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We’ve blogged a lot about formative assessment from a teacher and student perspective, but never from a parent’s perspective. What do they think about formative assessment? Do they understand …
Author: Kelly Goodrich, NWEA
Topics: Professional learning
When I first read Liana Heitin’s blog at Ed Week – What Tony Danza Learned From Teaching – I had so many reactions. I found myself initially very angry that Danza presumed to give advice …
Welcome back to our blog series on formative assessment. We've introduced the Popsicle Stick method and the Exit Ticket, two great ways to involve all students and get the information you …
We won’t spend much time defining what formative assessment is or what summative assessment is, since we’ve done that in a previous blog. In short, formative assessment are ongoing frequent …
Welcome back to our series on formative assessment strategies you can incorporate into your practice. So far, we've talked about the Popsicle Stick, a simple technique that engages the …
Do you need to know if your students are "getting it"? Simply asking students to raise their hands is not necessarily a good strategy to encourage. Formative assessment can be a more …
Dylan Wiliam’s new book, Embedded Formative Assessment, is filled with a number of insights culled from his 35 years of experience in education. The foundation of the book highlights the …
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