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Concept Circles
Chris Mullin, high school history teacher in the Santa Ynez Valley Union High School District, tells us how to leverage the “Concept Circles” activity to help students communicate their understanding
WOW (Word of the Week)
Kate Bowen, retired elementary school teacher for the Davis Joint Unified School District, tells us how to use the “WOW (Word of the Week)” activity to channel students’ creativity in
The Turn and Talk
Daina Yousif Weber, English and AVID teacher in San Diego Unified School District, tells us how to apply the “Turn and Talk” strategy to empower students to make their own
Meaning-Making
Experts from the California Subject Matter Project (CSMP) share 3 meaning-making strategies you can use to engage students in your classroom.
Formative Assessment 301 – Part 4: Supporting Teachers As They Involve Students and Their Peers
In order to gather information that is useful for making better educational decisions, evidence of student understanding or learning must be collected. Watch this video for a primer on assessments
Formative Assessment 301 – Part 3: Suporting Teachers with Formative Assessment During or After Instruction
In this module, school leaders will consider how to examine lesson learning intentions and how effective discussions, tasks, and activities can be engineered to elicit evidence of student learning. The
Formative Assessment 301 – Part 2: High Quality Discussion with Teachers
In this module, we are going to discuss three tools and resources that can be used to move teacher practice forward with respect to formative assessment processes: 1) Student Work
Formative Assessment 301 – Part 1: Supporting Formative Assessment in the Classroom
This first module begins with an overview of the formative assessment process and serves as an advanced introduction to supporting high-quality formative assessment processes in the classrooms.
Formative Assessment 301 – Introduction
Welcome to the Introduction to Micro-Course 3. This module will provide you with the information you will need to understand the intended audience, guiding questions, organization, and proposed uses of
Formative Assessment 201 – Part 4: Closing the Gap
This module focuses on the last two aspects of Dylan Wiliam’s framework related to embedded formative assessment strategies: the role of the learner in activating their own learning and peers
Formative Assessment 201 – Part 3: How to Get There
This module focuses on the third aspect of Dylan Wiliam’s framework related to embedded formative assessment strategies: how to get there. This module discusses the role of the teacher in
Formative Assessment 201 – Part 2: Where the Learner is Going
This module focuses on the first aspect of Dylan Wiliam’s framework related to embedded formative assessment strategies: where the learner is going. We discuss the role of the teacher, peer,
Formative Assessment 201 – Part 1: Learning Acceleration (Advanced)
The first module of this micro-course begins with an overview of the formative assessment process and serves as an advanced introduction to key concepts for educators.
Formative Assessment 201 – Introduction (Advanced)
Welcome to the Introduction to Micro-Course 2. This module will provide you with the information you will need to understand the intended audience, guiding questions, organization, and proposed uses of
Formative Assessment 101 – Part 4: Using Evidence of Learning to Adjust Instruction
Key to the conversation in this module is the concept that formative assessment is a process that is inseparable from instruction. Formative assessment processes are the bridge between teaching and
Formative Assessment 101 – Part 3: Using Formative Assessments During or After Instruction
This learning module focuses on providing you with strategies to identify where the learner is now both during and after instruction in relation to grade level expectations and unit learning
Formative Assessment 101 – Part 2: Using Quick Pre-assessments
Pre-assessments can improve learning by telling the teacher where to begin instruction. Watch this 10-minute video for more on pre-assessments.
Formative Assessment 101 – Part 1: Formative Assessment Processes and Learning Acceleration
In order to gather information that is useful for making better educational decisions, evidence of student understanding or learning must be collected. Watch this video for a primer on assessments
Formative Assessment 101 – Introduction
This video will provide you with the information you will need to understand the intended audience, guiding questions, organization, and proposed uses of the four modules in Micro-Course 1 as