Science Formative Assessment Session Coming Up

Formative Assessment Overview

Come learn how to turn what you are already doing in your classrooms into an easy, practical and intentional formative assessments.  Here are some comments other teachers have said about the session:

• "I learned how to collect meaningful data."

• "This PD gave me a framework for the creation and implementation of formative assessment."

• "Formative assessments comes in many forms."

• "My attitude changed the most on thinking through (and beyond) the formative assessment process."

The five session series is designed to introduce teachers to the formative assessment design cycle. Teachers will create a three dimensional formative assessment to use with their students. They will learn how to use, implement, and analyze formative assessments back in their classrooms.

Dates

1. February 26 - Formative Assessment Design Process/Building Common Language

2. March 5 - Setting Goals and Exploring Student Ideas

3. March 12 - Design/Select/Adapt Formative Assessment Tools

4. March 19 - Practicing Using the Tools

5. March 26 - Making Inferences and Identifying Next Steps

The sessions build on each other, so its important to make as many as you can. All sessions are held at RESA. This session are designed for the new science standards, but anyone can come and build a formative assessment for any content area.

Please call Laura Chambless for more information.

Detailed Agenda