Last year I attended the workshop below (from the staff bulletin last week) on Formative Assessment. This was an amazing day spent reflecting on how we assess our students and use powerful instructional strategies in our teaching. Please read the blurb below from Lori -as I would HIGHLY recommend going. I do have the Seven Strategies of Assessment for Learning book in my office if you'd like to sneak a peak - just let me know! I hope you consider attending this awesome experience!!!
Upcoming Professional Development Opportunity - Limited Space!
Formative Assessment: What is it? How can it make a difference?
In 2009, John Hattie wrote his groundbreaking book, Visible Learning. This book is a synthesis of over 800 meta-analyses related to student achievement. In other words, Mr. Hattie reviewed all of the research related to different instructional strategies and then ranked the strategies in order of their impact on student learning. WOW!
Hattie’s research supports the work of other leaders in the field of education, including Marzano, Silver, Chappuis, Wiliam, and Knight. According to Hattie and others… One of the most powerful instructional strategies we can implement in the classroom is FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT.
Formative assessment is one of several high-impact instructional strategies that have a significant positive effect on student learning. “The achievement gains realized by students whose teachers rely on formative assessment can range from 15 to 25 percentile points or two to four grade equivalents” (Black & Wiliam,1998). “Certain formative assessment practices greatly increase the achievement of low-performing students, in some cases to the point of approaching that of high-achieving students” (Chappuis, 2009).
Do you want to get started using formative assessment in your classroom? Are you looking for simple, easy-to-implement strategies that you can start using ASAP?
The Department for Student Learning is proud to host an upcoming workshop for District 64 teachers called “The Seven Strategies of Assessment for Learning.” This full-day workshop will teach you about seven formative assessment strategies that can powerfully impact student achievement. These strategies maximize the power of your lessons and are appropriate for any teacher in any content area. All participants will receive a copy of Jan Chappuis’ book Seven Strategies of Assessment for Learning.
The workshop will be held on Friday, October 25 from 8:30 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. at Jefferson (Plimpton). Space is limited so sign up soon via the link below if you are interested in participating. Registrations are due by Monday, October 21. Please do not secure a substitute for this workshop until your registration is confirmed by the Department for Student Learning.
*Registration Link: Formative Assessment Workshop
*If you are unable to attend on this date but are interested in this workshop, please send Lori Hinton an email. If there are enough interested people, we may be able to offer this workshop again at a later date.
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