54 different examples of formative assessment.Curated by David Wees, Formative assessment specialist, New Visions for Public SchoolsDefinitionA formative assessment or assinment is a tool teachers use to ive feedbac! to students and"or uide their instruction# $t is not included in a student rade, nor should it be used to %ude a teacher&s performance# 'oth of these would be considered summative assessments#(his presentation is licensed under a Creative Commons Share)ali!e, Attribution, Noncommercial license#*ou may copy it, use it, share it, modify it, with attribution for non)commercial purposes#3x Summarization(o chec! understandin, as! !ids to write three different summaries+,ne in -.)-/ words,ne in 0.)/. words,ne in 1/)-.. words# (he different lenths re2uire different attention to details#Compare" contrast with peers" loo! at teacher model 3via document camera#4Postcard 5ave students write a postcard as a historical fiure to another historical fiure discussin and describin a historical event# 3 Things6ist 0 thins that a fellow student miht misunderstand about the topic#Venn Diagram5ave students compare and contrast a topic usin a Venn diaram#Hand in pass outAs! students 2uestions, have them respond on noteboo! paper anonymously#Students then hand their papers in#(eacher immediately, randomly ives them bac! to students for radin#Students et practice radin others wor!, but shouldn&t !now who is who#(eacher then ta!es informal poll about how many 2uestions students answered correctly#Visualize !"e the #llustrator$ 7ead a pae of the story not allowin students to see the illustration#5ave each student create a visuali8ation 3illustration4 for that pae#%uizzes9ive students 2ui88es, which either you mar!, or they mar!# *ou can use the information athered from the 2ui88es to uide your instruction, or to ive feedbac! to the students#&rite it do'n5ave students write down an e:planation of what they understand# 7ead these e:planations to help inform your instruction, and write comments on them 3or discuss them with the student4 to ive them feedbac!#() *avorite +oAssin students a warm up problem or two# 5and out inde: cards to the students# Sort the inde: cards into )es"no piles# Choose your favourite no response and analy8e it as a class#See https+""www#teachinchannel#or"videos"class)warm)up)routine(ini,'hite-oards ;ach student, or roups of students, has a mini)whiteboard# As they wor! throuh problems, they can share them either with you as a class, or you can wal! around the classroom and see their wor!#.reate something(his is similar to chec!in for transfer# 5ave students build"create somethin that re2uires that they apply what they have learned#.hec/ for transferChec! to ma!e sure your students are able to transfer a concept from one domain to another# (his could ta!e a variety of forms# For e:ample, can they identify the clima: in a short story, a novel, a movie, and an advertisement