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Formative Assessment Action Plan: Practical Steps to More Successful Teaching and Learning by Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher Chapter 1. Creating a Formative Assessment System Chapter 2. Feed-Up: Where Am I Going? Chapter 3. Checking for Understanding: Where Am I Now? Chapter 4. Feedback: How Am I Doing? Chapter 5. Feed-Forward: Where Am I Going Next? Chapter 6. Building a Formative Assessment System References About the Authors Related ASCD Resources: Formative Assessment A Study Guide for The Formative Assessment Action Plan: Practical Steps to More Successful Teaching and Learning

What is Formative Assessment? Formative assessment is a reflective process that intends to promote student attainment [1]. Cowie and Bell [2] define it as the bidirectional process between teacher and student to enhance, recognize and respond to the learning. Black and Wiliam [3] consider an assessment ‘formative’ when the feedback from learning activities is actually used to adapt the teaching to meet the learner's needs.

Formative Assessment System Establish learning goals Check for understanding Provide feedback Then, align future instruction with the students’ performance

Gradual Release of Responsibility “Framework” Teacher Responsibility Focus Lesson “I do it” Guided Instruction “We do it” “You do it together” “You do it alone” Student Responsibility

Common Assessments allows groups of teachers to talk about the standards, how the standards might be assessed, how students are currently performing, and what learning needs to take place for students to demonstrate proficiency

Leadership for a Formative Assessment System Getting leaders into classrooms is important if school improvement efforts are to flourish. Leaders and teachers must have productive conversations about observations. Leaders must have a deep understanding of quality and provide feedback that is counter to what the evidence says about good teaching.