This module provides an introduction to formative assessment, its importance and role in North Carolina’s 21st Century Balanced Assessment System. At the end of the module, participants will be able to say, I can...
- Explain the purpose of formative assessment and why it is defined as a process;
- Distinguish between formative assessment and benchmark/summative assessment;
- Articulate how formative assessment is used in their classroom/school and how they plan to use formative assessment in the future.
(1 hr. estimated seat time and 1hr. total time)
An exercise in writing clear learning targets and defining criteria for success to help students answer the question: Where am I going?
(1 hr. estimated seat time and 4hrs. total time)
An exercise in collecting and documenting evidence of learning to help students answer the question: Where am I now?
(1 hr. estimated seat time and 2hrs. total time)
An exercise in analyzing evidence and providing descriptive feedback to help students answer the question: How do I close the gap?
(1 hr. estimated seat time and 4hrs. total time)
An exercise in exploring the administrator's role in formative assessment, as outlined by the North Carolina Standards for School Executives, and its implementation in the school or district.
(1 hr. estimated seat time and 4hrs. total time)
What happens when you collect evidence of learning and find that a child is missing a foundational skill that would allow him/her to read the designated text? What happens when a child struggles with a text beyond his/her capacity for comprehension?
This resource is designed for Kindergarten through fifth grade educators is full of early literacy strategy examples that address the foundational skills that must be in place for a child to make reading connections through the staircase of increasing text complexity and progressive reading comprehension. The strategies address foundational skills in the standards, the National Reading Panel’s five components of reading research, and the Fountas and Pinnell Continuum of Early Literacy Skills, all based on the North Carolina Teacher Academy’s work with leading national early literacy experts.
This section provides participants with additional resources to enhance their implementation of formative assessment. These resources include videos of implementation, research to support formative assessment, and other background information.
Are you looking for resources to assist in your implementation of the formative assessment process? Teachers across North Carolina developed Formative Assessment Plans that align with standards to use during the implementation of the formative assessment process during instruction. Plans are available for various grade levels in Arts Education, Career and Technical Education, English as a Second Language, English Language Arts, Healthful Living, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, and World Languages.