Formative+Assessment

=Formatlive Assessment: What is it=

Popham, J. W. (2008). Transformative assessment. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

 * ==== Attribute ==== || ==== Formative Assessment ==== || ==== Summative Assessment ==== ||
 * ==== Aim of the assessment ==== || ==== - aim to develop student learning ====

Milnes, J. (2006). Assessment testing. In their hands. T.H.E. Journal
==== -Formative: " . . . intended to assist a student (teacher) in improving a student's capability." (p. 73) Hunt, E. & Pellegrion, J.W. (2002). Issues, examples, and challenges in formative assessment. New Directions for Teaching and Learning ====

Grimm, N. (april 2, 2010). How to use classroom assessment techniques in your classroom. Ecology of Education
|| ==== aim is to measure student learning ====

- Summative evaluations are used to determine if students have mastered specific competencies and to identify instructional areas that need additional attention
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 * Process || - Formative assessment needs to take place during during

- Formative assessment is an on-going set of assessments, reviews, and observations in a classroom (Grimm, N., April 2, 2010) ||  ||   || Technology Formative Process || - Advice is to avoid ". . . simply buying additional technological bells and whistles, educators should clearly define why and how technology will further the formative assessment process and enhance student learning." ||  ||   ||
 * Best Practice Integrating

=Rationale for Using Technology to Enhance Formative Assessment=

Milnes (2006) describes the following reasons for enhancing formative assessment with technology. He recommends using technology to:
==== Grimm (April 2, 2010) describes the following reason for enhancing formative assessment with technology. He recommends using technology to embed assessment into instruction and provide immediate feedback. ====
 * ==== to provide "feed information back to students in ways that enable the students to learn better; ====
 * ==== eliminated the drudgery of assessment ====
 * ==== assessing students more accurately, efficiently, and quickly ====
 * ==== make evaluating student skills unobtrusive and easy ====
 * ==== individualized assessment ====
 * ==== immediate nature of the assessment ====
 * ==== create virtual real-time picture of which students need helps, where they need it, and how the teachers can help them best ====
 * ==== easy of tabulation and re-organization of the data (data mining) ====

**Key point** to Keep in Mind When Enhancing Formative Assessment with Technology

 * ==== Decide what you want to learn from the assessments ====
 * ==== Set goals - have long-terms goals and assess regularly ====
 * ==== Explain the purposes of the activity to students ====
 * ==== Keep assessments anonymous (depend on author). Do not grade assessments ====
 * ==== Present your results to class ====
 * ==== Focus on areas where students are falling behind. ====