Formative Assessment
Find and share ideas for checking in with students during a project, class, or semester to assess their learning and see if content or instruction needs adjusting.
6 Research-Backed Ways to Break Up Your Lectures
Lectures are efficient ways to convey information, but kids tend to tune them out. Here are 6 activities that will keep students focused while improving learning outcomes.Using Portfolios to Assess Student Learning
Allowing students to select the work that they feel is most representative of their learning is a powerful way to assess student knowledge.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Inviting Participation With Thumbs-Up Responses
A quick assessment strategy replaces raised hands, encouraging more students to contribute by accommodating their different processing needs.163.8kYour content has been saved!
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7 Smart, Fast Ways to Do Formative Assessment
Within these methods you’ll find close to 40 tools and tricks for finding out what your students know while they’re still learning.68kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.28 Ways to Quickly Check for Understanding
From sketching comics to drafting tweets, these fun—and fast—ways to check for understanding are creative and flexible.60-Second Strategy: Whiteboard Relay
The team competition is fierce in this informal assessment activity, in which students have to work together to win.8kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.27 Super-Smart, Teacher-Tested Closing Activities
Quick (and fun) strategies to check for understanding, reinforce learning, and identify misconceptions in the last moments of class.
Covid-19’s Impact on Students’ Academic and Mental Well-Being
The pandemic has revealed—and exacerbated—inequities that hold many students back. Here’s how teachers can help.28.1kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.The Power of Learning Progressions
Learning progressions allow teachers to differentiate content based on increasing levels of complexity.8 Closing Activities to Wrap Up a Lesson
Lock in the day’s learning with these closing activities that check for understanding and clear up misconceptions.
8 Quick Checks for Understanding
Formative assessment is a proven technique for improving student learning, and the strategies shared here by Jay McTighe work both in the classroom and remotely.17.9kYour content has been saved!
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3 Ways to Ask Questions That Engage the Whole Class
These techniques guide all students to process course content and then actively demonstrate their learning.22.4kYour content has been saved!
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Formative Assessment in Distance Learning
The pandemic has closed schools, but schooling goes on—and it remains crucial that teachers find ways to see what students are learning.18.9kYour content has been saved!
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3 Ways Student Data Can Inform Your Teaching
Gather and use valuable student data to inform your classroom practice.31.2kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.10 Powerful Ways to End Your Lessons
Instead of cleaning up or going over homework assignments, try these creative activities that can help students make sense of new material—and have fun in the process.6.6kYour content has been saved!
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