AFL PLG Formative Assessment

Which would you identify as the first step of formative assessment?

• Access to previous topic test results

• Having an idea of their current abilities

• Knowing what they are learning (learning goal & success criteria)

• Knowing your learners

Identify the statement that could be considered formative assessment?

• Is a fluid, ongoing process influenced by student need

• Viewed as an activity completed after the teaching and learning has taken place

• Measures results for reporting to parents

• An evaluation of how well a student has completed an assignment

Select the statement that would not count as formative assessment

• "Cold calling" students during discussion time

• A plenary that consists of an exit test question for students to write what they learned that day

• A teacher walking around listening to students discussing work

• Carried out when teaching has been completed to assess learning.

A teacher asks 3 questions at the end of the period about how lungs work & students write answers onto an exit slip. After reading the answers the teacher could make any of the following decisions. Identify the one that could have the least impact on student learning (from a formative assessment perspective).

• All students have a general understanding of the parts of the lungs so she plans to move on tomorrow.

• The teacher decides to spend another lesson on lungs based on number of errors from the exit test

• The teacher marks the 3 questions and students are given a 1-3 score based on number correct.

• The teacher writes one piece of feedback on each exit slip regarding what that student needs to work on next.

Tick the box of something on this list that you think you need to develop in your own classroom.

What does AFL stand for (in a school context)?

• Assessment formative learning

• I still don't know

• Its similar to NFL

• Assessment for learning

Which of these seems like the most clear success criteria for a student to understand if they have met the learning goal?

• What are the rules for the language of algebra?

• I can rearrange an equation to find velocity

• Complete a graphic organiser to illustrate a NZ resource

• I am learning to use charcoal pencil to develop my use of shading to demonstrate mood

Identify the best learning goal:

• Label the parts of the heart

• We are learning how to enhance our relationships

• Complete the worksheet on movement

• We are learning about the life processes involving circulation

A good learning goal would not be:

• Specific

• Written on the board

• Tell the students what they are learning

• A task

"We are learning to construct a bar graph" is an example of: