Formative Assessment

1.
New Clothes
2. Do’s and Don’ts
3. Three Most Common Misunderstandings
4. Yes/No Chart
5. Three Questions
6. Explain What Matters
7. Big Picture
8. Venn Diagram
9. Draw It
10. Self-Directed Response
11. The Popsicle™ Stick – think of these as Opportunity sticks

12. The Exit Ticket
13. The Whiteboard
14. Corners
15. Think-Pair-Share
16. Two Stars and a Wish
17. Carrousel Brainstorming
18. Jigsaw
19. ABCD Cards
20. Basketball Discussions
Here are seven more strategies you can use to elicit evidence of student learning.
21. Entrance Tickets – We’ve blogged about and explained The Exit Ticket, so why not
have an Entrance Ticket? Here, the teacher asks a question at the start of a lesson, and
students write their responses on index cards or strips of paper. She uses them to assess
initial understanding of something to be discussed in that day’s lesson or as a short
summary of understanding of the previous day’s lesson. The teacher designs the lesson
around the fact that information on student learning will be coming in at the start of the
lesson and can be used to improve the teaching and learning in that lesson. She designs
the question, so it is easily interpreted and analyzed, allows time for herself and/or the
students to analyze the responses, and adjusts the lesson accordingly (if needed).
22. Keep the Question Going – With this formative assessment strategy, the teacher asks
one student a question and then asks another student if that answer seems reasonable or
correct. Then, he asks a third student for an explanation of why there is an agreement or
not. This helps keep all the students engaged because they must be prepared to either
agree or disagree with the answers given and provide explanations.
23. 30-Second Share: Many students take a turn to report something learned in the lesson for
up to 30 seconds each. Connections to the learning targets or success criteria are what the
teacher is looking for in the language used by the student. Make this a routine at the end
of a lesson so that all students have the opportunity to participate, share insights, and
clarify what was learned.
24. Parking Lot: This is an underused strategy for students and one that can surface
questions before the learning, as well as during and after. This tool also offers an
anonymous place for questions that may be directly related to the content or tangential to
the current topic and provide insight into student thinking.
25. One-Minute Paper: This might be considered a type of exit ticket as it is typically done
near the end of the day. Students, either individually or with a partner, are asked to
respond in writing to a single prompt. Typical prompts include:
 Most important learning from the day

 Most surprising concept
 Most confusing topic and why
 Identify something you think might appear on a test or quiz
26. 3-2-1; At the end of the learning, this strategy provides students a way to summarize or
even question what they just learned. Three prompts are provided for students to respond
to:
 3 things you didn’t know before

 2 things that surprised you about the topic
 1 thing you want to start doing with what you’ve learned
27. Assessment Reflection: This post-assessment reflection is completed first by the

individual student and then shared in a small group. The teacher provides a list of
questions, so learners can reflect on their assessment experience. The questions provide
insight into both learning (the content) and learning tactics. Download this strategy .
All 27 formative assessment strategies are simple to administer and free or inexpensive to use.
They provide the teacher with the evidence of student learning needed to make lesson plan
adjustments and keep learning on target and moving forward. They also provide valuable
information for the students, so they can adjust their learning tactics and know where to focus
their energies.
Do you have a favorite? What have you tried and how did it work? Share your thoughts with me
on Twitter at @kdyer13.

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11. The Popsicle™ Stick – think of these as Opportunity sticks

 Most important learning from the day

 3 things you didn’t know before

27. Assessment Reflection: This post-assessment reflection is completed first by the

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