Formative Assessment

Six Things Teachers and District Leaders Can Do To Support Formative Assessment

Kathy Dyer
September 1, 2016

Many district leaders and administrators use the valuable summer months to plan for the return of teachers and students to the classroom. In many schools, formative assessment… Continue Reading

Category | Formative Assessment, Classroom Instruction

Three Ways People Learn – A Summer Refresher on Teaching for Understanding

Kathy Dyer
August 9, 2016

Using some existing educational research, we can begin to piece together how people learn, which can ultimately inform how teachers should teach. Makes sense right? While there… Continue Reading

Category | Classroom Instruction, Formative Assessment

What Do Parents Think About Assessment?

Kara Bobowski
July 14, 2016

Over the past 5 years, NWEA has sponsored three national studies focused on what various stakeholders, including superintendents, principals, teachers, students and parents think about assessment. As… Continue Reading

Category | Interim Assessments, Formative Assessment

Summer School – School and District Leaders’ To-Do List for Formative Assessment Success

Kathy Dyer
June 30, 2016

With summer fast approaching teachers often have a laundry list of to-do’s, books to read, traveling to catch up on, and other tasks that typically get shelved… Continue Reading

Category | Formative Assessment, Classroom Instruction

Six Steps to Formative Assessment Success in the Classroom

Kathy Dyer
May 31, 2016

In a post not too long ago, I highlighted three reasons to prioritize formative assessment in the classroom. Formative assessment may be a buzz word in education… Continue Reading

Category | Formative Assessment, Assessment Literacy

Take Three! 55 Digital Tools and Apps for Formative Assessment Success

Kathy Dyer
May 24, 2016

There is no shortage of strategies, techniques, and tools available to teachers who use formative assessment in their classrooms. It’s been over a year since we published… Continue Reading

Category | Formative Assessment

Teacher Stories: Using Students to Develop Rubrics and Improve Classroom Collaboration

Kathy Dyer
May 17, 2016

Involving students in their own learning is a core component of effective formative assessment practice. Empowering student collaboration can help them understand their learning targets, while moving… Continue Reading

Category | Formative Assessment, Classroom Instruction

Teacher Stories: Involving Students in Scoring to Better Understand Learning Targets

Kathy Dyer
April 26, 2016

In my role at NWEA, I’m often working with teachers who relate stories of their success in the classroom. From time to time I’ll share those stories…. Continue Reading

Category | Formative Assessment, Classroom Instruction

Four Key Formative Assessment Practices – Building the Foundation for Classroom Success

Nikkie Zanevsky
April 22, 2016

Our webinar – Creating a Classroom Culture of Learning: Key Formative Assessment Practices – is behind us and our last blog shared some interesting attendee feedback on… Continue Reading

Category | Formative Assessment

Do you know what your child is learning in school? – 3 Questions for the Car

Kathy Dyer
April 19, 2016

How can we take what happens naturally at home and connect it explicitly to what is happening in classrooms where formative assessment is well integrated? Or as… Continue Reading

Category | Formative Assessment, Parents

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Formative Assessment

Six Things Teachers and District Leaders Can Do To Support Formative Assessment

Three Ways People Learn – A Summer Refresher on Teaching for Understanding

What Do Parents Think About Assessment?

Summer School – School and District Leaders’ To-Do List for Formative Assessment Success

Six Steps to Formative Assessment Success in the Classroom

Take Three! 55 Digital Tools and Apps for Formative Assessment Success

Teacher Stories: Using Students to Develop Rubrics and Improve Classroom Collaboration

Teacher Stories: Involving Students in Scoring to Better Understand Learning Targets

Four Key Formative Assessment Practices – Building the Foundation for Classroom Success

Do you know what your child is learning in school? – 3 Questions for the Car