Formative assessment is a huge part of my school's daily schedule. It is mandatory for teachers to do and document all assessments. I have seen my teacher use many types of formative assessments. Some have included matrixes, tickets out the door, thumbs up, and many more. An example of formative assessment being used is when my teacher told all the students who understood a topic to put their thumb up, the ones that were a little fuzzy to put their thumbs sideways, and the ones who were completely lost to put their thumbs down. Luckily, there were no thumbs down. There were about 5 thumbs sideways. She said that everyone can work independently and she went over to the students with thumbs sideways to help them understand by wording it a different way and giving each of them individualized attention. That is how she remediated their learning. At the end of the lesson, all of the students handed in a writing piece as a ticket out the door so the teacher could see if all of the students finally understood the concept.
Formative assessment is very important at Shadybrook. This is because their is a new principal that is working hard to make sure all students get the education they deserve. He does not want any of them to fall behind so formative assessment is a way that he can check to see how each individual student is doing.
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