Students do not learn what you teach...

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When delivering formative assessment PD, one of the slides that was created say, students do not learn what you teach. The presentation focuses on what are formative assessments, how do we create and administer them, and why are they important. How do we know if students learn what they are taught? Formative assessments are the bridge between teaching and learning. Teachers are able to catch struggling learners and use the data from formative assessments to remediate or enrich.  Research says that formative assessments benefit low-achieving students the most. There are misconceptions in our county about formative assessments. How do we track evidence of students learning and monitor the progress over time? One of the FIP Modules in SLDS says that data should be stored for evidence. Although there are many was to do a formative assessment for learning, data should be recorded when using the data to group, progress monitor, provide accurate feedback, and plan for differentiated instruction. It is not necessary to write anything down when just asking questions in class or when making immediate decisions. The PD also discussed different ways to implement technology and assessments. Many of the teachers are now using zip grade to help store evidence of student learning from the formative assessments administered.

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  1. UnknownOctober 12, 2015 at 7:52 PM

    Our county is currently transitioning to Blackboard as an information management, communication, and instructional platform. I've voluntarily participated in the initial training, and it looks like we'll be able to create and share assessments that are automatically graded and stored. After reading your post, I'm hoping that Blackboard also has the capability of organizing and displaying the assessment data for each student to monitor or evidence progress over time. That would be really cool! Thanks for the info on the FIP modules in SLDS too. Good to know info! Your post is relevant and important, especially considering that ALL teachers should be collecting and using data to "group, progress monitor, provide accurate feedback, and plan for differentiated instruction." Thanks!

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  2. UnknownOctober 15, 2015 at 3:29 PM

    This is a big struggle for me! I do not know how to EFFECTIVELY keep data on students. I know how to remediate when students have not mastered a concept. I do not know how to let data drive my instruction. Maybe I'm doing it but don't know I'm doing.

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