Common Formative Assessment
Foundation
Common Formative
Assessment
What is Common Formative Assessment?
Common = Given by all teachers at a
grade level or in a content area
Formative = Provides data to inform
planning and instruction
Assessment = Provides analytical
rather than evaluative information
Cook & Negron 2009
It is a process!
Questions to Consider
What is the difference
between assessment OF
learning and assessment
FOR learning?
What types of assessments do we
currently use?
Who analyzes the assessment results?
What functions should assessment
instruments have to provide greatest
leverage?
How can I best use selected and
constructed response questions,
performance evaluation, and rubrics?
The Learning Process
“Assessment is not
something that is done to
students separate and apart
from instruction; assessment
must be – must be seen to be
– something that is done with
students as an integral part of
the learning process.”