Formative Assessment in Secondary Schools

This quick-reference classroom tool for middle and high school teachers provides a concise description of formative assessment and explains how teachers can use the approach to monitor students' progress toward Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and determine when adjustments to instruction are needed. It outlines a critical, continuous cycle of questions, and identifies other ways teachers should allow students to demonstrate learning. The guide also explains how to gauge an appropriate level of useful, quality feedback and identifies various formats for delivering this feedback to students. Most importantly, the guide describes how to analyze student data and, on the basis of this analysis, develop an individualized plan for guided instruction that will broaden and deepen the student's conceptual understanding.