Fundamentals of Formative Assessment
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Fundamentals of Formative Assessment
February 6, 2019
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Today’s Presenters
Rachel Brown, PhD
Senior Academic Officer
FastBridge Learning
John Bielinski, PhD
Senior Director of Research & Development
FastBridge Learning
Lynn M. Edwards, PhD
Post-Doctoral Research Associate & School Psychologist
University of Minnesota
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What You’ll Learn Today
• Common misunderstandings about formative
assessment
• What defines formative assessment
• How formative assessment helps students
• How formative assessment fits into an MTSS
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Common Misunderstandings
• Too much testing
• Interferes with instruction
• Students don’t like it
• Data not useful
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Too Much Testing
• Maybe
• We need the right
assessments
• Formative
assessment is
different
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Interferes with Instruction
• Sometimes
• Formative
assessment
complements
instruction
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Students Don’t Like It
• No evidence
• Feedback loop
• Builds confidence
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Data Not Useful
• Need the right data
• At the right time
• With time for review
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Defining Features
• Brief and simple
• Sensitive to growth
• Reliable and valid
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Brief and Simple
• Single testing session
• Immediate reporting
• Easily understandable scores
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Sensitive to Growth
• Scores reveal weekly
growth
• Helps with lesson
planning
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Reliable and Valid
• Scores are stable over
time
• Measures what the
student is learning
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Helping Students
• Feedback loop
• Documentation
• Next steps
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Feedback Loop
• Student progress
• Motivation
• Goals
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Documentation
• Progress data tell a story
• Can support long-term
planning
• Eligibility decisions
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Next Steps
• Problem solving
• Less or more
support
• Celebrations
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Formative Assessment and MTSS
• Supporting all students
• Data-driven
• Timely support
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Supporting ALL Students
• Tiered supports are
for all students
• Reflects many types of
needs
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Data Driven
• Objective
• Student-focused
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Timely Support
• Weekly
• Immediate feedback
• Success focus
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One Simple Solution.
Delivered in Half the Time,for Half the Cost.
The Formative Assessment System for Teachers
(FAST™) is the only solution that combines
Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) and
Computer-Adaptive Testing (CAT) to transform the
way teachers measure and monitor student
progress in reading, math and social-emotional
behavior — with faster, more effective results.
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Questions?
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in your control panel.
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