This document summarizes and evaluates three formative assessment apps: Exit Ticket, Go Soap Box, and Poll Daddy. It describes the key features of each, including cost, number of students supported, response types, and device compatibility. Pros and cons are provided for Gooru, Go Soap Box, and Quiz Creator. The recommendation is for Gooru due to its alignment with state standards, ability to find and create lessons with embedded videos and games, and to provide formative assessments, polls, and open-ended questions.

1. Formative Assessment
Software Evaluation
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Marisa Gines

2. Exit Ticket, Go Soap Box, and Poll Daddy are
formative assessment sites
Features Gooru Go Soap Box Quiz Creator
Cost Free For 6monts:
Amt. of Students: 30/Free
75/$99
150/$179
Free with Advertisments
.99 for Ad free version
Response Device Polling, open ended
questions, add lessons
Discussion boards, polling,
quizzes, Social Q&A
Create quizzes using the
Jeopardy Template
Compatibility Web based Web based Tablet/Computer/Phone
Method of
Engagement
Engaging Very engaging Somewhat engaging

3. Exit Ticket, Go Soap Box, and Poll Daddy are formative assessment
Education Apps.
Claims Gooru Go Soap Box Quiz Creator
Directions are clear
and easy to follow
Disagree Strongly Agree Strongly Agree
Easy to start and
exit Program
Agree Strongly Agree Strongly Agree
Enjoyable to Use Agree Strongly Agree Disagree

4. Claims continued…
Claims Exit Ticket Go Soap Box Quiz Creator
Contains Use
Management Features
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree Strongly Agree
Advanced features
easily accessed and
applied
Disagree Strongly Agree Not Applicable
Tutorials are built into
the program
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree Disagree

5. Pros and Cons
Gooru
- Automatic feed
back to the teacher
and student
-Has a plethora of
premade resources
based on Common
Core and TEKS
standards
-Ability to embed
videos, online games
for lesson
-Create formative
assessments
PROS
CONS
-Not User
friendly
-Necessary to
watch tutorials
and need to
time to
familiarize
yourself with
the all the
features

6. Pros and Cons
Go Soap Box
-Very User Friendly
• Has Dashboard with
all the features
• Ability to add:
• Discussions
• Polls
• Social Q&A
• Create Quizzes
• Students have
Confusion
Barometer
-More useful for
Middle School
students or older
-It is costly if you
have more than 30
students
PROS
CONS

7. Pros and Cons
Quiz Creator
-Format is similar to
Jeopardy game
-An upgrade only
costs .99 cents
- Must create 36
questions
- Only offers
Multiple choice
questions
-Can be
monotonous
PROS
CONS

8. Recommendation
• Gooru can:
• Aligned to all State Standards in the U.S.A
• Ability to find/create lesson
• Embed videos to lesson
• Add online games to reinforce
• Provides “Check for Understanding”
Create Assessments
• Create Polls
• Open Ended Questions
•
Resources
• Premade Lessons
• Create lessons
• Ability to Edit premade lessons