Definition+of+Formative+Assessment



•  Read the definition quietly to yourself. •   The Key terms of this definition are underlined or in a different color   font —planned process, part of instruction, used to adjust instruction

•  __ Questions for discussion board (above): __   • Why is it important to plan formative assessment into your lesson? •   Where do you see planned formative assessment strategies being used outside of classroom? •   Example: You may want to discuss the idea of a sports coach planning to   assess the speed of his players on a periodic basis. •   For our purposes, we have included pre-assessment as a type of formative assessment.