Assessment for learning

Get them excited to show you what they know!

Quick, casual ways to make sure everybody's on board.

In this post, you will find 27 Formative Assessment Tools for Your Classroom! Formative assessment is such an essential part of the learning process and student success, and many digital tools can help support this process.This list has a wide variety of features and options to help you solidify your formative assessment strategies! Many of the tools below are great for both formative and summative assessments.

Assessment for Learning (AfL) is the process of finding out how much progress students have made in their learning and then planning next steps for them. What does successful AfL look like? Strateg…

Whether they're completed on a piece of paper, a tablet, or a whiteboard, exit tickets are a powerful tool to use in your classroom. Exit tickets are formative assessments that provide a quick snapshot about your students' learning and understanding of a topic faster than any other tool in the classroom.

Tute content: Assessment Lecture content: Assessment in Primary Humanities Required reading: Reynolds, R. (2014) (3rd Edition). Teaching Humanities and Social Sciences in the Primary School. Oxford…

Assessment is an important part of planning, but how do you assess all aspects of reading. Jennifer Serravallo has great recommendations in her book, and this post reviews her ideas.

Types of Assessments

This 3-2-1 ELA closure activity worksheet is designed for use after students have read a nonfiction text. There are boxes for students to write three facts they learned, two questions they still have, and one opinion they now have.

How do you typically measure learning? Check out the infographic for ideas on how to mix and match assessment techniques for your next training program.

What is a portfolio assessment and how to use it in class?🤔 Our latest post delves into this dynamic approach to learning! 📚✨ Discover the benefits and strategies for effective implementation. A must-read for forward-thinking educators! #EdTech #LearningGrowth https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2023/12/portfolio-assessment.html

Assessment is certainly a hot topic in education. Teachers everywhere are (rightfully) concerned that we've become overly preoccupied with assessing student knowledge. Instead, we should be flipping the switch and refocus on what really matters: student learning. But student learning and assessment go hand in hand when done naturally. When we assess FOR learning, it becomes a natural

Formative Assessment Tool - Students identify where they are at in their learning journey $

Explore 10 tips for creating effective and authentic assessments using past examples and official syllabuses.

Sharyn Kish on Instagram: "Word Mapping Game Changer! Do this with your guided phonics skill groups or whole class depending on their needs. I used colored stickers for a quick informal assessment🙌🏼 You could use other stickers, crayons or bingo stampers, too! #kindergarten #kindergartenactivities #iteachk #firstgradeteacher #secondgrade #phonics #teachersofinstagram #teachersfollowteachers #teacherspayteachers #homeschoolmom #fun #literacy #reading"

Great teachers like you know the importance of having various assessments guiding their teaching, but specific types of assessments should happen at particular times in the learning process. There are differences between assessment for learning vs. assessment of learning in math! Check out this post for a review of these assessment types and get some great math lesson ideas for primary grades at the same time. You won't want to miss the FREE math assessment forms included!

"As a teacher, I would like to ask you what method you use to find the real reasons [or triggers] for behavior problems in students with high functioning autism?" In order to identify the underlying causes of difficult behaviors in children with Asperger’s (AS) and High-Functioning Autism (HFA), a Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) must be performed. An FBA is an approach that incorporates a variety of techniques to diagnose the causes and to identify likely interventions intended to…