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Maximizing Formative Assessment in the Classroom
Assessment Strategies | K-12
Understanding formative assessment is great, but knowing how to use it consistently in instruction is the stuff of superhero teachers! When you have so much content to cover in so little time, it can be easy to pass over formative assessment opportunities. However, when done correctly, formative assessment can not only fold neatly into any lesson plan, but also support achievement across student populations.
In this course, you’ll learn in-depth strategies for different types of formative assessment, including using technology and questioning techniques to better understand students’ learning and progress. You’ll take a close look at how data can drive an excellent assessment strategy, including how to collect student data and how to use that data to plan instruction and scaffold learning experiences. In addition, you’ll explore formative assessment strategies to use with specific student populations, including students with learning differences, English language learners, and talented and gifted students.
Using the techniques from this course, you’ll be able to use formative assessment to optimize your time with your students and maximize the effectiveness of any lesson.
Connections to Practice
This course provides the following classroom connections:
- Technology tools used to formatively assess and gather data from assessments
- Tools to analyze the results, or data, gained through formative assessments in order to modify instruction immediately
- Strategies to use when questioning students for better understanding of student knowledge and thought processes
- Tips for using student data to drive instruction and lesson planning
- Understanding of how to use data to scaffold learning
- Formative assessment strategies and techniques to use with specific student population groups
Course Objectives
In this course, participants will:
- Assess specific strategies for gathering different kinds of student data.
- Apply data-driven planning and instructional strategies to impact student growth.
- Recognize ways that formative assessments can support diverse learners.
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