Assessment strategies

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…

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.

15 Ways to Check for Understanding. It's important to continually check with your students for their understanding during a lesson. #classroom #teaching

Every day, as teachers, I believe we enter the classrooms with lots of wonderings and thoughts in our heads about what to do. Not because we do not have plans for the day. But we are trying to …

Types of Assessments

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.

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.

Quick & Easy Formative Assessments UPDATED | Squarehead Teachers

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…

Do you have formative assessment strategies set in place that have your students leaving the classroom with a smile on their face? This blog post...

Looking for some engaging and low-prep strategies to pre-test your students? I'm loving this list of pre-assessment ideas for any subject area!

Hey everyone! It's Deanna here from A Primary Owl! Today, I am talking formative assessments....this has been a huge push in my school this year. We have been focusing on Formative Instructional Practices like posting clear learning targets for students, making sure students know their learning targets and regular formative assessments to drive your instruction. So, I want to share with you 5 quick ways you can check for understanding during or after your lesson. You probably already use…

How can you move learning forward using formative assessment strategies in your classroom?

53 Ways to Check for Understanding

The CTL resource Getting Started with Active Learning offers a framework for active learning in which instructors have students encounter new information, engage with course content, and reflect on what they learned and their learning process.

Summative assessment ideas and strategies to use to determine final grades for reporting of outcomes. Use in science, social studies, math, health, and language arts classrooms.

Review the four types of formative assessment, and immediately put them into practice with traditional strategies or snazzy new digital tools!

Ten formative and summative assessment examples to add to your repertoire and to inspire you teaching practice immediately!

Various quotes on assessment. From ASCD, “Using Assessments Thoughtfully”

Check out these 75 formative assessment ideas, and save this pin for whenever you need to come up with an idea for formative assessment!