Explore the "why," "what," and "how" of formative assessments in the classroom
In The Formative Assessment Handbook: Resources to Improve Learning Outcomes for All Students, the authors, with over 40 years of cumulative classroom, school, and district and state-level experience, deliver a crucial toolkit of ready-to-go ideas, activities, and reproducibles that make it easy to implement formative assessment quickly, effectively, and efficiently. You'll also learn what formative assessment is, what it looks like, and why it’s a critical component to student achievement.
The authors explain how to set your classroom up for success and develop & select learning targets and success criteria to create a clear pathway and roadmap for your formative assessments. You’ll also find:
- Up-to-date research supporting the use of formative assessment in the classroom
- Instructions for properly utilizing pre-assessments
- Collaborative routines you can implement during instruction
- Discussions of dialogic teaching and dialectic synergy
An indispensable resource for both new and veteran K-12 educators, The Formative Assessment Handbook will also prove invaluable to administrators and educational coaches.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Why for Our Book vii
Acknowledgments xiii
About the Authors xv
List of Resources in the Book xvii
Part I Before Instruction: Setting Up Your Classroom for Success 1
Chapter 1 Formative Assessment Overview: What the Research Says 3
Chapter 2 Setting Up the Classroom for Successful Implementation 17
Chapter 3 Selecting Learning Targets and Developing Success Criteria 29
Chapter 4 Utilizing Pre-Assessments 57
Part II During Instruction: Effective “In-the-Moment” Formative Assessment Instructional Practices and Resources 89
Chapter 5 Effective Formative Assessment Instructional Practices and Resources 91
Chapter 6 In-the-Moment Formative Instruction: Collaborative Routines 161
Chapter 7 Dialogic Teaching and Dialectic Synergy 189
Chapter 8 Common Formative Assessments and Your PLC 207
Part III Formative Assessment After Instruction 231
Chapter 9 Formative Assessment Resources in Practice: Student Self-Assessment 233
Chapter 10 Formative Assessment After Instruction 255
Chapter 11 Concluding Thoughts 269
References 271
Bibliography 273
Index 275
