Formative assessment is a fluid process that occurs throughout learning to improve student understanding. It focuses on the learning process and is used to provide feedback and make adjustments to better support students. The primary purpose of formative assessment is to improve learning by making student understanding visible.

1. WHAT IS FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT?

2. TAPPING YOUR PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
Use your pinch
card to indicate
your response.

3. FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT IS
a) unnecessary.
b) fluid.
c) rigid.

4. FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT IS
a) unnecessary.
b) fluid.
c) rigid.

5. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF FORMATIVE
ASSESSMENT IS TO
a)balance the lesson plan.
b) measure achievement.
c) improve learning.

6. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF FORMATIVE
ASSESSMENT IS TO
a) balance the lesson plan.
b) measure achievement.
c) improve learning.

7. FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT IS FOCUSED ON
a) learning process.
b) learning products.
c) learning progress.

8. FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT IS FOCUSED ON
a) learning process.
b) learning products.
c) learning progress.

9. FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT RESULTS ARE
USED TO
a) make final achievement
decisions.
b) make adjustments for
continuous improvement.
c) evaluate student progress.

10. FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT RESULTS ARE
USED TO
a) make final achievement decisions.
b) make adjustments for continuous
improvement.
c) evaluate student progress.

11. FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT IS CARRIED OUT
a) at the end of a lesson.
b) when grades are reported.
c) throughout the learning
process.

12. FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT IS CARRIED OUT
a) at the end of a lesson.
b) when grades are reported.
c) throughout the learning
process.

13. ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING IS USED
a) to evaluate mastery of content.
b) to make student’sunderstanding
visible.
c) at the conclusion of a learning
activity.

14. ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING IS USED
a) to evaluate mastery of
content.
b) to make student’s
understanding visible.
c) at the conclusion of a
learning activity.

15. THINK ABOUT….
As a teacher, how could I use the
data I just collected about your prior
knowledge of formative assessment
to inform my teaching?

16. WHAT VARIATIONS CAN YOU THINK OF?
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