Formative assessment acitivity 1

B. A district uses interim tests every six to ten weeks to check student progress. Students not meeting a certain threshold are required to receive additional instruction on Saturdays.

• Summative assessment

• Formative assessment

D. A history teacher has been teaching about the issue of bias in historical sources. Three minutes before the end of the lesson the teacher distributes index cards and asks students to respond to the question, “Why are historians concerned with bias in historical sources?” Students turn in these exit passes as they leave. The teacher reads through the cards and discards them after she determines that the students have a good enough grasp of the issue for the teacher to move on to the next topic

• Summative assessment

• Formative assessment

During a geography lesson, a teacher hands out a map of Europe and asks students to identify the countries and their capitals. The teacher uses this information to gauge the students' understanding of European geography.

• Summative assessment

• Formative assessment

At the end of a literature unit, a teacher asks students to write a reflection on how the themes of the novels studied relate to real-life situations. The teacher uses these reflections to assess the depth of students' understanding.

• Summative assessment

• Formative assessment

E. An AP calculus teacher is in the middle of teaching students about graph sketching and wants to move on. She asks students, “Please sketch the graph of y equals one over one plus x squared.” Each student quickly sketches the graph on a whiteboard and holds it up for the teacher to see. The teacher sees that the class understands and moves on.

• Summative assessment

• Formative assessment

A high school physics teacher wants to assess students' understanding of Newton's laws of motion. She gives each student a scenario involving an object in motion and asks them to identify which law of motion applies to the situation. The teacher uses this information to tailor her upcoming lessons on the topic.

• Summative assessment

• Formative assessment