Today's Middle Level Educator

9/21/2009
The Culture of Formative Assessment (21:38)
In this second part of a two-part discussion about formative assessment, Kate Garrison, Manager of Products and services for Professional Development with Measured Progress, discusses the culture of formative assessment.

Resources:

• Formative and Summative Assessments in the Classroom
  by Catherine Garrison & Michael Ehringhaus
• Effective Classroom Assessment: Linking Assessment with Instruction
  by Catherine Garrison, Dennis Chandler, & Michael Ehringhaus
• Using Formative Assessments to Individualize Instruction and Promote Learning
  by Juliann M. Kaftan, Gayle A. Buck, & Alysa Haack

6/4/2009
Formative Assessment: Debunking the Myths (21:13)
Formative assessment is a verb, not a noun. A process whereby students and teachers maintain ongoing conversation about learning, formative assessment is key to student achievement. Kate Garrison, manager of products and services for professional development with Measured Progress, debunks 5 myths about formative assessment in the first of this 2-part discussion.

Resources:

• Formative and Summative Assessments in the Classroom
  by Catherine Garrison & Michael Ehringhaus
• Effective Classroom Assessment: Linking Assessment with Instruction
  by Catherine Garrison, Dennis Chandler, & Michael Ehringhaus
• Using Formative Assessments to Individualize Instruction and Promote Learning
  by Juliann M. Kaftan, Gayle A. Buck, & Alysa Haack