I ended part one of my formative assessment blog series sharing the various types of formative assessments with you. If you missed it, you can read it here. Are you ready to dive a little deeper into formative assessment? If so, read on.
Why use formative assessment?
Watch the video below and listen as this teacher provides her second grade student with oral feedback on his writing. She has gathered information about his understanding by looking at his writing product, which in this case, serves as a formative assessment. She helps him understand where he is going, where he is now and shows him how he can close the gap. She also offers him more opportunity for practice.
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