The Formative Assessment Action Plan: Practical Steps to More Successful Teaching and Learning, May/2011
| Author(s) | Nancy E. Frey, Douglas B. Fisher |
| ISBN10 | 141661169X |
| ISBN13 | 9781416611691 |
| Format | Paperback |
| Pages | 150 |
| Year Publish | 2011 May |
Synopsis
Students perform poorly on assessments primarily because they don’t see the relevance of the content they are expected to master, they think they know the material but really don’t, or teachers don’t recognize that students aren’t learning. Now there’s a way you can overcome all of those challenges by using the improved formative assessment system in this breakthrough book. Two of ASCD’s most popular authors, Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher, reveal how to create a failsafe assessment system that covers all three essentials:
- Ensure students understand the purpose of the assignment, task, or lesson, including how they will be assessed.
- Provide students with information about their successes and needs.
- Capture the performance data that teachers need to guide student learning.
Learn how to create purposeful lessons that tap into students’ motivation and help with their goal-setting. Discover lots of different ways to determine what students understand, what is still unclear, and how to use their mistakes to determine what to teach next. Along the way, explore effective forms of oral, written, and peer feedback that improve student performance. Embedded throughout the entire book is an instructional plan that ensures this formative assessment system helps you make better decisions about what types of teaching approaches to use in your classroom.
About The Authors:
Nancy Frey, PhD is a professor of literacy in the School of Teacher Education at San Diego State University and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College. Before joining the university faculty, Nancy was a special education teacher in the Broward County (Florida) Public Schools, where she taught students at the elementary and middle school levels. She later worked for the Florida Department of Education on a statewide project for supporting students with disabilities in a general education curriculum. Nancy is a recipient of the Christa McAuliffe Award for Excellence in Teacher Education from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities and the Early Career Award from the National Reading Conference. Her research interests include reading and literacy, assessment, intervention, and curriculum design. She has published many articles and books on literacy and instruction, including Productive Group Work and Better Learning Through Structured Teaching. She can be reached at nfrey@mail.sdsu.edu.
Douglas Fisher, PhD is a professor of language and literacy education in the Department of Teacher Education at San Diego State University and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College. He is a member of the California Reading Hall of Fame and is the recipient of a Celebrate Literacy Award from the International Reading Association, the Farmer Award for Excellence in Writing from the National Council of Teachers of English, and a Christa McAuliffe Award for Excellence in Teacher Education from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. He has published numerous articles on improving student achievement, and his books include Enhancing RTI: How to Ensure Success with Effective Classroom Instruction and Intervention, Checking for Understanding, and Content-Area Conversations. He can be reached at dfisher@mail.sdsu.edu.
