GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Oh yes! I have to grade everything my students do. How else would I know if they’ve learned?
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Oh no ____ never! I never grade anything so I don’t risk hurting my students’ feelings!
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I don’t grade most of my formative assessments because I use them to modify instruction or set goals for my students.
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None of the above.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The short answer to this question is no. For several decades now, research has been quite emphatic that grades and scores can interfere with a student’s willingness to keep learning.
Detailed explanation-2: -Formative assessment is about measuring where students are in their learning and giving them feedback, they say, and then working to fill in the gaps. Grading can shut down that process.
Detailed explanation-3: -Formative assessments like in-class work, written assignments, discussion forums, and group work can be graded with a rubric to provide individualized feedback to students.
Detailed explanation-4: -The goal of formative assessment is to monitor student learning to provide ongoing feedback that can be used by instructors to improve their teaching and by students to improve their learning. More specifically, formative assessments: help students identify their strengths and weaknesses and target areas that need work.