20 Formative Assessment Strategies that Work

<p>This book provides teachers and school leaders with practical, effective, and proven assessment strategies that are immediately implementable in classrooms. You’ll learn about 20 high-impact formative assessment strategies, with details on how they can be applied to a variety of content areas and grade levels, including mathematics, science, language arts, social studies, and various electives. In this accessible book, these experienced authors demonstrate the <i>how </i>and <i>why, </i>along with a framework for folding these new ideas into job-embedded professional development. <i>20 Formative Assessment Strategies that Work</i> provides the full toolkit for implementing, managing, and modifying these assessment strategies in your school and classrooms today. </p> <p><strong>Contents</strong></p><p>Meet the Authors</p><p>Preface</p><p>eResources</p><p>Introduction: Formatively Assessing Learning</p><p>Part I: Arts: Formative Assessment Strategies</p><p>Integrating Arts into Formative Assessments</p><p>Assessment 1 Postcard Summaries</p><p>Assessment 2 Sculpt It</p><p>Assessment 3 Sing It</p><p>Assessment 4 Who/What Am I This Time</p><p>Professional Development Plan: Arts Tasks</p><p>Part II: Collaborative: Formative Assessment Strategies</p><p>Integrating Collaboration into Formative Assessments</p><p>Assessment 5…And Scene!</p><p>Assessment 6 Check In, Check Out</p><p>Assessment 7 Group Graphic Organizers</p><p>Assessment 8 Learning Upgrade Charts</p><p>Professional Development Plan: Collaborative Tasks</p><p>Part III: Movement: Formative Assessment Strategies</p><p>Integrating Movement into Formative Assessments</p><p>Assessment 9 Four Corners</p><p>Assessment 10 Give One, Get One, Trade!</p><p>Assessment 11 Graffiti Art</p><p>Assessment 12 Human Likert Scale</p><p>Professional Development Plan: Movement Tasks</p><p>Part IV: Select Response: Formative Assessment Strategies</p><p>Integrating Select Response into Formative Assessments</p><p>Assessment 13 ABC Cups</p><p>Assessment 14 Entrance Tickets</p><p>Assessment 15 Exit Ticket</p><p>Assessment 16 Question Hunt</p><p>Professional Development Plan: Select Response Tasks</p><p>Part V: Supply Response: Formative Assessment Strategies</p><p>Integrating Supply Response into Formative Assessments</p><p>Assessment 17 3-2-1</p><p>Assessment 18 I Think I Wonder</p><p>Assessment 19 Sample Student Scenario</p><p>Assessment 20 Would You Rather</p><p>Professional Development Plan: Select Response Tasks</p><p>References</p>