of Formative
Assessment in Learning
• Types of Formative
Assessment
• Informal observations
• Questions and responses to
teacher questions
• Student responses to questions
• Homework
• Worksheets
• Teacher Feedback
• observation,
• graphic organizers,
• student record keeping
• Classroom assessment that is
before or during
instruction is formative
• Formative Assessment is used to
provide ongoing
feedback to the teacher and
student and to
provide corrective actions as
instruction occurs
to enhance student learning
8. The Role of Summative
Assessment in Learning
• Types of Summative
Assessment
• Term Papers
• Chapter Achievement Tests
• Final Exams
• Research projects
• Classroom assessment that
occurs after
instruction is summative
assessment
• Summative Assessment is used
to document student
performance after instruction
is complete.
10. Is Formative different from Summative
• Formative assessment is
different than summative
assessment, or
evaluations of knowledge
at the end of units to
check total understanding,
in that it is often done
several times during a
lesson or unit and doesn't
always need to be graded.
11. Quizzes
• Quizzes can be given to students at any point during
a unit or lesson.
• Quizzes are short, specific assessments that serve to
give quantitative data about student learning.
• Quizzes can sometimes be graded but are most
useful when used to gauge student understanding of
a topic.
• For example, in the middle of a unit on fractions, a
short quiz can be given to see if students are clear on
numerators, denominators, and parts of a whole.
Depending on student performance on the quiz, you
can determine your next step
12. Exit Slips
• Exit slips are also effective formative assessment tools. These exit
slips are small pieces of paper on which students are required to
write or respond to a question in order to leave the room to move on
to another class, lunch, or short break. Exit slips are very flexible and
can be tailored to the specific lessons you are teaching.
13. Exit Slips
• An example of an exit slip
would be having students
answer a question on an
index card, pertaining to
whatever was just taught
or discussed in class. Exit
slips also allow teachers
to monitor individual
student progress in order
to see who needs extra
help.
14. Designing An Exit Ticket
• Exit tickets can pose questions
• multiple choice
• short answer
• Three to five questions make for a good exit ticket,
and students should be able to complete the whole
thing in just a few minutes
• Exit tickets are only as good as how they are
designed. It may take a little practice to get your
questions precise enough for students to give you the
information you need.
15. Examples of Exit Slip
1. Content Understanding:
1. Example: "Write down one thing
you learned today about the
solar system."
2. Reflection:
1. Example: "Describe one concept
or topic discussed today that you
found challenging."
3. Question/Confusion:
1. Example: "Ask one question you
still have about today's lesson."
4. Self-Assessment:
1. Example: "On a scale of 1 to 5, rate
your understanding of today's
topic. Explain your rating."
5. Application:
1. Example: "Provide an example of
how you could use today's lesson
in a real-life situation."
6. Connection to Prior Knowledge:
1. Example: "How does today's
lesson relate to what you learned
last week about ecosystems?"
16. Technology and Exit Tickets
• Technology offers an easy way to work with exit tickets, using Poll
Everywhere or Google Forms. Students can easily use their tablet,
smart phone, or computer to fill out exit tickets, and these apps can
immediately compile the information for teachers.
17. How Often and When?
• Some teachers use exit tickets
• Daily
• 1-2 times a week
• Depends on the unit
• Exit tickets are given at the end of a class period, and should only
take a few minutes for students to complete. Remember to set up an
exit ticket by letting students know it's not graded and not a test or a
quiz, just a reflection of what they understood that day.
18. Compiling Data
• After students submit their exit tickets, a
teacher will have to compile and "read" the
data results. If you've used a Google form, the
information can be uploaded to Google Drive to
automatically create an Excel spreadsheet. If
you’ve used pencil and paper, it will take a few
minutes to organize and compile your data in a
way that gives you an overall picture of your
classroom.
19. Design an Exit Ticket keeping todays topic
• Students will design their exit tickets on a piece of paper and share it
in the WhatsApp groups
20. Other Uses for Exit –Entrance Tickets
• Sometimes teachers also use entrance
tickets, which are given at the beginning
of a class period.
• You start off with two questions
assessing what students know from the
previous day's lesson.
• Entrance tickets help you answer this
question: "What do I need to do
differently right now in order to meet
the needs of my kids?"
21. Alternative formative assessments
Alternative formative assessments are meant to be as easy and quick
These can be things like asking students to:
• write a letter explaining a key idea to a friend,
• draw a sketch to visually represent new knowledge, or
• do a think, pair, share exercise with a partner.
22. KWL Charts
• KWL charts are a graphic organizer in which students write what they
know already about a topic (K), what they want to learn about a topic
(W), and eventually, what they learned about a topic during the unit
or lesson (L).
• In order to meet the demands of 21st century learning, educators
must be willing to ask these three essential questions. With regard to
formative assessments, student’s self-assessments allow them to pick
mediums of learning and more importantly convey to the teacher
what they did and did not learn, on their terms.
23. Assessment Strategies
• Students can be asked to present their K-W-L chart for a particular
topic, showing what knowledge was gained as a result of a particular
learning activity.
• K-W-L is an excellent tool for formative assessment to determine
prior knowledge or current understanding after instruction for the
whole class as well as individual students.
25. Relevant Technologies
• Online collaborative tools: Use tools like Padlet to have students
create a K-W-L either synchronously in the classroom or
asynchronously for an online course.
• Google Docs: Allow students to create a K-W-L for the whole class or
a small group, either synchronously or asynchronously.
27. Exit Slips
1. Understanding of Assessment:
1. Question: "In a few sentences, explain what assessment means to you after today's
session."
2. Recall of Types of Assessment:
1. Question: "List three types of assessment we discussed today. Briefly describe one
of them."
3. Personal Reflection:
1. Question: "How do you think different types of assessment can benefit both teachers
and students in the learning process?"
4. Application Question:
1. Question: "Think about a classroom scenario. Which type of assessment (e.g.,
formative, summative, diagnostic) would be most effective in this situation? Explain
why."
5. Feedback on the Session:
1. Question: "What was the most valuable thing you learned about assessments today?
Is there anything you still have questions about?"
28. • Define assessment in your own words.
• List three types of assessment discussed today.
• Explain the purpose of an exit ticket. How can it be effectively utilized in
a classroom or workshop setting?
• How can technology enhance the use of exit tickets in the classroom?
Provide an example of a tech tool that can be used for creating
interactive exit tickets.
• Share one assessment strategy mentioned today that you find most
effective. Why do you think it would work well in your teaching or learning
context?
• Reflect on the KWL strategy. What did you know about it before this
session? What more do you want to know? What have you learned
about its effective implementation today?
