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February 14, 2019
Category | Formative Assessment 19 formative assessment
strategies for online
teaching
5 formative strategies to improve student learning
from Dylan Wiliam and NWEA A step-by-step guide for
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Dylan Wiliam’s book Embedded Formative Assessment is filled with a number of insights.
138 The foundation of the book highlights the importance of formative assessment as a tool
to improve teacher practice and ultimately improve student learning. ARTICLE

In the book, he provides the five strategies he believes are core to successful formative How to prepare kids for
testing
assessment practice in the classroom:
Assessment data is most useful
1. Clarifying, sharing, and understanding learning intentions and criteria for when students are able to give their
success. That means getting students to really understand what their classroom best effort on a test. There’s a lot
you can do to set them up for
experience will be and how their success will be measured.
success—even when testing
2. Engineering effective classroom discussions, activities, and learning tasks remotely.

that elicit evidence of learning. This refers to developing effective classroom

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instructional strategies that allow for the measurement of success.

3. Providing feedback that moves learning forward. To accomplish this,

teachers must work with students to provide them the information they need to
better understand problems and solutions.

4. Activating learners as instructional resources for one another. Getting

students involved with each other in discussions and working groups can help
improve student learning.

5. Activating learners as owners of their own learning. Teaching students to

monitor and regulate their learning increases their rate of learning.
GUIDE
At NWEA, we have a framework focused on four foundational formative assessment
practices: clarifying learning, eliciting evidence, providing feedback, and activating Set goals for growth and
mastery
learners. Understanding these four, key formative assessment practices can help
Ready to set some goals for your
educators determine which of the many strategies and tactics make sense for their students, classroom, or school?
classroom environment. Download our guide for quick tips,
perspectives from educators, and
printable resources.

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A small step for big gains in

equity
Academic success can depend
largely on what kids learn by third
grade. The right assessment
empowers teachers to differentiate
instruction as early as kindergarten,
so no one gets left behind.

See how

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