Good morning,
A follow up to "what is formative assessment'
I was completely ignorant of formative assessment prior to this
discussion, and have learned from, and enjoyed following, this
discussion. I do have a question regarding formative.
It seems that formative assessment is summative assessment being done
more frequently. It's as if there is a continuum between the two. By
that I mean assessment is done to assessment more specific skills. An
example might be assessing whether a student has addition skills before
you try to teach that student division. Remember of course that division
requires subtraction. Formative assessment does not assess learning
styles, it is not diagnostic in the sense that the WISC-R or WAIS is.

Am I completely off base here?

Thank you.

Ron Vorp
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Budget, Accountability, and Research
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 -----Original Message-----
From: specialtopics-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:specialtopics-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Hann, Naeema
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 11:38 AM
To: dwyoho at earthlink.net; specialtopics at nifl.gov
Subject: [SpecialTopics 815] Re: What is formative assessment

Hi! all, have been following this with great interest and have also
recommended this discussion to some colleagues.

Now then, in England, formative assessment has very much been a part of
Adult ESOL delivery for a long time. It has certainly been more visible
since Skills For Life came on board or rather Skills For Life took ESOL
on board. It is also included in teacher training programmes. It is of
course very effective in moving learners on and also, depending on the
teacher's approach, in getting learners to develop an increasing
awareness of their own role in their learning journey.

Best wishes,


Naeema 

Naeema B.Hann
PhD student
Leslie Silver International Faculty
Leeds Metropolitan University
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-----Original Message-----
From: specialtopics-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:specialtopics-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Debbie Yoho
Sent: 25 February 2008 20:14
To: specialtopics at nifl.gov
Subject: [SpecialTopics 752] Re: What is formative assessment

While is appears formative assessment is relatively an unknown idea in
adult education, it may be very familiar to educators trained for k-12.
As
an undergraduate secondary education major in 1971, I was carefully
taught the difference between formative and summative assessments.  The
emphasis for formative assessment was on teacher-developed assessment
tools.  We studied Robert Mager's structure for formulating objectives
and outcomes, and were taught to create our own periodic assessments,
oiften quite informal,  keyed to those objectives.  One book that had a
profound impact
on my teaching practice was called CLASSROOM QUESTIONS.	 Alas, I cannot
remember the author and no longer have the book.  But the book showed
how
to structure questions by considering Bloom's Taxonomy.   If the title
rings a bell with anyone I'd love to be reminded of the author and
whether or not it is still in print.  It was a slim volume, less than
100 pages.

Questions for our special topics guests:  is the foundational work of
Bloom and Mager pertinent to how formative assessment was evaluated in
the OECD studies, and are we talking mainly about teacher-made tools?

Deborah W. Yoho
director, Turning Pages
     (formerly the Greater Columbia Literacy Council) a community
service of Volunteers of America Carolinas
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> [Original Message]

> From: David J. Rosen <djrosen at comcast.net>

> To: <specialtopics at nifl.gov>

> Date: 2/25/2008 1:40:36 PM

> Subject: [SpecialTopics 751]  What is formative assessment

>

> Colleagues,

>

> A discussion list subscriber wrote to me offline: "David, I've never 

> heard of formative assessment in adult basic education.  What is it?" 

> I think she may speak for many in the U.S.

> who are subscribed to this discussion.

>

> I encourage those who are new to this concept -- or possibly just this



> term -- to post your questions now, to ask  Janet and our other guests



> about what formative assessment means. You might ask questions



> like "Does it mean that a teacher would......" or " ...that students 

> would...." or "Does it differ from summative assessment in that....."



> or however you like.

>

> While we await subscribers' questions, Janet could you give some more



> examples of formative assessment in adult foundation (basic) skills.

>

> David J. Rosen

> Special Topics Discussion Moderator

> djrosen at comcast.net

>

>

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