Embedding Formative Assessment: Practical Techniques for K-12 Classrooms

Effective classroom formative assessment helps educators make minute-by-minute, day-by-day instructional decisions. This clear, practical guide for teachers centers on five key instructional strategies, along with an overview of each strategy and practical formative assessment techniques for implementation in K-12 classrooms. The authors provide guidance on when and how to use the techniques, tips, cautions and enhancements to sustain formative assessment.

Educators will learn how to:

• Clarify, share and understand learning intentions and success criteria
• Engineer productive discussion and activities that elicit evidence of learning
• Provide feedback that moves learners forward
• Activate students as learning resources for each other
• Activate students as owners of their own learning