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Formative Assessments with Technology (elementary)

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Description: Thoughtful, formative assessments can have positive impact on improving student achievement. Formative assessments come in many forms from dip-sticking with thumbs up, to exit slips, brief quizzes, and collecting data on clipboards. The difficult part is collecting, sorting, and saving the data for instructional decisions. In this workshop, you will be introduced to some free, web-based tools that can be used in your classroom immediately.

Workshop links and resources:

What is a summative assessment?

A summative assessment asks, "Did the student acquire the intended knowledge and skills by the deadline - yes or no, pass or fail?"

What is a formative assessment?

A formative assessment asks, "Is the student learning it, and if not, what steps do we need to take to support their learning?"

Use the assessment to identify students who are not yet proficient on a particular skill or concept.
Require those students to keep working on that skill or concept in a structured school-wide intervention program that is timely, directive, ans systematic.
Use the assessment to improve student learning and keep working on the concept until they demonstrate proficiency.

What are some examples of formative assessments?

Observations
Questioning
Discussion
Entry/Exit Slips
Graphic Organizers
Quizzes

What are some examples of technology tools that can help make formative assessments more effective and efficient?

Google Forms

TIP SHEET
Cartoon Quiz
Flubaroo
Forms+

Socrative

Here are a few tips to help you ease into your first Socrative class.

You can find great classroom ideas, user guides, videos, and more in our Socrative Garden.
Socrative works on any browser and has iOS and Android Apps. You and your students can access Socrative via all these platforms.

Teachers log in at t.socrative.com or by launching your app.
Students log in at m.socrative.com or by launching their app. Students do not register for accounts. They simply enter your unique classroom number to answer questions.