Common Formative Assessments

Happy Wednesday, FamiLEE!

Now that we have crafted our SLO's during team time, we can start focusing on creating quality, meaningful CFAs to help guide our instruction.

CFAs provides us with timely, actionable data we can use to improve learning. These are created together, assessed in the same week, given the same way, and the purpose is to give the designer a guide for instruction. They are an assessment FOR learning, not at the end of the unit.

During team time, it could be helpful to see where your team is at on this continuum of creating CFAs. After deciding where your team is on the continuum, create a goal. "We will focus on developing better questions if our CFA was not useful, and save them for next year." Click below to zoom in.

Work Smarter, not harder!

Your CFA could just be a few questions with different Depths of Knowledge. It could be an exit ticket, short answer, a conference, etc. Example:

Few Reminders when your teams are creating CFAS:

• Choose a High Priority Learning Standard

• Is there a rubric or scoring guide for your CFA?

• Has your team discussed what a proficient work sample looks like?

• When writing your questions, remember to make sure they are: Aligned (Is the question aligned to the rigor of the standard) , Clearly Written (Always asking yourself- will the learners understand what you want them to do?), and Informative (Will these questions produce meaningful data?)

I have a short presentation that I designed after reading through the Simplify Common Formative Assessments if you would like me to go through that with your grade levels. I would be HAPPY to!!

Have a great rest of your week!