Discussion 1 Formative Assessments According to Chapter 1 of the required text, Formative assessment is assessment FOR learning. Summative assessment is assessment OF learning. Formative assessments occur during the lesson as opposed to the end of a unit of instruction and should be the primary focus of assessment in schools. Additionally, formative assessments allow the teacher to support learning by generating feedback to students to determine their current progress and where they are in relation to mastering the objective and/or standard. View the following short videos: Keeping It Relevant and “Authentic” Assess and Plan with Exit Tickets Discuss: How each teacher models what you read and learned about formative assessments? What evidence did you see and hear regarding formative assessments being an assessment FOR learning?  More specifically, how did each teacher assess during learning? How were they able to determine the current progress of their students in relation to mastering the objective?  How did each teacher model the provision of feedback? What connections can you make between the teachers’ strategies to assess for learning and their eventual assessment of learning through a summative assessment? In other words, what can you see coming as preparation for a larger, more comprehensive summative assessment discussion 2 Standards and Objectives Describe the purpose of a learning standard (referred to as a goal in Chapter 1) and the critical components of a learning objective.  How would you differentiate between the two if attempting to explain it to somebody else? What is the relationship between formative assessments during instruction and the standards and objectives of that lesson? Take the challenge Karen Lea presents in her blog article  Meaningful Connections: Objectives and Standards . Select a grade level standard and design two learning objectives AND a way to assess students FOR learning for each objective.  Be sure to use the criteria for writing high-quality objectives as discussed in your assigned reading and videos. .

1. Discussion 1
Formative Assessments
According to Chapter 1 of the required text, Formative
assessment is assessment FOR learning. Summative assessment
is assessment OF learning. Formative assessments occur during
the lesson as opposed to the end of a unit of instruction and
should be the primary focus of assessment in schools.
Additionally, formative assessments allow the teacher to
support learning by generating feedback to students to
determine their current progress and where they are in relation
to mastering the objective and/or standard.
View the following short videos:
Keeping It Relevant and “Authentic”
Assess and Plan with Exit Tickets
Discuss:
How each teacher models what you read and learned about
formative assessments?
What evidence did you see and hear regarding formative
assessments being an assessment FOR learning? More
specifically, how did each teacher assess during learning?
How were they able to determine the current progress of their
students in relation to mastering the objective? How did each
teacher model the provision of feedback?
What connections can you make between the teachers’ strategies
to assess for learning and their eventual assessment of learning
through a summative assessment? In other words, what can you
see coming as preparation for a larger, more comprehensive
summative assessment
discussion 2
Standards and Objectives
Describe the purpose of a learning standard (referred to as a
goal in Chapter 1) and the critical components of a learning
objective.
How would you differentiate between the two if attempting to
explain it to somebody else?

2. What is the relationship between formative assessments during
instruction and the standards and objectives of that lesson?
Take the challenge Karen Lea presents in her blog article
Meaningful Connections: Objectives and Standards
. Select a grade level standard and design two learning
objectives AND a way to assess students FOR learning for each
objective. Be sure to use the criteria for writing high-quality
objectives as discussed in your assigned reading and videos.