FOCUS
Accentuate The Formative
Michigan teachers use rubrics and video to improve their practice
By Theron Blakeslee, Denny Chandler, Edward Roeber and Tara Kintz
Categories: Data, Learning designsOctober 2017
Vol. 38 No 5
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Theron Blakeslee ([email protected]) and Denny Chandler ([email protected]) are employed by the Michigan Assessment Consortium to conduct research for the Michigan Department of Education on the FAME program. Edward Roeber ([email protected]) is assistant director of the Michigan Assessment Consortium and directs the consortium’s FAME research effort. Tara Kintz ([email protected]) is director of the fellowship of instructional leaders in the Office of K-12 Outreach at Michigan State University.
5 Dimensions of Formative Assessment
Planning
- Instructional planning
Learning targets
- Use of learning targets
- Learning progressions
- Model of proficient achievement
Eliciting student understanding
- Activating prior knowledge
- Eliciting evidence of student understanding
- Teacher questioning strategies
Rationale for questioning
- Formative feedback
- Feedback from the teacher
- Feedback from peers
- Student self-assessment
Instructional and learning decisions
- Adjustments to teaching
- Adjustments to learning
References
Costa, A. & Garmston, R. (2016). Cognitive Coaching: Developing self-directed leaders and learners (3rd ed.). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Kintz, T., Lane, J., Gotwals, A., & Cisterna, D. (2015). Professional development at the local level: Necessary and sufficient conditions for critical colleagueship. Teaching and Teacher Education, 51, 121-136.
Categories: Data, Learning designs
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