The document discusses formative assessment and how teachers can better understand their students. It emphasizes that formative assessment is used to identify student difficulties and provide additional support, while summative assessment evaluates learning. The document provides examples of formative assessment tools and strategies teachers can use, such as polling software, blogs, and iPad apps. It also cautions that technology should be balanced with traditional lessons and not overused.

1. 1/21/14
Keeping Up With Johnny: 21st
Century Formative Assessment
Are we keeping up, or are we catching up…
Presenter: Jason Cranford
Teacher, Kings Mountain Middle School
7th Math and Science
No icons, Johnny, just a
whiteboard…
Understanding Johnny
• We must understand that Johnny cannot
control:
1. Where he lives
2. His family income
3. What color his skin is
4. Who his parents are…
Funny, but true story about the Declaration
of Independence…..
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2. 1/21/14
Honestly, our technology
Now meet Johnny, your student…
Social Media Revolution 2013
• h'p://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=QUCfFcchw1w
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3. 1/21/14
Web 2.0
• Web 1.0 was informational
• Web 2.0 is user input, user-editing and
communication
Forma?ve
Assessment
Process
• A
forma?ve
assessment
is
assessment
for
learning
while
a
summa?ve
assessment
is
an
assessment
of
learning.
• Forma?ve
assessment
is
to
summa?ve
assessment
what
a
physical
examina?on
is
to
an
autopsy.
• Summa?ve
gives
the
student
a
chance
to
prove
mastery;
forma?ve
gives
students
chances
to
improve
on
learning
*Robert
Eaker,
Dufour
PLC
Conference
Keys
to
a
Common
Forma?ve
Assessment
Process
• To
determine
if
an
assessment
is
forma?ve:
• Is
it
used
to
iden?fy
students
with
difficul?es?
• Do
students
receive
addi?onal
?me
for
learning
when
they
have
difficulty?
• Do
students
get
addi?onal
opportuni?es
to
demonstrate
learning?
• Do
teachers
use
the
results
to
inform
and
improve
their
individual
and
collec?ve
prac?ce?
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4. 1/21/14
Some
prac?ces
that
hinder
effec?ve
learning…
Averaging
grades
Thoughtless
use
of
zeros
How
we
oZen
grade
students’
first
a'empts
Not
allowing
students
to
do
make-­‐up
work
Giving
too
much
weight
to
assignments
that
involve
parent
par?cipa?on
• Out
of
school
suspensions
for
truancy
•
•
•
•
•
Is
It
Good
Enough
For
Tucker??
• The
standard
for
“If
we
really
mean
it”
should
be
this:
“Is
it
good
enough
for
my
own
child?”
• Where
should
this
occur??
• Any
school
• Any
classroom
• Any
teacher
• Any
lesson
Parents
send
their
best-­‐
they
don’t
keep
home
the
best
and
send
the
rest.
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5. 1/21/14
Web
2.0
Tools
Today
• Poll Everywhere: polling site that provides
instant feedback
• Kidblog.com: teacher friendly blog site; used
for creative thinking and written expression
• Google Forms and Self-graders
• Today’s Meet.com: provides immediate
feedback; allows for classroom collaboration
Web
2.0
Tools
Today
• Great
Ipad
Apps
(FREE!)
• Educrea?on:
app
for
the
Ipad;
video
tutorials
students
can
do;
• Note
Any?me
• Blendspace(formerly
Edcanvas)
Football Friday Night
• When
thinking
of
forma?ve
assessment
in
the
middle
school
classroom,
think
of
this:
Go
watch
a
middle
or
high
school
football
prac?ce
if
you
want
a
snapshot
of
forma?ve
assessment
• High
school
teams
have
ten
summa?ve
assessments,
and
the
head
coach
is
evaluated
on
the
basis
of
those
ten
assessments
• The
coach
prac?ces
the
skills
needed
for
that
week’s
assessment
using
a
“whistle”
• *courtesy
of
Robert
Eaker,
Dufour
PLC
Conference
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6. 1/21/14
Goodnight Ipad
• To be an effective tech leader, you have to
be flexible
• There has to be a fine balance between
tech and traditional lessons- you cannot
expect to do tech lessons every day
*courtesy of Glenn Gurley, UNC-Charlotte
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